Multiple sources to provide Covid vaccine to India: Union Minister
New Delhi: India is expected to have a COVID-19 vaccine from more than one source by early next year and the government is formulating distribution strategies for the immunisation of people across the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday. “We’re expecting that early next year we should have vaccine in the country […]
Congress leader demands restoration of JK’s statehood
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Rajni Patil on Tuesday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir were angry about it being made a union territory and demanded restoration of its statehood as well as adequate constitutional safeguards for the protection of jobs and land rights. “It is for the first time that a state has been […]
Mortar shell defused near LoC
Jammu: A mortar shell, which did not unexploded during cross-border shelling by Pakistan, was on Tuesday safely defused by army experts near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, officials said. The shell was noticed lying in an open field at Khari Karmara by villagers, who informed the army, the officials said. They said the […]
Veterans seek preservation of Mubarak Mandi, Shergarhi complex
Jammu: Over 120 eminent personalities have approached Lt Governor Manoj Sinha over the slow pace of work on the Mubarak Mandi palace in Jammu and a proposal to move some government offices into Shergarhi complex in Srinagar. People from both the regions have joined hands to approach the government for the preservation of the two […]
Ladakh records 70 new COVID-19 cases
Leh: Ladakh reported 70 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the union territory’s caseload to 5,151, an official bulletin said. All the new cases were detected in Leh district during the past 24 hours, it said. Eighty-nine more patients were discharged from different hospitals on Monday. Seven out of them were from Kargil district and […]
Hajj Pilgrimage: Muslims in China face new regulations
Beijing: China has released new regulations for Muslims visiting Saudi Arabia for annual Haj stipulating that the pilgrimage should be organised only by the country’s Islamic Association and pilgrims should follow Chinese laws and oppose religious extremism. There are 20 million Muslims in China, mostly Uyghurs – an ethnic group of Turkic origin – and […]
Farooq’s China remarks seditious, anti-national: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday accused National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah of making “seditious and anti-national” remarks on the issue of restoring the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and said he had become a “hero in China”. BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the National Conference MP and former chief minister of […]
Rajnath Singh inaugurates bridges in border areas
Bridges are critical component of a country’s infrastructure: Lt Guv Sinha
Dehradun/Srinagar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday virtually inaugurated 44 bridges built by the Border Roads Organisation in seven states, including the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. The defence minister said they will usher in a new era of connectivity and development in the border regions. Singh also laid the foundation stone of the Nechifu […]
LAC faceoff: India, China hold 7th round of high-level military talks
New Delhi: India and China on Monday held the seventh round of high-level military talks with a sole agenda of finalising a roadmap for disengagement of troops from all the friction points in eastern Ladakh. As the border standoff entered the sixth month, an early resolution to the row appears dim. The talks at the […]
Dispute created under a mission: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: After Pakistan, China is also creating a dispute at the border with India as if it was part of a “mission”, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday, as Indian and Chinese troops remain locked in a standoff in eastern Ladakh for over five months. The defence minister, speaking at an online event […]
