Delimitation Commission gets nodal officers in JK
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday nominated nodal officers with the Delimitation Commission at the district level for providing timely information to it and receiving representations from stakeholders. In an order issued by the General Administration Department, one officer has been nominated in each of the 20 districts of the union territory for […]
Monsoon expected to north India on Sunday
New Delhi: The southwest monsoon gave its date with Delhi a miss on Saturday and is now expected to hit the national capital in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said here. The weather department has predicted cloudy skies with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers on Sunday. The easterly […]
Jmu-Sgr highway closed as rains trigger massive landslide
Banihal/Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic on Saturday due to a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district that left over 500 vehicles stranded, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was blocked by a landslide at Magarkot belt in […]
Group selling stolen mobile phones in Kashmir held
New Delhi: The police have arrested four members of a Mewat-based gang who allegedly brought thousands of stolen mobile phones from snatchers and burglars operating in Delhi and its neighbouring areas, police said on Friday. The police said they nabbed Jiyauddin (24), Mohammad Aalim (25), Ajay (23) and Shiv Kumar (27), and recovered 70 mobile […]
Regional consensus, support for Afghan-led peace process imp: US
Washington: The US has said that regional consensus and support for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process is important for an enduring peace, stressing that Afghanistan’s neighbours and countries in the region have a real stake in the war-torn nation’s future. The comments came on Friday, hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had […]
US official discusses Afghanistan issue with Pakistan FM
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has underscored the importance of bilateral relations with Pakistan in a telephonic conversation with his counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, amidst a rapid withdrawal of American and NATO troops from neighbouring Afghanistan. The conversation took place in the backdrop of reports that the Taliban has made huge territorial gains […]
Taliban says it sees China as a ‘friend’
Promises not to host Uyghur militants from Xinjiang: Report
Beijing: The Taliban has said it sees China as a “friend” of Afghanistan and assured Beijing that it would not host Uyghur Islamic militants from the volatile Xinjiang province, which is a major worry for the Chinese government, according to a media report. The comments came as the Taliban made territorial gains in the war-torn […]
Terror funding: Court orders framing of charges against four Hizbul members
New Delhi: Terror groups providing funds to jailed, slain militants’ kin work as motivational reassurance to its prospective cadres, said a Delhi court which on Friday ordered framing of charges against four alleged members of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) after prima facie finding that they received funds from Pakistan for carrying out militant activities in Jammu and […]
WhatsApp puts Privacy policy on hold
New Delhi: WhatsApp LLC told the Delhi High Court on Friday that till the data protection bill comes into force, it will not compel users to opt for its new privacy policy as it has been put on hold and will implement it “if Parliament allows it”. WhatsApp clarified before bench of Chief justice D […]
Vaccination: Over 37 crore jabs administered so far, say Govt
New Delhi: The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 37 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. Of these, more than 27.86 lakh vaccine doses were administered on Friday, according to a provisional report at 7 pm. The ministry said 13,28,636 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 1,24,570 […]