Eastern Ladakh Row: If provoked India capable of giving befitting reply, says Defence Minister
Says India does not believe in aggression
New Delhi: In a clear message to China from eastern Ladakh, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said India is a peace-loving nation that never resorts to any kind of aggression but is always prepared to give a befitting reply if provoked or threatened. Addressing soldiers in a forward location on the second day of […]
Covid-19: Beta variant ‘challenges’ current Covid vaccines
Boston: A study of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which cause COVID-19, suggests that current vaccines may be less effective against the Beta variant first identified in South Africa. Present on the surface of SARS-COV-2, spike proteins enable the virus to attach to and enter our cells, and all current vaccines are directed […]
Implement child protection, counter terrorism agendas: India at UN
United Nations: Voicing concern over an increasing number of children being recruited by the terror groups for terrorism-related activities, India on Monday called for a more coordinated approach in implementing the child protection and counter terrorism agendas. “We are witnessing a dangerous and worrying trend in global terrorism and that is an increase in the […]
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hits Ladakh
Srinagar: An earthquake of magnitude 4.6 hit Ladakh on Monday, but there were no reports of any damage, officials said. The quake struck at 6:10 am in Leh area of the Union Territory, the officials said. They said its epicenter was at a latitude of 34.49 degrees north and longitude of 78.43 degrees east at […]
PAGD meeting scheduled for Tuesday postponed
Srinagar: A meeting of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) — an amalgam of six mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir seeking the restoration of the special status of the erstwhile state which was scheduled to take place on Tuesday here has been postponed. The meeting has been postponed because of some prior […]
Army releases video of Budgam resident leaving camp
Denies charges that he was thrashed
Srinagar: Army on Monday released the video of a Budgam resident being handed over to his friends at a camp, seeking to deny his family’s claim that he was thrashed by troops last week when he was questioned following an intelligence input. Mohammed Ramzan (47), a resident of Redbugh in Magam area of central Kashmir, […]
PM likely to take some revolutionary steps in J-K: BJP leader
Jammu: Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to take some revolutionary steps , including holding early assembly polls, in Jammu and Kashmir. Gupta, who was part of the three-member BJP delegation from Jammu and Kashmir who attended the all-party meeting chaired by […]