Covid-19 Vaccine: Will strive alone to fight the pandemic, say US
Washington: The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constrained by multilateral groups like the World Health Organization. The decision to go it alone, first reported by The Washington Post, follows the White House’s […]
Parliament’s monsoon session
No Question Hour, pvt members' bills, curtailed Zero Hour
New Delhi: There will be no Question Hour and private members’ bills will not be taken up in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, while the Zero Hour will be restricted, notifications issued by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats said. There will also be no breaks during the session, which will be held from […]
Congress headquarters closed for week amid coronavirus concerns
Jammu: The Congress has closed its headquarters in Jammu and Srinagar for political activities for a week from Wednesday in the wake of the worsening coronavirus situation, party’s chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said here. He said the decision was taken as 15 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours in the union territory […]
Illegally built shopping complex demolished in Samba
Jammu: A shopping complex illegally constructed on an acre of government land was demolished on Wednesday during an anti-encroachment drive in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said. A team of officials dismantled the illegal shopping complex having seven reinforced cement concrete (RCC) shops with a hall measuring 100 feet x 60 […]
Demanding statehood, restoration of 370 is politics, mere tokenism: Omar
Detention has left me angry, bitter
New Delhi: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah says in a new book Jammu and Kashmir has been treated “very, very badly” and “every single promise made to it has been broken”. Not mincing his words, the 50-year-old politician said he believes Jammu and Kashmir has been treated “very, very badly” and “every single promise […]
