Working on addressing misinformation on user policy update: WhatsApp
New Delhi: A day after India asked it to withdraw changes to its privacy policy, WhatsApp on Wednesday said the proposed change does not expand its ability to share user data with Facebook and that it is open to answering questions on the issue. The Indian government on Tuesday posed 14 questions to WhatsApp on […]
Pandemic, surging food prices leave many in Asia hungry: UN
United Nations: United Nations agencies are warning that more than 350 million people in the Asia-Pacific region are going hungry as the coronavirus pandemic destroys jobs and pushes food prices higher. The report issued Wednesday by four agencies says the pandemic is making it difficult for 1.9 billion people to afford healthy diets. It follows […]
Home guards stage protest outside Raj Bhavan in Jammu
Jammu: Hundreds of home guards on Wednesday staged a protest outside the Raj Bhavan here in support of their various demands including regularization of their services and fixation of their salaries as per the Supreme Court order. The protesters, both men and women, were carrying placards and chanted slogans during an over hour-long sit-in demonstration […]
BSF alert to thwart any misadventure by Pak: Special DG
Jammu: The BSF is fully alert to thwart any misadventure by Pakistan along the borders of the country, the force’s Special Director General, Western Command, Surender Panwar said on Wednesday. He was speaking at a civil action programme organised by the BSF at Makwal village near the International Border here as part of the force’s […]
3 IPS officers promoted to the rank of ADGP
Jammu: Three 1996-batch IPS officers, including Jammu Zone Inspector General of Police Mukesh Singh, were promoted to the rank of Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) in Jammu and Kashmir, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. At a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam here on Tuesday, the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) cleared […]
Lone’s goodbye to PAGD no surprise, others to follow: BJP leader
Jammu: Senior BJP leader and former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Wednesday said there is no surprise element in the departure of Sajad Lone-led People’s Conference from the Gupkar alliance as fall of this opportunistic amalgam is inevitable. Lone on Tuesday announced his party’s exit from the People’s Alliance for Gupkar […]
Haryana trucker’s body found in stream
Banihal/Jammu: The body of a 22-year-old truck driver from Haryana was found in a stream in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, two days after his vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 150-foot-deep gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. The Jammu-bound truck rolled down into a stream at Sherbibi […]
PAGD ‘jolted’ as Sajjad Lone exits
Srinagar: People’s Conference chairperson Sajad Lone on Tuesday announced his party’s exit from the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, citing a breach of trust and saying some constituents of the seven-member grouping had fielded proxy candidates in the recent district development council (DDC) elections. People know that blinded by political greed we fielded candidates against […]