Added on October 22, 2020 Press Trust of India

Militants will get befitting response: DGP

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Wednesday vowed to give a befitting response to militants for the targeted killing of police officials when they are home off-duty. The DGP was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day at Zewan in […]

Added on October 22, 2020 Press Trust of India

ASI, SPO arrested for allowing inter-state passengers to enter JK illegally

Jammu: A racket that facilitated illegal entry into Jammu and Kashmir of people from outside by taking money from them at the Lakhanpur inter-state border terminal in the Union Territory’s Kathua district has been unearthed and two police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), have been arrested, officials said on Wednesday. Acting on complaints about […]

Added on October 22, 2020 Press Trust of India

JK Panchayati Raj Act: Union Cabinet approves complete adoption

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the adoption of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, a government spokesperson said. Briefing the press after a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the move will help establish all the three tiers of grassroots-level democracy in Jammu […]

Added on October 22, 2020 Press Trust of India

Pandemic: Poverty figures set to rise, cautions UN

United Nations: An estimated one in six children or 356 million globally were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and this is set to worsen significantly, according to a new World Bank Group and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) analysis. ‘Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty: An Update’, notes that sub-Saharan Africa, […]

Added on October 22, 2020 Press Trust of India

Principle of self-determination misused, misinterpreted: India at UN

United Nations: In a thinly-veiled reference to Pakistan, India said the principle of self-determination continues to be “deliberately misinterpreted and misused” by a particular nation and it was not established by the UN to be used as a justification for undermining the territorial integrity of any member state. “Since the principle of self-determination, as considered […]

Added on October 22, 2020 Press Trust of India

Covid-19: IIT-Kharagpur develops low-cost, portable testing device

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kharagpur has developed a low-cost portable COVID-19 testing device that can deliver results within an hour and it has also received certification from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). According to IIT-Kharagpur officials, ‘COVIRAP’ is a cuboid-shaped portable testing device that can deliver results in an hour, […]

Added on October 22, 2020 Press Trust of India

Two-day symposium to be held on ‘tribal raid’ of 1947

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is hosting a first-ever two-day national symposium, “Memories of 22 October 1947”, that marks the day when Pakistan backed tribals invaded Kashmir and led to the beginning of the first Indo-Pak war after Indian troops were airlifted into the valley to repel the invasion. A host of dignitaries, including Union Culture […]

Added on October 21, 2020 Press Trust of India

AJKPC welcomes move

Jammu: The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Tuesday welcomed the recent amendments in the J&K Panchayati Raj Act and said the people of the Union Territory were waiting for over 70 years to see “real empowerment of local bodies”. The premier body of elected panchayat representatives cautioned the panches and sarpanches to […]

Added on October 21, 2020 Press Trust of India

ED’s summon to Farooq: Centre using probe agencies as political weapons, says Rahul Gandhi

Wayanad (Kerala): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the ED questioning National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, accusing the Centre of using its probe agencies as political weapons and saying many, including himself, were facing “this assault”. The Enforcement Directorate on Monday questioned the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister for over six hours in […]

Added on October 21, 2020 Press Trust of India

Efforts to browbeat Abdullah into falling in line will fail: Yechury

New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday slammed the government over the ED questioning National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, alleging that “naked intimidatory tactics” were being used by the Centre to make the former JK chief minister “fall in line”. The Enforcement Directorate had on Monday questioned the former Union minister for over […]

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