India orders moving of strategic ITBP command to Leh
Move announced to counter the Chinese build up
New Delhi: Amid growing concerns over the Chinese military buildup along the eastern flank of the country, the government has ordered moving a strategic ITBP command from its current base in Chandigarh by over 960 km to the border of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Thursday. The North West (NW) frontier of […]
Palestine takes over reins of G77 at UN
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the “historic leadership” of Palestine which assumed the chairmanship of G77, the global body’s largest intergovernmental organisation of developing countries including India. Egypt was the previous Chair of the Group of 77 (G77), a coalition of 134 members, along with China which aligns itself with the bloc. India’s […]
Militant held in Kulgam village
Srinagar: A local militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit was arrested by Special Operation Group (SOG) of police from Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Thursday early morning. Reports said that the SOG during a raid at Chahlan village arrested one person who was identified as Mubarak Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Rahim Dar. Mubarak, a […]
Man held with 7 kg poppy
Jammu: A man, suspected to be a drug peddler, was arrested and seven kilograms of poppy was seized from his possession in Poonch district Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted the man, identified as Mansoor of south Kashmir, and seized the poppy from him, they said. A case has been […]
Extreme weather events killed nearly 1,400 in 2018
New Delhi: A total of 1,428 people died due to extreme weather events in 2018 with heavy rains and subsequent flooding, dust storms, thunderstorms and lightening claiming half the lives, a top government official said Wednesday. The year was also the sixth warmest year on record, M Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences said. “Extreme […]
PM Modi to visit JK on Feb 3
Jammu: Prime Minister NarendraModi is to visit Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay foundation stones of various projects including one for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, a BJP spokesman said Wednesday. The prime minister will also address a public rally during his visit, the spokesman said. He said senior BJP […]
JK has over three lakh new voters
Jammu: Over three lakh new voters were added during the ongoing special summary revision (SSR) in Jammu and Kashmir, election authorities said Wednesday. “During the ongoing SSR of photo electoral rolls, with respect to January 1 as the qualifying date, 3,07,984 new voters were added, which is highest as compared to the last four years […]
2,300 women to go on Hajj this year without ‘Mehram’: Govt
New Delhi: Over 2,300 Muslim women from India will go on Haj this year without ‘Mehram’ or male companion as all those who applied under this category have been exempted from the lottery system, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Wednesday. The Modi government had last year allowed women going to Haj without Mehram, […]
Guv Malik to focus on reaching out to youth
Jammu: Often dubbed as “people’s governor” due to his easy accessibility to people, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has made “intense outreach” his new year’s resolution. “Of course, it will be a year for reaching out to the people of J&K, particularly youth (of Kashmir). I opened the Raj Bhawan for the people […]
