Over 25 drown daily in Bengal, half are children: Survey
KOLKATA, Jul 26 (PTI): Over 25 deaths by drowning on an average are reported every day in West Bengal, with half of the deceased being children, a recent survey has said, while advocating more public awareness to prevent such incidents. The numbers add up to over 9,000 people losing their lives annually in West Bengal […]
Govt orders inquiry into SMHS incident, MD NHM asked to submit report within 15 days
Srinagar, Jul 26: Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered an inquiry into the incident in which a medico was assaulted in SMHS Srinagar following the death of a patient, after which doctors went on a protest and emergency services were allegedly closed for some time. According to an order issued by the Secretary Health and […]
Azad calls for unified political approach on restoration of statehood to J-K
JAMMU, July 26 (PTI) Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad called for a unified political approach on the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, saying the delay could be due to mistakes that took place here. Azad also expressed concern over the state of development in J-K, saying while Central projects were […]
500 grams of heroin recovered from border village in Samba
SAMBA/JAMMU, Jul 26 (PTI): Police on Saturday recovered about 500 grams of heroin from a village along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The recovery was made by the Special Operations Group of local police from Chillyari village in the early hours of the day, they said. A local villager […]
Kashmir craft dealers asked to remove machine-made items within 7 days
SRINAGAR, JUL 25: In an unprecedented move, the Department of Handicrafts & Handloom, Kashmir today issued a Notice giving Kashmir handicraft dealers a seven-day ultimatum to remove all machine-made products, largely imports from Turkey & Iran, from their Showrooms, failing which, the department warned, they will be blacklisted & deregistered for unfair trade practice under […]
Strike by doctors at SMHS ‘unjustified, unacceptable’: Sakina Itoo
Srinagar, Jul 25: Minister Sakina Itoo on Friday condemned the strike by doctors at SMHS hospital, stating that such actions by which poor patients are made to suffer and move from pillar to post for no fault is “unacceptable” and “not tolerable” at all. Speaking to media persons at SMHS hospital, Sakina Itoo, described the […]
ACB arrests Patwari for accepting bribe
Jammu, Jul 25: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said to trapped and arrested a Patwari from Patwar Halqa Dansal, Jammu for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 20,000. A spokesman in a statement issued here said that the ACB received a complaint alleging therein that public servant identified as Chuni Lal, Patwari […]
Lok Sabha adjourned for the day due to persistent Opposition protests over SIR
New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI) Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Friday as Opposition protests continued over the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, capping the Monsoon session’s first week which has been washed out. It was for the fifth straight day that no significant legislative business transacted. Jagdambika Pal, who was […]
Climate change pushed onion, potato prices in India up by over 80 pc in 2024: Study
New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI) Food prices in India saw a sharp rise in 2024 due to an unusually severe heatwave, with onion and potato prices jumping by more than 80 per cent in the second quarter of the year, according to a new study. The study, led by Maximilian Kotz of the Barcelona Supercomputing […]
Operation Sindoor ongoing, military preparedness must remain very high: CDS
New Delhi, Jul 25 (PTI) Asserting that Operation Sindoor “still continues”, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday said the country’s military preparedness must remain at a “very high” level, round-the-clock and throughout the year. In his address at a defence seminar hosted at Subroto Park here, he also said the military in […]
