Delhi joins UN-backed campaign to build climate resilience, commits to 25 pc green cover
New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) Delhi has joined the “Race to Resilience”, a UN-backed campaign to catalyse a step-change in the global ambition for climate resilience, with pledges including achieving a 25 per cent green cover within the next five years. Delhi’s participation in the “Race to Resilience”, announced during an event at the Climate […]
Driver killed, 6 injured in Qazigund road mishap
Qazigund, Sep 22: A driver was killed while six of the family members were injured in an accident at Levdora area of Qazigund along the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Kulgam district. An official said that a vehicle bearing registration number (JK06B 0901), en route to Jammu from Srinagar, collided with a truck traveling near the Walnut […]
PM Trudeau says he’s not looking to ‘provoke’; urges India to work with Canada to uncover truth
New York, Sep 22 (PTI) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday said Canada is not looking to “provoke or cause problems” with India amid a raging diplomatic row over the killing of a Khalistani extremist leader as he urged New Delhi to take the matter “extremely seriously” and work with Ottawa to “uncover the truth”. “We […]
Indus water dispute: India, Pakistan attend meeting in Vienna
New Delhi, Sep 22 (PTI) India has taken part in a two-day meeting in Vienna that was part of the proceedings aimed at resolving a dispute between New Delhi and Islamabad on the Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric projects in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting in the Austrian capital city was convened by a neutral expert. […]
COVID-19: India records 44 fresh cases
New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) India has registered 44 fresh coronavirus cases while the number of active cases of the infection in the country has gone up to 471, the health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll due to the viral disease stood at 5,32,031, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am. […]
Mortar shell detected in Kargil, defused safely
Kargil/Jammu, Sep 21 (PTI) A mortar shell was defused safely in Kargil district in the union territory of Ladakh on Thursday, officials said. Locals found the unexploded shell in Sharchay area of Batalik border belt and informed security forces, they said. The Sappers of the army safely defused it.
Climate Ambition Summit exposed nations unwilling to act on fossil fuels, say experts
New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) Calls to stop burning fossil fuels at the United Nations’ Climate Ambition Summit were resounding and emphatic and the gathering laid bare the intent of nations unwilling to confront the central issue, climate policy experts said on Thursday. They also said the major emitting nations’ reluctance to act on climate […]
ANTF arrests border resident with 3.5 kg heroin
Jammu, Sep 21 (PTI) A border resident was arrested along with 3.5 kg of heroin worth about Rs 7 crores in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior officer of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) said here on Thursday. Zaheer Ahmad, a resident of north Kashmir’s Keran sector of Kupwara district, was arrested on […]
Husband allegedly kills wife in Mendhar Poonch
Poonch, Sep 21: A woman was allegedly hammered to death by her husband in Mendhar area in Poonch district, officials said. They said that Gazanfar Bi (55), wife of Mohammad Khalil, resident of Ari was found in a pool of blood at her house today. “She has been prima-facie allegedly hammered to deadth by her […]
India temporarily suspends visa services for Canadians
New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) India on Thursday “suspended till further notice” its visa services in Canada. The move comes amid the escalating diplomatic row that erupted following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of a “potential” involvement of Indian agents in the killing of a Khalistani separatist in June. Sources said India has suspended […]
