J&K Crime Branch holds conference on Anti Human Tariffing
SRINAGAR, AUG 21: To strengthen the existing framework and address the pitfalls of Human Trafficking in the digital era, Crime Branch Headquarters J&K in collaboration with MHA, GOI has conducted a UT level conference on Anti Human Trafficking today at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. The event was aimed to educate the students in particular and public […]
Pigeon carrying chit to blow up Jammu railway station captured near IB; security tightened
Jammu, Aug 21 (PTI) Security forces have captured a pigeon from the border area of RS Pura in Jammu district carrying a threat note to blow up the Jammu railway station, prompting police to beef up security in the region, officials said. Pakistan has been known to send balloons, flags and pigeons to the India […]
Kishtwar cloudburst: Multi-agency search operation intensifies to trace 33 missing
Chisoti (JK), Aug 21 (PTI) The multi-agency search operation to trace 33 missing persons in cloudburst-hit Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir entered the eighth day on Thursday, officials said. The death toll in the natural calamity that struck the last motorable village en route to the Machail Mata temple on August 14 during the […]
Earthquake of 3.5 magnitude hits Kashmir, no damage reported so far
SRINAGAR, Aug 21 (PTI): An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale hit Kashmir on Thursday, but there was no damage, officials said. They said the epicentre of the quake was in Kupwara district in north Kashmir. The quake occurred at 1.41 pm at a latitude of 34.68 degrees north and a longitude of […]
Parliament passes Online Gaming Bill to ban all forms of money games
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 (PTI): Parliament on Thursday passed The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, with the Rajya Sabha approving it without debate amid din. The bill, piloted by Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw, seeks to ban all forms of online money games while promoting eSports and online social gaming. […]
Lok Sabha adjourned sine die
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 (PTI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Thursday with Speaker Om Birla lamenting the conduct of Opposition members during the Monsoon Session. After an earlier adjournment at 11 am, the House met again at 12 noon, in which Birla lamented that in the entire session, efforts were made to […]
Substantial cancer drugs beyond ambit of current price control mechanisms: Parliamentary panel
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) A Parliamentary panel has flagged that a substantial segment of cancer drugs are still beyond the ambit of current price control mechanisms and recommended measures to include the widest possible range of cancer drugs by expanding the scope of the Drugs Prices Control Order. In its 163rd report presented on […]
SC refuses urgent hearing of plea challenging MCD notification on picking of stray dogs
NEW DELHI, Aug 21 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday refused urgent listing of a plea challenging a notification issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi with regard to picking up of stray dogs. A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi declined to accord urgent hearing after a lawyer mentioned that an […]
Pilgrim killed, 35 others injured in Samba road mishap
Jammu, Aug 21: At least one pilgrim was killed while thirty five others were injured after the bus they were travelling in met with an accident at Jatla area of Samba district on Thursday. Officials said that a bus bearing registration number UP81BT carrying pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine met with an accident near […]
Lok Sabha passed 12 bills, Rajya Sabha 14 in Monsoon session amid Opposition protests
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) Twelve bills were passed by the Lok Sabha and 14 by the Rajya Sabha during the month-long Monsoon session of Parliament, which has witnessed repeated disruptions, adjournments and walkouts. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in both House, the session has seen little business ever since it began on July 21 […]