SC dismisses plea to mandate doctors to specify drugs’ side effects to patients
NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to mandate medical professionals to specify to patients all kinds of possible risks and side effects associated with a drug being prescribed. The apex court was hearing a plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s May 15 order which had […]
Police attaches property of terror associate in north Kashmir’s Sopore
Sopore, Nov 14: Sopore police on Thursday attached property worth Rs 1 crore, belonging to a terror associate under UAPA, in Bomai area of Sopore, officials said. In a statement issued here a police spokesperson said that the attachment has been made in case FIR No. 26/2024, registered under Sections 18, 20, 23, 38 and […]
Fire breaks out in school in Srinagar’s Rajbagh
Srinagar, Nov 14: Fire broke out in a school in Srinagar’s Rajbagh area creating panic among students and staff, while fire tenders have reached to the spot. An official said that fire broke out at Muslim Public high school in Rajbagh today morning. He said that soon after, fire tenders reached to the post to […]
Police seized narcotic substances valued in crores, two held
Srinagar, Nov 14: Police on Thursday seized narcotics valued in crores and arrested two accused persons in Srinagar, a police spokesman said. He said that during nakaa checking at Tengpora flood channel in Batamaloo, a police team detained two individuals identified as Love Kumar from Shahdara Kastura Nagar, Delhi and Vipin Kumar from Sultanpuri, Delhi. […]
Delhi airport puts in place low visibility procedures amid bad weather
NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (PTI): Low visibility procedures were put in place at the Delhi airport for flight operations on Thursday morning due to bad weather conditions. The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is the country’s busiest airport and handles around 1,400 flight movements daily. “Low visibility procedures are in progress at Delhi airport. All […]
PM Modi pays homage to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary
NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary on Thursday. Nehru was born on this date in 1889 in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad (now Prayagraj). He was one of the leading faces of the country’s freedom struggle. He breathed his last on May […]
Lt Governor addresses Foundation Day of IUST
AWANTIPORA, NOV 13: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today attended the Foundation Day of Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora. In his address, the Lt Governor extended his felicitations to the Vice Chancellor, faculty members and students on the occasion. He congratulated the University for emerging as an important Centre of learning, particularly for […]
CM Abdullah calls on V-P Dhankhar; likely to meet president, finance minister
New Delhi, Nov 13: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is on an official visit to Delhi, on Wednesday called on Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar. A picture of Abdullah and Dhankhar exchanging greetings was posted on the official X handle of the vice-president’s office. “Shri Omar Abdullah ji, Hon’ble chief minister of Jammu and […]
Encounter breaks out in Kulgam village
Srinagar: An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Badimarg area of Yaripora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, officials said. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a joint team of security forces launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of terrorists in the […]
Govt will work on recruitment policy, lectures and professors post to be filled soon: Sakeena Masood
Srinagar, Nov 13: Minister for Health and Medical Education, Sakeena Masood Itoo on Wednesday said that the government will work on recruitment policy and that vacant posts of lecturers, professors and teachers will be filled soon. Speaking to reporters on the side-lines of a function at SKICC, the minister said that it is true that […]