MeT says present wet spell to continue as temp drops in J&K
Srinagar, Apr 28: Weather department here on Sunday forecast more rains and light snowfall over higher reaches during next few days in Jammu and Kashmir where present wet spell led to considerable drop in night temperature. “Generally cloudy weather is expected with light to moderate rain/snow (light snow over higher reaches) at most places with […]
Village defence guard injured in firing in UUdhampur
Jammu, Apr 28 (PTI) A village defence guard (VDG) member was injured in a firing incident in a remote village in Udhampur district early Sunday, officials said. The firing was reported from Panara village of Basantgarh when a patrolling party of VDGs confronted some suspiciously moving persons, believed to be terrorists, in a forest area, […]
Suspected criminals open fire outside sweet shop in Jammu
Jammu, Apr 28 (PTI) Suspected criminals opened fire outside a sweet shop in the outskirts of the city on late Saturday evening, officials said. However, no one was injured in the firing by at least two pistol-borne youths who reportedly came on a motorcycle to the shop at the Miran Sahib area, the officials said. […]
A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Indonesia’s Java Island, felt in Jakarta
Jakarta, Apr 28 (AP) A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the southern part of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or significant property damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 102 kilometers (63 miles) south of Banjar city at a depth of 68.3 kilometers […]
Chants of shame on you’ greet guests arriving for the annual White House correspondents’ dinner
Washington, Apr 28 (AP) An election-year roast of President Joe Biden before journalists, celebrities and politicians at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner Saturday butted up against growing public discord over the Israel-Hamas war, with large protests outside the event condemning both Biden’s handling of the conflict and the Western news’ media coverage of it. […]
Make Narendra Modi PM for third term to rid country of terrorism and Naxalism: Amit Shah
Porbandar, Apr 27 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged people to make Narendra Modi the prime minister for the third term to rid the country of terrorism, Naxalism and poverty, and to make India the third largest economy in the world. In the last 10 years, PM Modi took several tough decisions […]
Amid row, SED says no ‘objectionable’ content prescribed, developed by JKBOSE
Srinagar, Apr 27: Amid controversy over objectionable content in a textbook, the Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department Saturday clarified that no such book was prescribed or developed by the board. In a post on X, School Education Department said that no such book or content has been developed by the NCERT. “There is some […]
Special training camp for Village Defence Guards held in Poonch
Mendhar/Jammu, Apr 27 (PTI) A three-day special training camp for Village Defence Guards (VDGs) was organized by the army here, ahead of Lok Sabha elections, officials said on Saturday. Poonch along with the adjoining Rajouri district is part of the Anantnag Parliamentary constituency which is going to polls in the third phase of elections on […]
ICMR to expand its clinical trial network to provide solutions for health issues
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) The ICMR has planned to expand its Indian Clinical Trial and Education Network (INTENT) and invited tenders from public and private medical research institutes for coordinating regulatory clinical trials for drugs and devices. These expressions of interest would help in the growth of the national network, which encompasses 47 institutes […]
ED acted in most highhanded manner in excise policy case, Kejriwal tells SC
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday told the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has acted in a “most highhanded manner” in a money-laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. In a rejoinder to the ED’s reply affidavit filed on his petition challenging his arrest in […]