Govt extends working days, duty hours in GMCs, GDCs in JK
Srinagar: In order to improve patient care, Health and Medical Education Department has extended working days and hours in all Government Medical and Dental colleges in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an order, the new reporting time in GMCs and GDCs will be 9 am while relieving time will be 5 pm on all days […]
No increase in prices of essential medicines this fiscal year: Union Minister
New Delhi: Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday said there will be no increase in prices of essential medicines this fiscal year in view of negligible growth in wholesale price-based inflation. In an interaction with PTI editors at the news agency’s headquarters here, Mandaviya — the Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister — assured that […]
IAF helicopter makes emergency landing in Ladakh, pilots safe
New Delhi: An Apache helicopter of the Indian Air Force made an emergency landing in Ladakh and sustained damage due to undulating terrain and high altitude, the IAF said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday and both the pilots on board are safe, it said. The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry […]
PDP, NC to contest against each other in Kashmir
Mehbooba, Omar trade blame Srinagar: The PDP and the National Conference — the two INDIA bloc partners in Jammu and Kashmir — will be taking on each other on the three Lok Sabha seats in the valley. Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP accused National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah of leaving them “no option”. Abdullah, however, […]
SP, Congress didn’t want Ram temple in Ayodhya: Amit Shah
Says Modi honoured people’s sentiments Muzaffarnagar (UP): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Samajwadi Party and the Congress were not in favour of the Ram temple being constructed in Ayodhya. Addressing a public meeting in Muzaffarnagar to seek votes for BJP candidate Sanjeev Baliyan ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Shah said […]
LG Sinha pays tributes to slain police officer
Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said his administration is committed to create a “fear-free” Jammu and Kashmir as he paid tributes to police Sub-Inspector Deepak Sharma who died in an encounter with gangsters in Kathua district. A wanted gangster was also killed and a Special Police Officer (SPO) injured in the gunfight which […]
DGP pledges to wipe out crime in JK
Samba/Jammu: Director General of Police R R Swain on Wednesday pledged to put an end to criminal activities in the Union Territory as he led a wreath laying ceremony for slain sub-inspector Deepak Sharma in Samba district. Sharma lost his life in an encounter with gangsters inside a hospital premises in nearby Kathua district late […]
Contesting LS polls to carry on fight for restoration of statehood: in JK: Azad
Srinagar: DPAP founder Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said he has decided to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to carry on his fight for the restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir and for the protection of land and job rights of its residents. Azad, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, will […]
Farooq Abdullah won’t contest LS polls: Omar
Cites his ill health as reason Srinagar: National Conference president and sitting MP from Srinagar Farooq Abdullah would not contest the Lok Sabha polls owing to his heath, the party said on Wednesday. The announcement was made by his son and NC vice president Omar Abdullah at a party function in Rawalpora on the outskirts […]
LG chairs 72nd Board meeting of SMVD Shrine Board
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired the 72nd Board Meeting of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) at Raj Bhawan. The meeting was attended by Members of the Board – Mahamandleshwar Swami Vishveshvaranand Giriji Maharaj; Kul Bhushan Ahuja; Baleshwar Rai; Dr Ashok Bhan; Dr Neelam Sareen; K K Sharma; Suresh Kumar Sharma and […]
