I got opportunity to lead despite having no political, dynastic background or caste backing: Modi
Surat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was given the opportunity to serve as chief minister of Gujarat and then as prime minister of the country even though he had no political or dynastic background, or a caste support. Modi was speaking after laying the foundation stone virtually for a boys’ hostel on […]
India gets re-elected to UN Human Rights Council for 2022-24 term
United Nations: India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi’s envoy here describing the election as a “robust endorsement” of the country’s strong roots in democracy, pluralism and fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. The 76th UN […]
Shah visits cellular jail in A&N Islands, pays homage to VD Savarkar
Port Blair: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived here on Friday around 3.45 pm on a three-day visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where he will be taking stock of various development initiatives, a senior official said. He was received at Veer Savarkar International Airport by Lieutenant Governor Admiral D K Joshi and MP Kuldeep […]
Will provide financial support to 7 new defence companies if required: Rajnath
New Delhi: Seven new defence public sector undertakings, carved out of the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), were on Friday dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of a major reform initiative to boost India’s defence production. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the government will provide support to the companies initially […]
India takes note of China-Bhutan pact on boundary negotiations
New Delhi: India on Thursday reacted cautiously to Bhutan and China signing an agreement on a “three-step roadmap” to expedite negotiations to resolve their festering boundary dispute. The signing of the pact came four years after the Indian and Chinese armies were locked in a 73-day stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction after China tried to […]
President interacts with troops of Army’s Northern Command at Udhampur
Udhampur; Reaching out to the Army’s Northern Command troops looking after the operational area of Jammu and Kashmir, President Ram Nath Kovind broke away from tradition and had “bada Khana” with the soldiers and their families here on the occasion of Mahanavami, the culmination of the nine-day-long Navratri, on Thursday. The president began his visit […]
CS reviews arrangements to mitigate dengue outbreak
Directs to take all necessary measures for dengue’s containment and treatment Srinagar: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review the medical preparedness in mitigating dengue breakout in Jammu and Kashmir. Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education, along with concerned officers and medical professionals participated in the meeting. It […]
DGP chairs officers meeting, reviews security scenario
Srinagar: To review the current security scenario of the valley, the Director General of Police, J&K Dilbag Singh chaired the officers meeting at Police Control Room Kashmir here today. Spl DG CID J&K R R Swain, ADGP Armed J&K SJM Gillani, IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar, DIG CKR Sujit Kumar, SSP Srinagar Sandeep Chaudhary, Commandants […]
COVID-19 vaccination: JK achieves 100 pc coverage of first dose
93 fresh covid-19 cases reported on Thursday
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday achieved 100 per cent coverage of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines for the age group of 18 years and above, even as the Union territory recorded 93 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the infected number of persons to 3,30,834. As many as 82,229 doses of COVID vaccine were […]
India reiterates demand for finding origin of COVID-19
New Delhi: India on Thursday again pitched for finding the origins of COVID-19, a day after the World Health Organisation set up a group of experts to carry forward studies on the contentious issue over a year-and-a-half after the virus was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan. India’s Raman Gangakhedkar, a renowned epidemiologist […]
