Several hospitals start digital payment facilities for patients
Will bring transparency, convenience for patients: Add’l Mission Dir, ABDM Srinagar: In a significant move, several hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir have initiated digital payment facilities for the convenience of patients. An official in the health department said that the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has instructed hospital administrators to implement QR codes for digital […]
Development of small cities key to developed India resolve: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that his guarantee begins from where hope from everyone else ends and asserted that development of smaller cities is at the centre of his resolve to make India a developed country. Addressing the beneficiaries of the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra through video conferencing, the prime minister […]
Intelligence suggests 250 terrorists present at launchpads across border: BSF
Says security on alert Srinagar: About 250 to 300 militants are present at launchpads across the border “waiting to infiltrate” Jammu and Kashmir, a top BSF officer said on Saturday. The officer, however, added that security forces were alert and would foil any cross-border infiltration attempts. “There are intelligence inputs that 250-300 militants are waiting […]
Kupwara man held in Odisha for impersonating PMO official, army doctor
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a Kashmiri man on the charge of cheating people by impersonating a PMO official and an Army doctor. The 37-year-old man who allegedly has links with several people in Pakistan and suspicious elements in Kerala also married a number of women in several states, STF […]
Will have to listen to youth, believe in their power to create India of future: Amit Shah
Anand: For India to become developed, one will have to listen to the youth, understand their choice, give an action plan to their aspirations, and believe in their power, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Addressing the 66th convocation of Sardar Patel University at Anand in Gujarat, Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra […]
President Murmu, PM Modi pay homage to fallen heroes of 1971 war
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday led the nation in paying tribute to the fallen heroes of the 1971 war that led to redrawing of the political map of South Asia and ended the horrific violence unleashed by the Pakistani army on millions of Bangladeshi people. The remarkable victory in the war following the […]
Vegetable production increases by 33% during past 3 years
Srinagar: Agriculture is turning out to be a focus area of local investments in Jammu and Kashmir as in the last three years vegetable production in the Union Territory has increased by 33 per cent. During the period, the area under cultivation has also increased by 20 per cent. As per the documents accessed by […]
Congress passes resolutions demanding statehood, assembly election
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Saturday passed two resolutions at its executive committee meeting demanding the restoration of statehood for the Union Territory and the assembly election. JKPCC also demanded an immediate filling of all vacant posts in all government and semi-government institutions in a fast-track mode and called for the […]
Eight old mortar shells detected in Jammu border belt
Jammu: Eight old mortar shells were found during excavation in a field in the border areas of Jammu district on Saturday, officials said. The rusted 83 mm shells were dug out carefully after locals brought the matter to the police in Pallanwala border area of Akhnoor sector, they said. The bomb disposal squads were called […]
JKSCB loan fraud case: ED attaches land worth over Rs 193 cr in Srinagar
New Delhi: A land in Srinagar worth more than Rs 193 crore has been attached by the Enforcement Directorate under the anti-money laundering law as part of an investigation into a loan fraud involving the Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Bank (JKSCB). A provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act […]
