Two held for issuing fake movement passes
Jammu: Police on Tuesday arrested two persons for allegedly issuing fake movement passes in lieu of money from people entering Kathua district in Jammu, officials said. The movement passes are necessary for inter-state and inter-provincial movement in Jammu and Kashmir since the outbreak of coronavirus in March. The duo was arrested at Lakhanpur corridor along […]
Catastrophe: Reduced glaciers may lead to temperature increase in JK, say Study
Srinagar: Glaciers in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh are melting at a “significant” rate, according to a first-of-its-kind study which used satellite data to find that over 1,200 glaciers in the Himalayan region saw an annual reduction in mass of 35 centimetres (cm) on average between 2000 and 2012. The study, published in the journal Scientific […]
Rafale jets to be formally inducted into IAF on Thursday
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, his French counterpart Florence Parly and India’s top military brass will attend a ceremony in Ambala airbase on Thursday to formally induct five Rafale fighter jets into the Indian Air Force, officials said. Parly and Singh will hold talks in Ambala on ways to further deepen bilateral defence and […]
18 more covid deaths, 1013 fresh cases reported in JK
Srinagar: A senior national conference leader and former legislator Thakur Rachpal Singh was among 18 more persons who died due to covid-19 during the last 24 hours, taking the fatality count to 806. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir reported 1013 fresh covid cases. Official sources said that among the victims, ten were from Kashmir Valley and […]
India’s COVID-19 infection tally crosses 42 lakh
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total number of coronavirus cases mounted to 42,04,613, […]
Centre extends price stabilisation interventions in JK
Srinagar: The Centre has extended the price stabilisation interventions under the Operation Greens scheme for fruit and vegetables produced in Jammu and Kashmir to extend support to the farmers and prevent distress sale. “As part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, GoI announces extension of price stabilisation interventions under ‘Operation Greens’ scheme to all notified fruit […]
LAC faceoff: China-India standoff risks unintentional war: Experts
Srinagar: As a months long military standoff between India and China along their disputed mountain border protracts, experts warn that the nuclear-armed countries – which already have engaged in their bloodiest clash in decades -could unintentionally slide into war. For 45 years, a series of agreements, written and unwritten, maintained an uneasy truce along the […]
Education can be a biggest catalyst for change: Lt Guv
Attends Governors’ Conference on Role of NEP-2020
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Monday said that Education can prove to be the biggest catalyst for change. Sinha said this while attending the Governors’ Conference on Role of NEP-2020 held to debate effective implementation of National Education Policy in Transforming Higher Education across the Country. The conference was chaired by […]
Ram Madhav visits Tibetan soldier’s funeral in Ladakh
New Delhi: The Indian Army along with members of the Tibetan community on Monday paid tributes to the once-secret Special Frontier Force’s (SFF) soldier Nyima Tenzin, who lost his life in a landmine blast in the disputed area on the south bank of Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh. Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav was also […]
Compensation in infants’ death: NHRC issues show cause notice to JK govt
Jammu: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday issued a show cause notice to the Jammu and Kashmir administration for compensation to the families of 11 children who died due to consumption of spurious medicines in Udhampur district between December 2019 and January this year. The notice was issued to the Chief Secretary of […]
