Pak shelling: Rahul writes to PM, seeks relief package for Poonch and other affected areas
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded that the government must provide a concrete, generous and immediate relief and rehabilitation package for Poonch and other areas affected by Pakistani shelling. Last Saturday, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha visited Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir and […]
Centre sanctions 581 CAPF companies for Amarnath Yatra
New Delhi: The Centre has ordered deployment of a total 581 companies, comprising about 42,000 on-ground personnel, of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Thursday. While 424 companies are being sent to the Union Territory (UT), the rest, including about 80 companies […]
BSF DG visits Poonch to assess impact of recent Pak shelling
Jammu: Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit, Border Security Force (BSF) Director General Daljit Singh Chaudhary visited the shelling-hit areas of Poonch district on Thursday and reviewed the prevailing security situation. Shah will during his two-day stay in the Jammu region beginning Friday visit religious places and meet the shelling-hit people and the […]
People of PoK part of Indian family: Rajnath Singh
Says day not far when they will return to India New Delhi: People of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) are part of India’s “own family” and the day is not far when they will return to the Indian mainstream by listening to their inner voice, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. Laying out India’s policy […]
Frame guidelines for plywood industry, NGT asks environment ministry
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has asked the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to frame guidelines for plywood industries in the country. The green body was hearing a matter regarding several plywood units causing pollution in a village in Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana. In its order dated May 27, […]
Earth to report record-breaking heat, say weather forecasters
Washington: Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world’s top weather agencies forecast. There’s an 80 per cent chance the world will break another annual temperature record in the next five years, and it’s even more probable that the […]
Earth’s average temperature for 2025-29 likely to exceed 1.5 deg C Limit: WMO
New Delhi: There is a 70 per cent chance that the average global temperature for the 2025-2029 period will exceed pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a new report published by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on Wednesday. It also said that there is an 80 per cent chance that at […]
JK Assembly speaker forms 9-member committee on privileges
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Wednesday announced the formation of a nine-member committee on privileges for the period ending March 31, 2026. The committee will be headed by Congress chief whip Nizam-uddin Bhat with its members drawn from the ruling National Conference and opposition BJP. In an order, Rather announced […]
Roads and buildings dept to seek EoIs to build memorial for Pahalgam attack victims
Gulmarg: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the roads and buildings department has been authorised to seek Expressions of Interests for designing a memorial for the 26 victims of April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. Abdullah said a decision has been taken by the cabinet in this regard and tasked the roads and buildings department […]
JK statehood talks still alive regardless of Pahalgam attack: CM Omar
Gulmarg: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the April 22 Pahalgam attack has not stalled the conversation around restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and that he had raised the issue at the recent meeting of NITI Aayog governing council. “No, not at all. If you were to take out the formal speech […]