Assembly elections in JK will be held in September: Union Minister G K Reddy
R S Pura (J-K): The Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in September, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday, urging people in the Union Territory to vote the BJP to power for maintaining the “development tempo” and rooting out terrorism. He said the activities of Pakistan and its intelligence agency […]
Abrogation of Article 370- We kept flame of inclusive development burning in JK: Lt Guv
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that enduring peace is gradually returning to Jammu and Kashmir and this achievement belongs to all citizens. “We have kept the flame of inclusive development and social equality burning ever-bright illuminating J&K’s journey in the past 5 years,” he said on Monday as the abrogation of article 370 completed […]
JK received investment proposals of Rs 1.19 lakh Cr after Art 370 scrapped: Sources
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir has received 6,851 investment proposals to the tune of Rs 1.19 lakh crore ever since Article 370 was abrogated five years ago, and 4.61 lakh potential jobs are expected to be created through these initiatives, official sources said. Giving details of the overall progress in Jammu and Kashmir every since […]
Majority of employed rural youth want to switch job: Report
New Delhi: Around half of rural men aged 18 to 25 are employed while only a quarter of the women in the same age bracket are working, according to a survey involving 5,169 youths across villages of the country, the report of which was released on Monday. The report added that 70-85 per cent of […]
Bangladesh slides into chaos as PM Hasina flees to London
Army says interim govt to take over Dhaka: With Bangladesh descending into chaos, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina surreptitiously fled the country for London in a military aircraft on Monday and the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum, ending one uncertain chapter and opening another in the nation’s restive history. As news of Hasina’s […]
CCS meets following Bangladesh unrest
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on Monday night as the government’s top brass was briefed about the situation in Bangladesh. The meeting came as Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her country and landed in India on her way to London. Modi was joined by […]
BSF orders ‘high alert’ along Bangladesh border; DG visits front
New Delhi/Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday issued a “high alert” across all its formations along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in the wake of the developments in the neighbouring country, officials said. BSF Director General (Acting) Daljit Singh Chawdhary and other senior commanders toured the front in West Bengal to review the security […]
CS reviews ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ action plan and I-Day Preparations
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, held a detailed meeting with the senior officers of Civil administration and Police department to take appraisal of the ongoing activities ahead of the Independence Day and to look into the action plan devised for nation-wide ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ program. At the outset, the Chief Secretary had a thorough evaluation […]
Army opens fire on suspected infiltrators along LoC
Search operations launched Jammu: Army troops opened fire after noticing the movement of two groups of infiltrators along the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor and Sunderbani sectors of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Monday, officials said. Though there was no exchange of fire, a massive search operation is underway in both […]
SC to hear pleas on marital rape next week
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will next week hear pleas on the intensely discussed legal question of whether a husband should enjoy immunity from prosecution for the offence of rape if he forces his wife, who is not a minor, to have sex. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B […]
