All communities must join hands to fight Terrorism: Jitendra Singh
DODA/JAMMU: Asserting the Government is focused on improving security situation, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said all communities must join hands to fight the menace of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Singh, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, was in Doda, part of his Udhampur parliamentary constituency which was rocked by […]
Study estimates 11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020 during pandemic
Health ministry terms a study on Covid deaths in India ‘misleading’ New Delhi: In India, 11.9 lakh excess deaths occurred in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 per cent higher compared to 2019, an international study has found. The estimate is about eight times higher than the official COVID-19 deaths in India, and 1.5 times […]
Mild earthquake hits Kishtwar
JAMMU: A 3.5 magnitude earthquake jolted Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Saturday, officials said. According to the National Centre of Seismology (NCS), the tremor was felt at 5.34 pm in the hilly district. The depth of the earthquake was 10 kilometers below the surface at latitude 33.29 degrees north and longitude 76.67 degrees east, […]
US issues travel advisory for Bangladesh
Asks Americans to reconsider travel Washington: The US on Saturday issued a new travel advisory for Bangladesh, urging Americans to reconsider their travel to the South Asian country because of the ongoing civil unrest, crime and terrorism. Authorities imposed a strict curfew across Bangladesh and military personnel patrolled parts of the capital on Saturday to […]
Tomato prices soar to Rs 100 per kg in Delhi markets
New Delhi: Tomato prices soared to Rs 100 per kg in retail markets of the national capital on Saturday as adverse weather conditions in various parts of the country continue to affect supplies of the essential kitchen staple. Tomatoes are available at Rs 100 per kg at Mother Dairy’s retail outlets, Safal, in the national […]
25 years of Kargil: Retd 18 Grenadiers commandant recalls Tololing battle
Shimla: Twenty-five years since the Kargil War, Brig Khushal Singh Thakur (retired) vividly remembers to this day the moment his second-in-command in the 18 Grenadiers Lt Col R Vishwanathan breathed his last on his lap during the battle of Tololing. “It was agonising. He was not required to go to the front and could have […]
Ensure greater synergy to dismantle terror networks: Shah tells security officials
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on greater synergy among security and law enforcement agencies to dismantle terror networks and their supporting ecosystem to address the evolving security threat scenario of the country. Charing a high-level meeting, he directed heads of security agencies and other intelligence and law enforcement organisations to […]
PM regularly reviewing security situation in Jammu region: Jitendra Singh
Jammu: Amid a rise in terror incidents in the Jammu region over the past few few weeks, Union Minister Jitendra Singh Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is regularly reviewing the security situation and a new strategy has been adopted to neutralise terrorists. Singh said village defence guards (VDGs), which have played a crucial role […]
CS reviews progress on governance project ‘JK Samadhan’
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Friday reviewed progress on JK Samadhan initiative, a key good governance project launched by the UT administration in partnership with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N). The review meeting focused on assessing the current status and future steps of the initiative. The meeting was attended by […]
NEET-UG case: CBI arrests RIMS MBBS student who ‘solved’ papers
New Delhi: The CBI Friday arrested a first-year MBBS student of Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) for allegedly being part of a ‘solver module’ working with an engineer who had stolen the NEET-UG question papers, officials said. Surabhi Kumari was taken into custody after two days of detailed questioning by the CBI, the […]
