Rusted mortar shell destroyed in Jammu
Jammu: A rusted mortar shell was found in an open field here and subsequently destroyed in a controlled explosion by the bomb disposal squad, officials said on Saturday. The 82-mm mortar shell was noticed by some farmers near Ratnal village Friday evening, the officials said. They said the farmers informed the police station Bishnah and […]
Girl dies after being hit by shooting stone in Rajouri
Rajouri/Jammu: A 13-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a shooting stone in Rajouri district on Saturday, officials said. Shazia Akhter was hit by a rolling boulder while passing through a landslide prone area near her Dandote village in Budhal area, the officials said. They said the girl was shifted to hospital where she […]
Every inch of PoK belongs to India, no force can snatch it: Amit Shah
Khunti (Jharkhand): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday slammed the Congress for “raising question mark” on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and asserted that every inch of it belonged to India and no force can snatch it. “Mani Shankar Aiyar is telling us to respect Pakistan as it possesses an atomic bomb. Few days ago, INDIA […]
Kejriwal to be out of jail for 21 days on interim bail
Bars him to visit CM’s secretariat, sign files New Delhi: In a big relief to embattled Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him interim bail in a money laundering case to enable him to hit the hustings in the middle of the Lok Sabha polls but barred him from visiting […]
India votes in favour of UNGA resolution on Palestine’s membership
United Nations: India on Friday voted in favour of a draft UN General Assembly resolution that said Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as full member of the United Nations and recommended that the Security Council “reconsider” the matter “favourably”. The 193-member General Assembly met in the morning for an emergency special session where […]
Dry weather conditions end as JK gets light rainfall
MeT predicts 3-day wet spell from Saturday Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as the light rains lashed the plains and higher reaches of the Union Territory while the weatherman here has predicted a three-day wet spell from tomorrow. The light rainfall has brought an end to the hot and […]
INDIA bloc leaders meet EC over voter turnout data
Complain about model code violations New Delhi: A delegation of opposition party leaders on Friday met the top brass of Election Commission and raised its concerns over the delay in releasing voter turnout figures for the first two phases, and urged them to take action on complaints of model code violations by ruling BJP leaders […]
Govt reconstitutes departmental designated committee of H&ME Dept
Srinagar: The government has ordered the reconstitution of the departmental designated committee of the Health and Medical Education Department. As per order issued by the Health and Medical Education Department, Special Secretary Health and Medical Education Department will be Chairman of the Committee. “In supersession of all previous orders on the subject, sanction is hereby […]
QR coded textbooks, specialised e-contents needs to be part of pedagogy in classroom: MoE
Srinagar: The Ministry of Education has asked Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department (JKSED) that QR coded textbooks and specialised e-contents needs to become part of the pedagogy in the classroom and easily accessible for teachers. Besides, the ministry informed that less than half of the approved ICT labs were functional in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Demilitarisation, AFSPA revocation in JK long overdue: Aga Mehdi
Ganderbal: Demilitarisation and revocation of AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir are long overdue as dignity, peace, and democracy cannot survive in the presence of a huge military grid, the National Conference’s Srinagar Lok Sabha seat candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi has said. A three-time former MLA from the Budgam assembly segment, Mehdi said that along […]
