NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Republic Day today. “Wishing you all a happy Republic Day. Jai Hind!” he tweeted. India is observing its 73rd Republic Day, the day its constitution came into force. The celebrations began on January 23, when PM Modi unveiled a hologram statue of […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday reported 2,85,914 new COVID cases recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate down to 16.16 per cent, the Union Health Ministry informed. India logged 2,85,914 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,00,85,116. The death toll has climbed to 4,91,127 with […]
WARDHA — Seven MBBS students, including the son of an MLA, were killed in Wardha district of Maharashtra when the car they were travelling in fell off a bridge, police said on Tuesday. An official said all the seven, who hailed from four states, including Maharashtra, died on the spot in the accident which took […]
ISLAMABAD — A Hindu lawmaker from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party said on Monday that he will travel to India later this week with a delegation of pilgrims. In a statement issued here, Patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council and Member of National Assembly Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani said that the delegation would go to […]
RAJOURI — A father-son duo was booked for allegedly uploading an insulting video of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The case was registered after BJP supporters approached to police and filed a complaint against the father-son duo who hail from Chingas area of Rajouri. Reports said that […]
JAMMU — 14 business plans have been shortlisted in a pitch deck competition conducted by IIT Jammu. These would be evaluated to yield the final list of projects. Besides, the entire process would be enlarged and a J&K wide start up contest would be organized jointly by the Higher Education Department and the IIT Jammu. […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister of erstwhile J&K and Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad was Tuesday conferred with Padma Bhushan award, while renowned martial art coach from Bandipora, Faisal Ali Dar and Vishwamutri Shastri were named for Padma Shri award respectively. According to GNS, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday announced the list […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will be conferred with Padma Bhushan on the 73rd Republic Day. The Congress leader was elected to Rajya Sabha for five terms and twice to Lok Sabha. Azad contested the Washim Lok Sabha seat from Maharashtra’s Washim in 1980. His Rajya Sabha term ended on February 16, […]
NEW DELHI — Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Tuesday urged the Centre to take immediate action against e-commerce company Amazon for allegedly insulting the Indian national flag. As per CAIT, Amazon allegedly sold various products having the national flag imprinted on them on its platform. In a communication, CAIT urged the Union Home […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Tuesday said that the person who lobbed grenade at Hari Singh High Street (HSHS) in summer capital Srinagar in which a few people and a policemen were injured, has been arrested. “Srinagar police arrested the grenade thrower, who was involved in today’s incident at Hari […]