NEW DELHI — The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that the Jammu and Kashmir government has not issued any order under which journalists can be stopped from reporting if their work threatens peace and public tranquility. Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai stated this in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. He […]
NEW DELHI — Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had an hour-long meeting with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday to explore the option of an electoral alliance in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Goa. The meeting comes a day after Raut’s talks with former Congress president Rahul Gandhi. The Shiv Sena leader told reporters […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi Court Wednesday issued summons against Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin and others in a money laundering case related to allegedly receiving funds of nearly Rs 80 crore from Pakistan “for carrying out terror activities across India”. The court passed the order after taking cognisance of a charge-sheet filed by the […]
SRINAGAR — Online applications have been invited from the desiring Muslim government employees (permanent) of J&K till 20 December 2021 for imparting orientation or training to the pilgrims of Hajj-2022. An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that the applicants must have performed a Hajj preferably during the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 […]
SRINAGAR — The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has approved 14 more seats for Government Medical Colleges and District Hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir raising the total PG seats approval for the UT to 140 which is above the DM/MCH and MD/MS courses already being run here. The NBEMS also accredited the […]
NEW DELHI — The Mi-17V5 helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu that killed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 others brought back memories of a 1963 chopper accident in which six officers were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. The crash in Poonch is considered as one […]
ISLAMABAD — The Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Nadeem Raza and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa have expressed condolences over the death of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. […]
SRINAGAR — The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Manoj Sinha on Wednesday expressed deep shock over the demise of (CDS) Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. In a tweet LG Manoj Sinha said, “Deeply shocked at tragic demise of […]
NEW DELHI — Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat and his wife, Madhulika Rawat, died on Wednesday, along with 11 other persons, after an Army chopper carrying them crashed in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu. Confirming the news, the Indian Air Force tweeted, “With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen […]
SRINAGAR — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday said that post abrogation of article 370, no Kashmiri Pandit has been displaced from the Valley while as 366 militants, 96 civilians and 81 security personnel were killed since August 5, 2019 in J&K. The Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply […]