NEW DELHI — State-run RailTel has received a Rs 210.7 crore contract to install an integrated tunnel communication system in Dharam-Banihal section of the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) rail link project, an official statement said on Thursday. The contract will include works on design, supply, testing and commissioning of the tunnel communication system, comprising […]
SRINAGAR — Despite repeated directions for not to charge the annual fee, scores of private schools in Kashmir division continue to fleece parents by charging the hefty amount. The news agency Kashmir News Observer received several calls from those parents studying who complained of the issue. They said that the private school managements are taking […]
SRINAGAR — In a bid to further strengthen healthcare profile of Jammu and Kashmir, the State Health Agency (SHA) has empanelled 12 new private hospitals in the Union territory in a short span of past three months. This addition of healthcare institutes in J&K is a step forward towards further expanding and building a strong […]
NEW DELHI — A total of 47,984 people died due to road accidents on National Highways, including on expressways, during calendar year 2020, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said as many as 53,872 persons died due to road accidents […]
CHENNAI — A Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus driver saved 30 lives on Thursday morning before dying of heart attack at Madurai. Arumugam, 44 was driving a TNSTC bus from Arappalayam to Kodaikanal with 30 passengers on board. As the bus departed from Arappalayam at 6.20 a.m., the driver complained of intense chest […]
NEW DELHI — The suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger services to and from India has been extended till January 31, 2022, the Director-General of Civil Aviation announced on December 9. The ban on scheduled international flights will be in place till 11:59 pm on January 31. This suspension will not be applicable to any […]
NEW DELHI — The government is set to begin the process soon to appoint the next Chief of Defence Staff with Army Chief Gen MM Naravane emerging as the front-runner for the top post that fell vacant following the demise of Gen Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash. The move by the government comes even […]
CHENNAI — One of the ambulances and a police van, part of the convoy carrying the bodies of the Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crash victims, met with an accident while on the way from Wellington to Sulur in Tamil Nadu. Thirteen people, including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat […]
JAMMU — A man hailing from a village near Rajouri town in the J&K district was detained by police on Thursday for his “objectionable social media post” on the death of Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat along with his wife and other security personnel in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu a day […]
NEW DELHI — The farmers’ organisations have ended their over year-long agitation after the Centre on Thursday handed over a revised proposal as demanded. This was announced by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha at Singhu border on Thursday. The farmers have said, they will vacate the Delhi borders on Saturday and will meet on January 15. […]