India is launching its biggest ever evacuation exercise in decades deploying a raft of civilian aircraft and naval ships to bring back home thousands of Indians stranded in the Gulf and various other parts of the world. Over three lakh people in Gulf have registered for evacuation but the government will bring back only those […]
Amid suspended economic activity to counter the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s unemployment rate surged to 27.11 per cent for the week ended May 3 from the level of 6.74 per cent in the week ended March 15, the data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed. Unemployment rate had moderated to 21.05 per […]
In one of the largest evacuation exercises since the 1990 Kuwait airlift, the government will operate 64 flights from May 7 to 13 to bring home thousands of Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown. Named “Vande Bharat Mission”, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that preparations for the operation had commenced and […]
Srinagar, May 05 (KNO): Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under the Public Safety Act was extended by three months on Tuesday, sources disclosed. Highly placed sources revealed to news agency— Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that Home department this evening extended PSA of Mehbooba Mufti by three months. Mehbooba is under detention from August […]
Srinagar 05 May (KNS): High risk contact of COVID-19 positive patient from Jammu was admitted at JLNM Hospital on 2/5/20 as a suspect. The patient was solated in a separate room. His sampling was done by a team from CMO Srinagar on 4/5 and he tested negative for COVID-19 today on 5/5 and was discharged […]
New Delhi: The two terrorists killed in North Kashmir’s Handwara Sunday were the “reception party” for a group of infiltrators from Pakistan, ThePrint has learnt. The Army and central security agencies are now working out how many terrorists have managed to sneak in from across the border. Sources in the security establishment said that one of the two […]
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday announced the dates for JEE Main and NEET exams. JEE Main will be held from July 18 to July 23 while medical entrance test will be conducted on July 26. JEE Advanced is expected to be held in August, dates of which are not decided yet. The syllabus […]
New Delhi: Three photojournalists from Jammu and Kashmir are among the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners. The awards were announced virtually last night owing to the coronavirus outbreak. Mukhtar Khan, Yasin Dar and Channi Anand – working with the Associated Press (AP) – won the top honours for their work in the region after massive restrictions […]
Supreme Court has reserved the Judgment over the petition filed by an NGO for the restoration of 4G services in Kashmir valley amid COVID-19 pandemic. JK administration and Union Government have pleaded in the court that it is was necessary to keep curbs on the high speed internet in the Union Territory of Jammu and […]
Navin discusses modalities; reviews status of Food Parks JAMMU, MAY 05: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a meeting to discuss setting up of 2 Mega Agro Processing zones and review the status of Food Parks at Kashmir and Jammu Divisions. Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and a […]