Moments after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital on Tuesday, disgruntled Congress leader and former Guna MP Jyotiraditya Scindia tendered his resignation to party president Sonia Gandhi saying it was now time for him to move on. Gandhi immediately expelled him from the Congress for anti-party activities, as the crisis looming over […]
IN A joint statement on Monday, six Opposition parties demanded the immediate release of former J&K chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. Calling their detention a “blatant violation of their fundamental rights”, they said “democratic dissent is being muzzled by coercive administrative action”. The statement — which comes a day after former J&K minister Altaf Bukharilaunched a new regional political outfit, […]
MELBOURNE: Alyssa Healy said she hoped the Women’s T20 World Cup final would be a game-changer for her sport as the Australia team celebrated their fifth title and a record-breaking final at a ceremony in the centre of Melbourne on Monday. Australia thrashed India by 85 runs in front of 86,174 fans at the Melbourne […]
The battle to halt the coronavirus brought sweeping new restrictions Monday, with Italy expanding a travel ban to the entire country, Israel ordering all visitors quarantined just weeks before Passover and Easter, and Spain closing all schools in and around its capital. Even as workers in Beijing returned to their jobs and new infections in China continued […]
Srinagar Five members were killed after a residential house was hit by a boulder in Barmeen Khein area of Udhampur district on Tuesday night. Reports said that a boulder hit a residential house in Barmeen Khein resulting in death of five family members on the spot. An official identified the deceased were identified as Sharda […]
Central government should listen to the voices coming out from Kashmir valley especially from business community as they have been facing the brunt of situation prevailing in Kashmir from the past so many decades. Post abrogation of article 370 on August 5, last year proved to be the last nail in the coffin business community […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 9: Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gazanfar Ali today visits civil lines area including Lal Chowk, Polo view, Maulana Azad Road, Regal Chowk and took stock of drainage system and other works in the area. He was accompanied by Corporator, Wajahat Hussain, Joint Commissioner Works, Joint Commissioner Planning, S.E Drainage and other senior […]
Will be quarantined at 9 isolation wards: DDC Budgam BUDGAM, MARCH 9: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganai today said that 41 local residents of Budgam who arrived from Iran and China will be quarantined at 76 bed facilities established at nine isolation locations in the district. This was revealed by the DDC […]
KUPWARA, MARCH 09: The District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Anshul Garg today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the measures being put in place to tackle spread of Coronavirus in the district. The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Nazir Ahmad Lone; Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR), Bashir Ahmad Bhat; Chief Medical Officer, Abdul Gani Dar, […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 9: Urban Forestry Division of Forest Department Monday organized a plantation drive at the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Media Complex here today. The drive was part of national initiative for enhancing the green cover across the country. On the occasion, various saplings of Deodar and Kail were planted by the […]