Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will be on a two-day official visit to Shillong from Monday to review National Highways projects in the seven North Eastern states with all stakeholders. National Highways projects worth more than 1.5 lakh crore rupees are currently underway in the seven states. […]
Ashura-e-Muharram is being observed with due reverence and solemnity in various parts of the country today. The day marks the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hazrat Imam Hussain and his companions, who laid down their lives for upholding truth, righteousness and justice in Karbala. Tazia processions are being taken out […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be on a four-day visit to India from the 1st of next month. External Affairs Ministry in a release said, he will be accompanied by a six member delegation. Mr Guterres will be participating in the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention scheduled to be […]
The cyclonic storm “DAYE” over south Odisha and its neighbourhood has moved west-northwestwards with a speed of about 26 kilometres per hour and weakened into a deep depression. According to reports as the cyclonic storm crossed Odisha coast, heavy downpour occurred in the southern and south-west region of the State, […]
In a bid to ensure transparency, the Ministry of Health has introduced ‘budget dashboard’, an internal web portal comprising information on budget, expenditure and bill payment positions. An official statement said the ‘budget dashboard’ incorporates features for Ministry of AYUSH and Department of Health Research. The internal web portal is […]
In Cricket, India takes on Bangladesh in Dubai while Pakistan will meet Afghanistan in Abu Dhabi in the Super Four encounters of Asia Cup today. Both the matches will begin at 5 p.m. For India, the worry will be the team combination as Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of […]
India comprehensively beat Pakistan by eight wickets in an Asia Cup encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE last night. Electing to bat after winning the toss , Pakistan were all out for 162 in 43.1 overs. Babar Azam top scored with 47 and while Shoaib Malik made […]
In Asia Cup Cricket in Dubai, arch-rivals Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against India. Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya are back in India’s squad in place of Shardul Thakur and Khaleel Ahmed. Yesterday, India defeated Hong Kong by 26 runs. Tomorrow Afghanistan will take on […]
In Asia Cup Cricket, Afghanistan knocked out five-time champions Sri Lanka last night with a superb 91-run win at Abu Dhabi. Opting to bat, Afghanistan had scored 249 in the stipulated 50 overs courtesy brilliant innings of 72 by Rahmat Shah. The Afghans then produced a powerful performance with the […]
Indian boxers Simranjit Kaur, Monika and Bhagyabati Kachari won gold medals at Ahmet Comert Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Simranjit defeated Sema Caliskan, Monika beat Ayse Cagirer while Bhagyabati humbled Selma Karakoyun. All the losers are from Turkey. World Championship silver medallist Sonia Lather settled for a bronze.
Srinagar : National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the proposed meeting of India Pakistan foreign ministers in New York. Talking to media on the sidelines of a party function in Leh, Omar Abdullah reiterated the need for a sustained, structured and result-oriented dialogue between India and Pakistan. “It’s […]
Srinagar : Three more militants have been killed in an encounter at Sumular forests of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, taking the death toll of militants to five. SSP Bandipora Zulfikar Azad said that three more militants have been killed in the operation. He said that all the bodies of the slain […]
Srinagar : Kashmir police on Friday said that no policeman has resigned in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the killing of three police personnel by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The state police spokesman said that the news about the resigning of SPOs in J&K is baseless. […]
Srinagar : Asking India and Pakistan to move beyond symbolism, MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Friday said that Ministers of the two countries meeting at the side lines of UN Assembly session will yield nothing, unless the two countries don’t recognize the sufferings, sacrifices and rights of people of J&K. The […]
Srinagar, Sep 21 : Paying rich tributes to Hazrat Imam-e-Hussain (RA) and his companions at Karballah 1400 years ago, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani said that this was not just a battle between two forces, but it was a fight between two ideologies. He said that Imam Hussain […]
Srinagar, Sep 21 : National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Mr. Omar Abdullah on Friday expressed profound grief over the abduction and brutal killing of three policemen in Shopian. Strongly condemning the cowardly attack, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah expressed their solidarity with the families of […]
New Delhi, Sep 21: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits Parliament’s power to make laws concerning the state. The plea has said the special provision was “temporary” […]
Srinagar, Sep 21: At least six policemen announced their resignations from their jobs in three districts of south Kashmir following the abduction and killing of three policemen by suspected militants in Shopian district. The policemen in three districts— Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama– took to social media to announce their resignations. […]
Srinagar, Sep 21: Islami Tenzeen-e- Azadi (ITeA) chairman Abdul Samad Malla alias Inquilabi was arrested by security forces from his house in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, official sources said. Inquilabi, who was evading arrest for the past some time, was arrested by a joint search party of security forces and […]
Srinagar : A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was inked between J&K Bank and Jamia Hamdard University (JHU) to facilitate a multi-function co-branded Campus Card for students of the University. The MoU was signed by the J&K Bank Vice President & Zonal Head Delhi, Fayaz Ahmad Siddiqui and the Jamia Hamdard University […]
It was this very nationalism that Pandit Nehru so vividly expressed in the book ‘Discovery of India’, he wrote, “I am convinced that nationalism can only come out of the ideological fusion of Hindu, Muslims, Sikhs and other groups in India.”: Dr Pranab Mukherjee in Nagpur
In Tanzania, the death toll in a ferry capsize in Lake Victoria climbed to more than 100 today. State Radio said hundreds more were still feared missing as rescuers searched for survivors after the disaster. The ferry MV Nyerere capsized yesterday afternoon just a few meters from the dock on […]
Srinagar : National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the proposed meeting of India Pakistan foreign ministers in New York. Talking to media on the sidelines of a party function in Leh, Omar Abdullah reiterated the need for a sustained, structured and result-oriented dialogue between India and Pakistan. “It’s […]
Srinagar : Three more militants have been killed in an encounter at Sumular forests of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, taking the death toll of militants to five. SSP Bandipora Zulfikar Azad said that three more militants have been killed in the operation. He said that all the bodies of the slain […]
Srinagar : Kashmir police on Friday said that no policeman has resigned in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of the killing of three police personnel by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. The state police spokesman said that the news about the resigning of SPOs in J&K is baseless. […]
Srinagar : Asking India and Pakistan to move beyond symbolism, MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Friday said that Ministers of the two countries meeting at the side lines of UN Assembly session will yield nothing, unless the two countries don’t recognize the sufferings, sacrifices and rights of people of J&K. The […]
Srinagar, Sep 21 : Paying rich tributes to Hazrat Imam-e-Hussain (RA) and his companions at Karballah 1400 years ago, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani said that this was not just a battle between two forces, but it was a fight between two ideologies. He said that Imam Hussain […]
A delegation of Kashmiri Pandits, who had spearheaded the recently- conducted observance of Balidan Diwas as part of the Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD), met the Home Minister of India, Shri Raj Nath Singh Ji today at New Delhi in his North Block Office. The meeting was also attended by […]
Coming together at a united platform under the aegis of All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference, all prominent organizations of Kashmiri Pandit community held a massive protest demonstration today outside Raj Bhawan, Jammu to observe the Balidan Divas / Martyr’s Day , paying homage to hundreds of Martyr’s of the community […]
Nagpur, Jun 7 Former President and Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee today warned that any attempt to define India through “religion, dogma or intolerance” will only dilute the country’s existence, as he attended an RSS event amid criticism by several of his party leaders including his own daughter. Mukherjee said […]
Srinagar, May 20 (PTI) The signature of Vishal Jangotra, an accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in January, does not match the one which he claimed to have signed in an exam attendance sheet in Meerut to claim he was not at the […]
Ramzan, the month of fasting in Islam, will begin from tomorrow as the moon was sighted today. A spokesperson of Delhi’s Jama Masjid said the moon was sighted tonight and fasting begins tomorrow. Ramzan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar when Muslims abstain from food and water from […]
What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by an assassin’s bullet. No wrongs have ever been righted by riots and civil disorders. A sniper is only a coward, not a hero; and an uncontrolled or uncontrollable mob is only the […]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) Education holds a key role in creating a just society and strengthening democracy, experts said while discussing higher education’s impact on inequality and empowerment of youth. Participating in the discussion titled ‘Role of Education in Creating a Just Society’ at the University of New South […]
By :Vishva Ranjan Pandita ( Pursuing LLB from Jammu University) Akhilesh Dhar ( Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from DY Patil, Pune.) Sometime you need confrontation in order to come up with a solution’, Donald Trump once quipped”. Similarly, India should come up with abiding formula to end the […]
Srinagar, May 27 The Jammu and Kashmir Police has a new task at hand — identify the ‘keypad jehadis’ who spew venom on social networking sites to try and create a law and order situation in the state by spreading on the Internet rumours or giving communal colour to any […]
A sad moment in Indian history. Communist World-We have Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Ho chi Minh and Castro. All of them are being presently portrayed as archvillains and enemies of mankind. Their good qualities are rarely acknowledged and their dark deeds magnified and presented.. This is not Lenin statue brought to […]
Srinagar, Feb 5 From joy rides on snow scooters to shopping in a floating market in the scenic Dal Lake, Kashmir has it all to make it ‘the safest place and a shopping paradise’, according to a group of women travelers from Hyderabad, who are out on an expedition […]
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said along with strengthening of infrastructure, the culture of hospitality and warmth needs to be developed in order to attract more tourists into the country. Speaking at the Paryatan Parv organised by the Ministry of Tourism, he said tourism, world […]
Srinagar, Sep 23 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today that her government will launch an intense promotional campaign to attract more tourists as the state’s negative portrayal was hurting the tourism industry. In her address after the screening of a film on Kashmir, she said the state […]
Copenhagen, Sep 16 (PTI) Air India has launched its direct flight to the Danish capital from New Delhi, the 11th destination for the national carrier in Europe, describing it as connecting Maharaja with the Mermaid. The flight landed at the airport here after more than a seven-hour journey at around […]
London, Sep 1 (PTI) The number of Indians visiting the British capital London is set to increase by a huge 90 per cent by 2025, according to official data released today. Last year, 0.27 million visitors from India came to London and that figure is set to hit 0.52 million […]
