Daily Archives: July 16, 2021
Transit facilities, infrastructure, livelihood projects being initiated for tribal population: Dr Shahid
SRINAGAR: The government has initiated a slew of measures towards providing facilities to tribal migratory population with focus on infrastructure development, healthcare,...
DC Doda discusses Eid-ul Adha arrangements with religious heads, traders unions
DODA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Doda, Vikas Sharma today discussed the arrangements for Eid-ul-Adha here at a joint meeting of departments and representatives of...
DC reviews Child Protection scenario in Kathua district
Schools to start Book Bank initiative to help underprivileged, needy children
KATHUA: Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, Rahul Yadav chaired a...
Two militants killed in Srinagar encounter were affiliated with ISJK: Police
They were involved in three incidents, were tracking them, got lead yesterday: IGP Kashmir; 2 CRPF men also injured in gunfight, hospitalised,...
9 killed in strikes on Syria’s last rebel enclave
BEIRUT: At least nine civilians were killed, including three children, when Syrian government rockets hit two villages in the last rebel stronghold...
US Senate confirms Indian-American Seema Nanda as solicitor for labour dept
WASHINGTON: The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American civil rights lawyer Seema Nanda as the solicitor for the Department of Labour.
US lawmakers demand panel on Covid origin
WASHINGTON: A group of Democratic lawmakers in the US has asked the Congressional leadership to establish a bipartisan commission, modelled after the...
Jaishankar assures Ghani of support
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reached Tashkent from nearby Dushanbe on Thursday along with the same set of ministers from...
Colonial-era sedition law being misused, is it still needed, asks SC
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concerns over the “enormous misuse” of the colonial era law of sedition and asked...
States given Rs 75k cr as GST compensation
NEW DELHI: The Union Finance Ministry has released Rs 75,000 crore to the states and UTs with legislatures under the back-to-back loan...