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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...