Trump abruptly escorted from briefing after shooting near White House
Washington: US President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a US Secret Service agent out of a live press briefing on coronavirus as a precautionary measure, after a shooting incident outside the White House. Following the incident on Monday, Trump minutes later returned for the news conference and said things were under control. “White House seems […]
SC TO DECIDE
In the coming days the Supreme Court is going to decide the contempt writ petition filed by an NGO who had in an earlier application pleaded for the high speed internet services in Jammu and Kashmir. The Supreme Court expressed its displeasure when the government advocate asked for some more time as new LG has […]
IPL 2020: BCCI gets government nod to hold tournament in UAE
The BCCI has received the Indian government’s approval to hold the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), IPL governing council chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed. “Yes, we have received the government approval,” Patel told The Indian Express. He added that the BCCI would work in tandem with the IPL franchises to make the […]
Centre should take steps to undo economic disruption: Manmohan Singh
Protecting people’s livelihood, making adequate capital available for businesses and ensuring the autonomy of the financial sector are the three steps the government should take “immediately” to undo the economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in an interview to BBC, urging the government to consider significant amounts of […]
PC condemns authorities for barring Party VP to attend Nikkah Ceremony of his son
Peoples Conference on Monday condemned the authorities for not allowing senior party leader and former Minister Abdul Gani Vakil to attend the Nikkah ceremony of his son. PC spokesperson Adnan Ashraf in a statement to KNS, said that “we are appalled at the conduct and approach of the administration towards our senior leader and former […]
Order time time-bound judicial probe in missing case of Rajouri laborers : CPI (M)
The incident of three labourers from Rajouri going missing from Shopian district from July 17 is a serious issue and needs a time-bound judicial probe. According to media reports the trio went missing just a day before the security forces claimed it killed three unidentified militants in Shopian. There are unverified reports that the missing […]
JK reports 470 new positive cases, 17375 recovered so far
The Government on Monday informed that 470 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 102 from Jammu division and 368 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 25367. Also 06 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 372 more […]
Div Com Jammu reviews arrangements for Muharram
JAMMU, AUGUST 10: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today discussed the arrangements for Muharram here at a meeting of officers and representatives of religious organizations, including Shia Federation, Anjuman-e-Imamia and Anjuman-e-Haidery. Submitting the list of programmes to be organized, the religious organizations informed the Div Com that subject to the appearance of moon, Muharram will […]
Religious heads have huge role towards creating awareness regarding COVID-19: Advisor Baseer Khan
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 10: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today described the role of religious heads from all the sects across the valley as of immense significance towards motivating people for strict adherence to all necessary preventive protocols regarding COVID-19 to contain the spread of this global pandemic. Advisor, while addressing the religious heads […]
Samoon inaugurates online IMPACT training under Samagra Shiksha
32,000 Grade II & III teachers to be trained through DIETs SRINAGAR, AUGUST 10: A massive online Integrated Multidisciplinary Professional Advancement Course for Teachers (IMPACT) training programme commenced here today under Samagra Shiksha, with its formal e-inauguration by Principal Secretary School Education, Dr. Asgar Samoon. Based on need assessment, the short course entitled IMPACT has […]
