Line of Actual Control: Marathon meeting between Indian and Chinese commanders
Indian and Chinese army commanders sat across the table for more than three hours Saturday to find ways to resolve the tense situation along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. Lt General Harinder Singh, XIV Corps Commander, led the Indian delegation to the Chinese border meeting point at Moldo near Chushul. The Chinese army team […]
‘J&K bureaucracy divided into two camps’
There is alleged ‘tussle’ between LG’s office and Chief Secretary, and this is affecting governance. Srinagar: Internal rumblings in the Jammu and Kashmir administration have roots in the alleged tussle between Lieutenant-Governor Girish Chandra Murmu’s office and J&K Chief Secretary B.V.R. Subramanyam. Highly placed sources told this newspaper that this tussle has impacted different wings of […]
With new WHO guidelines on face masks, what are rules for wearing them around the world?
WHO Friday changed its guidelines on using face masks, advising that face masks should be worn in public to stop the spread of COVID-19, which has over 6.7 million cases worldwide with a death toll that is nearing 400,000. In a statement, WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the body has updated its guidance keeping […]
Psy Ops: In Ladakh standoff with India, China’s PLA replays Doklam tactics
Psychological operations against the adversary is the key ingredient in the Chinese War Zone Concept (WZC) doctrine. Although Psy Ops, as it is called, is an age-old concept since the times of Chanakya and Sun Tzu, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has refined it by influencing the influencers among the adversaries, on and off social […]
Div Com reviews functioning of Geology & Mining deptt
SRINAGAR, JUNE 06: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P.K Pole today presided over an officers meeting convened to review the functioning of Geology and Mining department besides availability of construction material in Kashmir province in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. The meeting was attended by Chief Engineers of PHE, R&B and PMGSY departments, Managing Director […]
Director Agri. reviews implementation of various schemes
SRINAGAR, JUNE 06: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today reviewed the status of various sponsored schemes and benefits reaching beneficiaries at Agriculture Complex Lalmandi, Srinagar. The Director took a detailed review regarding list of beneficiaries covered under various centrally sponsored schemes CAPEX during the year 2019-20, farm wise list of machinery purchased during last […]
Kupwara Court Orders ‘Protective Equipments’ for COVID-19 Frontline Force
Srinagar, June 06 (KNS): Kupwara Court has ordered district administration Kupwara serving as District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) to ensure that the COVID-19 frontline warriors are provided necessary PPE kits, hand gloves, sanitizers, masks and other essential equipments without any delay while hearing a petition on containing COVID-19 in Kupwara district that is battling with […]
Allow smooth transportation of cherry crop to outside mandis: CPI (M)
Srinagar, June 6 (KNS): CPI (M) leader Ghulam Nabi Malik on Saturday urged the administration to allow smooth transportation of Kashmir’s first crop of cherry fruit, expected to cross the 11,000-metric tonne mark this year, to outside mandis in view of its short life span. according to statement issued to KNS he said, the fruit […]
Sovereign Gold Bond to open on Monday, issue price fixed at Rs 4,677/gm
The third instalment of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) scheme, issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on behalf of the government, will open for subscription for five days from Monday, June 8. The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2020-21 Series III will be opened for subscription for June 8 to June 12. Sovereign Gold […]
Jagmohan’s Adviser In 1990, Ved Marwah Dies
SRINAGAR: Ved Marwah who flew to Srinagar as the Chief of the National Security Guards (NSG) in 1989 and laws later appointed as the adviser to the then governor, Jagmohan has died, reports said. Marwah was 87. He died in Goa. Later, he was appointed as governor of Mizoram. Reports said Marwah was admitted to […]
