“Valour, Sacrifice Won’t Be Forgotten”: PM On Soldiers, Cop Killed In J&K
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi this afternoon paid rich tributes to the five security personnel who were killed in action in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara town during a joint anti-terrorist operation by the armed forces and the J&K Police. “Their valour and sacrifice will never be forgotten,” PM Modi tweeted. All five personnel of […]
Date for JEE Mains and NEET expected to be announced on 5 May
New Delhi: Students preparing for the Joint Engineering Entrance (JEE) exam and National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) this year can expect some clarity on the exam dates by this week. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, the Human Resource Development Minister, is likely to announce dates for both the entrance exams Tuesday during his live interaction with students, […]
‘Will Expose Surveys Portraying Bad Picture About Press Freedom In India: Prakash Javadekar
Asserting that the media enjoys absolute freedom in India, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said “we will expose” those surveys that tend to portray a “bad picture” about press freedom in the country. On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, Javadekar said the media has the power to inform and […]
UN Chief’s Appeal, As Pakistan Continues Ceasefire Violations Along Line Of Control
United Nations: The ceasefire appeal by UN chief Antonio Guterres amidst the coronavirus pandemic is global and should be applied everywhere, including along the Line of Control, his spokesperson said, as Pakistani forces repeatedly engaged in unprovoked firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir this week that killed an Indian national. India on Friday […]
11 crore jobs, 30% of GDP: Small enterprises pushed to brink amid looming distress, despair
From a Delhi-based machine-part manufacturing enterprise which can’t pay its 24 workers to a paint-maker in Pune fresh out of insolvency but facing a funds crunch, a start-up which got a Rs 90-lakh order to make masks but is waiting for banks to give credit, to a Ludhiana export unit whose bills haven’t been cleared […]
Handwara Updates: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Pays Tribute To Soldiers, Security Personnel
Two senior army officers – a colonel and a major- were among five security personnel killed in action during an encounter in Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police officer and two army soldiers were also killed as the security personnel came under heavy fire during the encounter which began on Saturday. Defence Minister Rajnath […]
Eye on Gulf countries, Pak ups Twitter campaign to target India over ‘Islamophobia’
Indian security agencies have identified nearly 7,000 accounts on micro-blogging site Twitter that were opened in April 2020 and are being operated from Pakistan, a report submitted to the government this week has said. These social media handles, the report said, had launched a shrill campaign against India that was aimed at influencing India’s relations […]
Back-channel used to ‘urge’ Pak to release Kulbhushan Jadhav: Harish Salve
INDIA RESORTED to “back-channel” efforts to “persuade” Islamabad to release Kulbhushan Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer who is on death row in Pakistan on charges of spying and terrorist activities. This was revealed by India’s lead counsel in the case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Harish Salve, a senior Supreme Court lawyer and […]
Kashmir valley to be treated as a red zone
Srinagar: The J&K administration is all set to enforce a strict lockdown following May 3, despite the Union government’s classification of red, orange and green zones, while extending the lockdown for two more weeks. Recently, Lt. Governor Girish Murmu held a high-level meeting with his advisors and issued an order of Rs 350 crore package for […]
COVID-19: Panic after barber tests positive in Handwara
Srinagar: Panic has gripped the residents of Gonipora area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district after a barber tested positive for novel coronavirus. Sources told that the barber who tested positive on Friday was regularly attending the customers and would visit different places to make hair and beard of people. “He had come in contact […]
