As Spain records deadliest day, coronavirus lockdown stirs unrest
Madrid, Spain – As coronavirus killed a record 849 people in Spain in one day, there were signs of unrest as the weeks-long lockdown aimed at reducing deaths and limiting the infection’s spread stirred tensions in the country. On Tuesday, health authorities announced Spain’s deadliest day yet since the epidemic began, bringing the grim tally of fatalities to […]
Coronavirus Lockdown Reduces Flowers To Cattle Feed, Thousands In Floriculture Hit Hard
locals in Haryana’s Jind are now buying these flowers to feed their cows. Marigolds, Jasmine, Lillies, Roses – that are used in decoration at weddings and parties, and offered during prayers in temples, are now being destroyed by farmers as the nationwide lockdown to conatin the spread of coronavirus disrupted the flower industry. Flower markets […]
Kashmir gets a new domicile law, sets off a political firestorm: 10 facts
Eight months after the Union government scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, it has changed domicile rules for the union territory and ordered that only people who fulfill the new criteria will be eligible for junior posts in the bureaucracy and the constabulary. Before Parliament scrapped Article 370, only those considered permanent residents of the […]
Row Over New Rules For J&K Low-Ranking Jobs. Insult, Says Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: The centre has notified a controversial new law for appointments to government posts Jammu and Kashmir, in a notification that comes nearly eight months after it withdrew special status to the former state under Article 370 and birfurcated it into two union territories. As per the new law only low-ranking positions, such as junior […]
PM Modi to discuss Covid-19 challenges with chief ministers tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with all chief ministers on Wednesday to discuss India’s status in the battle against coronavirus disease and the way ahead, according to news agency ANI. PM Modi’s decision to hold the meeting via video conference comes at a time the central government is trying to contain the […]
Amid Covid-19 lockdown, 3 labourers walking back home slip to death in Pir Panchal range
Three labourers slipped to death at Hinjhal Top in Pir Panchal range of mountains on Wednesday while they were walking back from the Valley to their homes in Banihal. Senior Police officials said another person Parvez Ahmad was injured when the group of labourers returning back to Banihal through Verinag slipped on a glacier. The […]
Domicile Law Hollow, Unacceptable: NC
Srinagar National Conference on Wednesday criticized the new Domicile Law introduced by GOI, for its futility in safeguarding interests of people of Jammu and Kashmir and termed it totally unacceptable. While calling the newly introduced Law a cruel joke, party’s Chief Spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said, “Only Class –IV jobs have been reserved for […]
Domicile Order Frighteningly Ambivalent: PDP
Jammu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday termed the central government order defining domicile law for J&K as frighteningly ambivalent, irresolute and akin to rubbing salt to the people’s wounds. In a statement issued here, PDP General Secretary and former MLC Surinder Choudhary has termed the order issued by the GOI defining Domicile Rights of […]
Gunfight breaks out along LoC in north Kashmir
Srinagar: A gunfight broke ou t between militants and army in woods along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Reports reaching said that the soldiers manning the fence near “Teen Behak” in the Jumgund area of the LoC at around 1:00 p.m. intercepted the movement of a group of militants […]
Sensex, Nifty close 4% down as bears tighten stranglehold
Market Closing Indian shares closed in the red in the first trading session of FY21 on Wednesday as the number of coronavirus cases increased sharply across the country even as a 21-day lockdown remained in force. Sensex dropped 1,203 points or 4.1% at 28.265. Nifty slipped over 300 points or 3.9% at 8,263. Tech Mahindra, […]
