Advisor Baseer Khan holds public hearing in Srinagar
Meets 84 delegations, individuals SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 08: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today listened to issues of different delegations and individuals, including representatives of various associations, at Grievance Cell Church Lane Srinagar. As many as, 84 public deputations and individuals, hailing from different areas of Jammu and Kashmir, apprised the Advisor of their […]
LinkedIn, NSDC to accelerate digital skills training for Indian youth
Professional networking platform LinkedIn and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) on Tuesday announced a partnership which will provide free access to LinkedIn Learning resources to upskill Indian young professionals and create a future-ready digital workforce. Under the partnership, 10 free LinkedIn Learning paths (consisting of 140 courses) for a range of in-demand tech jobs, will […]
Farooq Abdullah accuses BJP of playing communal politics
Member Parliament and National Conference president, Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing communal politics and said that “it will drown them”. Talking to reporters after offering fateha at the grave of his father and NC founder Sheikh Abdullah, the MP from Srinagar said that the National Conference never played […]
Meeting with all political parties soon to discuss J&K delimitation, EC Sushil Chandra says
New Delhi: The Delimitation Commission is close to making a broad framework for Jammu and Kashmir delimitation, after which it will conduct a meeting with all associate members, who are representatives of different political parties, to give their views on the delimitation of constituencies, Election Commissioner Sushi Chandra said. “We have already obtained the Census figures […]
75,809 new COVID-19 cases take tally to 42.8 lakh; record 1,133 fatalities push death toll to 72,775
New Delhi:India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 42,80,422 on Tuesday with 75,809 instances of the viral infection recorded in the last 24 hours, while a record 1,133 fatalities took the death toll to 72,775, the Union health ministry data showed. During the same period, the number of recoveries surged to 33,23,950 pushing the recovery rate to 77.65 […]
3 LeT OGWs arrested in north Kashmir’s Bandipora: Police
Bandipora: Bandipora police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested three over ground workers of Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit and recovered incriminating material from their possession in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. A senior police officer said that the police station Hajin received information from reliable sources that some “miscreants at the behest of local […]
China displays Covid-19 vaccines for first time
BEIJING: China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic. High hopes hang on the small vials of liquid on show at a Beijing trade fair this week — vaccine candidates produced by Chinese companies […]
Tokyo Olympics will go ahead with or without Covid: Coates
SYDNEY: Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the novel coronavirus pandemic, International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates said on Monday, vowing they will be the ‘Games that conquered Covid’. The Olympics have never been cancelled outside of the world wars and Coates, speaking in an exclusive interview, was adamant that […]
PEACEFUL RESISTANCE
Mainstream camp in Kashmir is trying to make it self-relevant among the common people as the government has lifted curbs on their political activities especially on the leadership of National Conference. PDP leadership continues to be under curbs and its president Mehbooba Mufti is still detained under PSA from the past 13 months. Recently all […]
‘No Shots Fired, No Transgression Across LAC’: India After China’s Claims
The India Army on Tuesday denied that it crossed the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh or fired any warning shots. China had accused India of “illegally crossing” the LAC and firing warning shots near the south bank of Pangong Tso Lake. The Army officials said that China continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate the […]
