J-K administration orders screening at airports amid coronavirus outbreak

J-K administration orders screening at airports amid coronavirus outbreak ANI | General News | Last Updated at January 29 2020 20:15 IST The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday issued a special advisory on screening at airports with regard to the coronavirus outbreak and setting up of special isolation wards with all the facilities of […]
European Parl to vote on Kashmir, CAA

Close on the heels of a number of critical international statements and parliamentary resolutions, the government is bracing for six scathing resolutions on both Jammu and Kashmir and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, that have been filed by an overwhelming majority of members in the European Parliament. These will be taken up for discussion […]
BBBP Week: Programme in memory of Late Atiqa Bano held at Sopore

BARAMULLA, : As part of the week long Beti Bacho Beti Padho (BBBP)Program being celebrated throughout the district, a special program in memory of renowned educationist cum social activist late Atiqa Bano was today organized here at Government Degree College, Sopore. On the occasion the contributions of Atiqa Bano were remembered through different activities including […]
“I Have Been Detained At Home”, Says Mehbooba Mufti’s Daughter, Cops Deny

Srinagar: Iltija Mufti, daughter of detained PDP chief and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, claimed today she too had been detained. Ms Mufti alleged Srinagar Police stopped her from leaving her residence to visit the grave of her grandfather – two-time former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Ms Mufti made a similar claim in August last […]
10 Killed, 36 Injured As Bus Falls Into Gorge In Jammu And Kashmir’s Rajouri

Jammu: An overloaded private bus skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, killing 10 passengers and injuring 36, police said. The bus was on its way to Jammu from Surankote, they said. Rajouri Senior Superintendent of Police Yougal Manhas said 10 people were killed […]
Broadband services restored in 80 Govt hospitals

SRINAGAR, : The Government today said that broadband internet services have been fully restored in 80 Government hospitals so far. The Government has also directed restoration of internet broadband services in respect of all other Government hospitals as well where local bottlenecks like connectivity status, billing problem etc are being worked out and fixed on […]
2 PDP leaders released, 2 more to follow

Srinagar : The Government today released two mainstream leaders from house arrest and equal numbers of them will be released tomorrow while daughter of former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, was today detained at her residence. Two leaders of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Rafi Ahmad Mir and Abdul Majeed Paddar were released today from house arrest […]
Bad loans to rise in 2020, says RBI

Mumbai: Asset quality of commercial banks could worsen next year primarily due to the economic slowdown, increase in slippages and declining credit growth, warned the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. The gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio may increase to 9.9 per cent by September 2020 from 9.3 per cent. “The RBI’s macro-stress tests for […]
Central banks’ gold buy highest since 1970s

Chennai: In 2019 net purchases of gold by central banks touched the highest level since fiat currencies came into existence in 1970s. RBI’s gold purchases too were at a decade-high level last year. Gold purchases by central banks stood at 668 tonnes in 2019, which was higher than 651.5 tonnes bought in 2018. Of this, 390 […]
Kiwis sweat on Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner as bug hits team

Sydney: New Zealand sweated on the fitness of batting kingpin and captain Kane Williamson Thursday after he and Henry Nicholls missed a second day of training ahead of the final Test against Australia. Both are battling viral infections as they race to recover for the clash in Sydney, where the visitors are desperate to salvage some […]