Chopra meets Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya after returning home
New Delhi: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday met Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya here after winding up an eventful season that was dotted with an Olympic silver medal and a second-place finish in the Diamond League grand finale. The 26-year-old Chopra returned home after becoming the first Indian track-and-field athlete to claim successive Olympic […]
Pahalgam’s “Aru Village” gets ‘Best Tourism Villages of India’ award
NEW DELHI : Union Ministry of Tourism today announced Aru village, part of Pahalgam in Anantnag, as one of the winners of prestigious ‘Best Tourism Villages of India’ award. The announcement was made on the occasion of World Tourism Day. Introduced in 2023, the Best Tourism Villages Competition aims to identify and recognize villages that […]
JKSTD host mega SVEEP event at Jammu to promote voter awareness
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir State Taxes Department (JKSTD) today held various activities under mega Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) program at Excise and Taxation Complex, here. Commissioner JKSTD, P K Bhat was chief guest on the occasion while as Additional Commissioner Tax Planning, Policy and Advance Ruling, Ali Afsar Khan and Additional Commissioner […]
CS reviews progress on PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today reviewed the progress on PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana and solarization of government buildings with senior officers of Science and Technology Department at Civil Secretariat, Jammu. Present in the meeting were Principal Secretary, PDD, Principal Secretary, Finance, Commissioner Secretary, Science & Technology, MD JPDCL/KPDCL, Executive Director, JKSPDCL, CPM […]
CS reviews status of high speed internet connectivity in far-flung areas
JAMMU : Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of the State Broadband Committee of Jammu Kashmir at Civil Secretariat Jammu. Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) IT, Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary, PDD, H. Rajesh Prasad, Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD, Mandeep Kaur; Secretary, PWD, Bhupinder Kumar, CGM BSNL, Saurabh Tyagi and other concerned officers of allied departments […]
Justice Tashi Rabstan sworn in as Chief Justice of High Court of J&K and Ladakh
JAMMU: At a ceremony held today in the Convention Centre, Justice Tashi Rabstan was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. He made and subscribed to the oath of office before the Lieutenant Governor, UT of J&K, Manoj Sinha.
Sri Lanka appoints Priyantha Weerasuriya as acting police chief
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday appointed Senior Deputy Inspector General Priyantha Weerasuriya as the acting police chief, replacing Deshabandu Tennakoon who was suspended by the Supreme Court in July. The move comes after a three-member bench of the apex court issued an order that will remain in effect until the completion […]
Imran Khan’s party withdraws application for rally in Rawalpindi, will now hold ‘protest’
Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party has reportedly withdrawn its application for holding a rally in Rawalpindi scheduled for Saturday, instead changing the event to a ‘protest’, according to media reports. The decision was made following directives from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Khan, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. Speaking to journalists outside […]
Canadian MP blasts petition seeking fresh inquiry into 1985 Kanishka bombing
Ottawa: A prominent Canadian MP of Indian origin has criticised a petition seeking a fresh inquiry into the bombing of Air India Flight 182 of 1985 to determine the involvement of any “foreign intelligence”, alleging that it promotes “conspiracy theories” of Khalistani extremists. The Montreal-New Delhi Air India ‘Kanishka’ Flight 182 exploded 45 minutes before […]
Bangladesh’s chief advisor Yunus introduces ‘brains’ that ‘meticulously designed’ Hasina’s ouster
New York: Bangladesh’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus introduced to an American audience here the “brains” behind the “meticulously designed” protests that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina from power. Introducing the students at Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting on Tuesday, where Yunus was welcomed by former US president Bill Clinton, the Nobel laureate suggested […]
