No response from govt over demand for meeting, will start indefinite fast on Saturday: Sonam Wangchuk
New Delhi: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk said he and other protesters from Ladakh would sit on an indefinite fast from Saturday since they have not received any response from the government over their demand of meeting the President, prime minister or the Union home minister. Wangchuk was leading the ‘Delhi Chalo Padyatra’, which began from […]
India consistently advocated for peaceful resolution to disputes: Rajnath on Indo-Pacific
New Delhi: India has consistently advocated for a peaceful resolution to disputes and has sought to promote cooperation among nations in the Indo-Pacific, with a strong emphasis on the centrality of ASEAN, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday. His remarks come amid China’s increasing military muscle-flexing in the region. In his address at the […]
Need to catch up with China on technology & production rate of military equipment: IAF Chief
New Delhi: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Friday said the IAF is aiming to have its entire inventory produced in India by 2047 under the indigenisation programme even as he asserted that Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd must produce 24 Tejas light combat jets annually as promised to offset the delays in […]
Security forces kill 28 Naxalites in Bastar region; 185 Maoists eliminated so far in 2024
Dantewada: In one of the biggest operations against Maoists in Chhattisgarh, security personnel killed 28 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in the Bastar region on Friday, a senior police official said. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai hailed the security forces for their operation and said the ‘double engine’ government (BJP government in the state and […]
LG has no constitutional right to nominate five MLAs in J&K Assembly: National Conference
Jammu: The National Conference on Friday raised strong objections against the nomination of five MLAs to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by the lieutenant governor, saying this move is “unconstitutional and undemocratic”. The National Conference said such powers lie solely with an elected government and cannot be exercised by the lieutenant governor in the absence […]
Power shutdown
JAMMU,: Superintending Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M Circle Kathua has informed that the power supply to Bainglar, Basantar, Raipur and adjoining areas will remain affected on October 06 from 7 am to 11 am. Similarly, the power supply to Kangwala and adjoining areas will remain affected on October 07 from 7 am to 11 am. Likewise, […]
Inter-District UT Level Chess competition inaugurated in Batote
RAMBAN,: The Additional District Development Commissioner, Ramban, Roshan Lal, today inaugurated the Inter-District Union Territory (UT) Level Chess Competition for Boys in the Under-17 and Under-19 categories at Batote. The tournament organized by the Department of Youth Services & Sports (YS&S), Ramban, under the aegis of Director General YS&S, Rajinder Singh Tara, and in collaboration […]
Inter-Division UT Level Kho-Kho, Volleyball Tournament started in Kishtwar
KISHTWAR: Under the direction of Director General Youth Services & Sports J&K, Rajinder Singh Tara, and with the guidance of Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, Rajesh Kumar Shavan, the Department of Youth Services & Sports Kishtwar, under the supervision of District Youth Services & Sports Officer, Jaffer Haider Sheikh, hosted the Inter-Division UT Level Tournament in the […]
Omar Abdullah asks bureaucrats in J&K to resist pressure to ‘further disempower’ incoming govt
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah Friday asked bureaucrats in Jammu and Kashmir to resist any pressure to “further disempower” the incoming elected government. “The BJP has clearly accepted defeat in J-K. Why else would the chief secretary be assigned the duty to change transaction of business rules of the government to curtail […]
CEC Kumar calls on Vice President Dhankhar
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday called on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar here. The vice president’s secretariat posted a picture of the meeting on its social media account. No immediate details of the meeting were available.
