Indian Army Organized Lecture on Awareness for World Aids Day at Parat, Rajouri

Rajouri: The Indian Army marked World AIDS Day with an awareness campaign at Government High School, Massoite emphasising the global theme of “Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice”. The event aimed to address the unique challenges faced by the local communities regarding AIDS, including stigma, limited healthcare access in remote areas and lack […]

Indian Army Conducts Medical Camp for Gujjar & Bakkarwals at Sangla, Poonch

Poonch: The Indian Army conducted a medical camp at Sangla, Poonch, aimed at providing essential primary healthcare services to the residents of Sangla and nearby villages in the Pir Panjal ranges. This population primarily consists of the migratory Gujjar and Bakkarwal communities. Known for its poor road infrastructure and lack of basic medical facilities, Sangla […]

Gold declines Rs 200 to Rs 79,000 per 10 gm; silver bounces Rs 2,400

New Delhi: Gold prices extended losses for the second straight day after declining Rs 200 to Rs 79,000 per 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday, according to the All India Sarafa Association. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity on Monday settled at Rs 79,200 per 10 grams. However, silver prices surged […]

SC slaps Rs 50k cost on Centre for appeal against soldier’s pension to widow

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the Centre for filing an appeal against an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal, which granted a liberalised pension to the widow of a soldier who died during a counter-terrorism patrol in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench of Justices Abhay S […]

Amit Shah congratulates Chandigarh, first city to fully implement new criminal laws

Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday congratulated Chandigarh,which became the first in the country to fully implement the landmark three criminal laws in the country, and said that the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) would be implemented fully across the country within 3 years […]

Strive for full digitization of health services: CS

Also takes stock of admissions made in Nursing & Paramedical coursesJAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today held a meeting of Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department to take assessment of the measures taken under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) to ensure secure and hassle-free availability of services under this initiative. Besides the Secretary H&ME, the […]

LeT terrorist involved in Gagangir attack in October killed in Srinagar

Srinagar: A Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, allegedly involved in an attack near a tunnel construction site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gagangir in October this year, was killed in an encounter with security forces in the Dachigam forest area here on Tuesday, officials said. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in the upper […]

Two suspected women terror associates detained under PSA in Udhampur

Jammu: Police on Tuesday detained two women suspected to be “terror associates” under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir”s Udhampur district. The overground workers (OGWs) have been identified as Maryama Begum from Loudhara village and Arshad Begum from Rai Chak, both in the Basantgarh area, officials said. They were detained after it […]