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India seeking consensus among G20 members for faster extradition of fugitive economic offenders
New Delhi, Aug 11: India is seeking consensus among G20 nations against fugitive economic offenders to ensure their faster extradition and recovery of assets, both domestically as well as abroad.This was stated here today by Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh, in an interview with public…
Read More »Terrorism on its last legs, drug menace a challenge: DGP
SRINAGAR, Aug 11: Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh Friday remarked the militancy was at its last stage as there is lowest number of militants as of now even as the drug menace remained a challenge for the law-enforcement agencies to tackle. The top cop made the remarks on…
Read More »President Murmu to launch Navy’s stealth frigate on Aug 17
Kolkata: President Droupadi Murmu will launch a stealth frigate for the Indian Navy here on August 17, an official said.Built by Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), this will be the third and last stealth frigate the warship maker was contracted to build for the Navy under…
Read More »ISRO successfully conducts parachute deployment tests for Gaganyaan mission
Bengaluru: ISRO has successfully conducted a series of tests on drogue parachutes, which would play a pivotal role in stabilising the crew module and reducing its velocity to a safe level during re-entry in the planned Gaganyaan human space flight mission.The Gaganyaan mission hopes to safely transport astronauts to Space…
Read More »Nobody can accept hate speech, harmony and comity needed between communities: SC
New Delhi: Observing that there has to be harmony and comity between communities, the Supreme Court on Friday mooted a committee constituted by the Director General of Police (DGP) of Haryana to go into the cases registered in the wake of the recent communal riots in the state that claimed…
Read More »Marrying woman by concealing identity to be dealt under specific provision of proposed law to replace IPC: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Marrying a woman by concealing identity or having intercourse under false promise of marriage, promotion and employment will be treated as crime for the first time under the proposed law that will replace the colonial-era Indian Penal Code, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday.Introducing the Bharatiya Nyaya…
Read More »Visually impaired girl student from Pulwama teaches computers
Lethpora : A visually impaired girl from Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district is teaching people how to use mobile phones, computers and laptops after learning it herself from social media and using talking software.Tehzeeba Hilal, a class 12th student at a school in Awantipora area of Pulwama district, claims that…
Read More »Kashmir potter bags bulk order for 10,000 diyas for I-Day celebrations
Srinagar: This year, Diwali has come early for Mohammad Umar, a potter who has bagged an order for 10,000 oil lamps from the Jammu and Kashmir administration for Independence Day celebrations.This is the biggest order Umar has received in recent years.”My family has been doing pottery for generations and I…
Read More »CS for carrying out QC before declaring villages as Model category under SBM
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 11: With the Independence Day coming close by, the Chief Secretary, DrArun Kumar Mehta, today took review of the districts which were lagging behind in declaration of their villages as ‘Model Category’ under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Grameen. The Government is aspiring to declare the whole UT…
Read More »Police distributes essential items among specially-abled persons in Budgam
August 11: As a part of Civic Action Programme, Police in Budgam have distributed essential items among specially-abled persons hailing from various parts of district in an event at DPL Budgam.SSP Budgam Shri Al-Tahir Gilani-JKPS distributed essential items including Sewing machines, Iron, Thread box, scale, measuring, tape/Printer, Copier, Scanner and…
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NC leader Mustafa Kamal passes away in Srinagar after brief illness
Srinagar, July 14: Senior National Conference (NC) leader Mustafa Kamal passed away on Monday …
