World will take Pakistan seriously once it is economically stable: Foreign Minister
Karachi, Feb 10 : Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said the world will take his country seriously once it is economically stable. He made this comment while lamenting that the world was not taking the Kashmir issue seriously though Pakistan was raking it up at international meetings. “The world will take Pakistan […]
Paswan hails SC order upholding amendments to law on atrocities against Dalits
New Delhi, Feb 10: Union minister and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday hailed the Supreme Court order upholding the constitutional validity of the amendments to make a law on atrocities against Dalits stringent and asserted that the Centre is committed to protecting the constitutional rights of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes […]
Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to capture first look at Sun’s poles: NASA
Washington, Feb 10 : The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft on Monday rocketed into space on a historic mission to provide humanity with the first-ever images of the Sun’s elusive poles, the US space agency said. The USD 1.5 billion spacecraft launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from […]
Bangladesh’s reaction was ‘dirty’ following U-19 triumph: Priyam Garg
Potchefstroom, Feb 10 : India captain Priyam Garg has called the aggressive celebration of Bangladesh players “dirty” following their maiden title triumph at the Under-19 World Cup here. Some of the Bangladeshi players got carried away with their celebration after their historic win over India in the final here on Sunday. While their captain Akbar […]
BSNL, Air India, MTNL highest loss-making PSUs in FY19; ONGC most profitable: Survey
New Delhi, Feb 10 : ONGC, Indian Oil Corporation and NTPC were the top three profitable PSUs in 2018-19, whereas BSNL, Air India and MTNL incurred highest losses for a third consecutive year, according to a survey tabled in Parliament on Monday. The Public Enterprises Survey 2018-19, which maps the annual financial performance of all […]
DG BRO briefs Lt Governor about ongoing projects
Singh called on Advisor to the Lt Governor
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 10: Lt Gen Harpal Singh, Director General, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu here at the Raj Bhavan. He was accompanied by Brig. Y K Ahuja, Chief Engineer, Sampark and Brig. Ravi Navet, Chief Engineer, Beacon. The DG briefed the Lt Governor about the present status […]
What next?
Even a people were expecting some kind of headway in the political impasse here in the wake of major political players of the Valley completing six months in detention, the authorities have further extended their preventive detention. For instance, while the three-time former chief minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah is already serving detention under the Public […]
2000 vital projects to be completed by March 2021 in JK: AK Mehta
Govt aims to clear all bottlenecks in economy
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 10: In order to bolster economy and take Government’s Mission Development ahead, Financial Commissioner, Finance, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, today said that nearly two-thousand vital projects would be completed by March 2021 across Jammu and Kashmir. “We have completed 300 languishing projects so far. We are firm that we have to complete 2000 […]
NIA summons GM Saroori in connection with Kishtwar cases
Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned senior Congress leader from Jammu and Kashmir, GM Saroori, in connection with the investigation in the Kishtwar cases. Saroori, is the state vice president of Congress and a former minister. His brother was among those named for Hizb-ul-Mujahideen links in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. KI Web […]