Govt refutes AI’s claim of ‘witch-hunt’, calls it a ploy to divert attention from illegalities
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Tuesday strongly refuted Amnesty International’s allegation that it was being subjected to an “incessant witch-hunt”, saying India, by settled law, does not allow interference in domestic political debates by entities funded by foreign donations. Coming down heavily on the organisation, the ministry also said all the “glossy statements” […]
Lt Governor Sinha for conservation, preservation of water bodies
Chairs meeting, through virtual mode, on restoration of Dal lake with the Committee of Experts
SRINAGAR : Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today stressed upon innovative and efficient measures for conservation and preservation of world-renowned Dal lake, Wular lake and other water bodies. “Effective Solid Waste Management shall be put in place not only for houseboats but for the whole Srinagar city for the holistic conservation of Dal lake,” he added. […]
B2V3: Training imparted to visiting officers at SKICC
SRINAGAR : The training programme for visiting officers for Phase-3 of Back to Village Programme was today organized by the Department of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, J&K at SKICC here. On the occasion, the training was imparted to 298 Officers deployed by General Administration Department for Kashmir Division in five batches. Secretary to Government, […]
Navin Choudhary reviews arrangements for transportation of fruit crops
Directs for hassle free movement of fruit laden trucks
SRINAGAR : Principal Secretary Agriculture and Horticulture Departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary, today chaired a meeting to review the arrangements for smooth transportation of fruit crops to outside of the Valley at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by DC Udhampur, Piyush Singla, DC Poonch, Rahul Yadav, SSP Traffic Highway, ADC Anantnag, ACR Ramban, Director […]
Growth needed for recovery will take time, infra stimulus required: Experts
Kolkata: The growth needed for recovery of the economy post the pandemic will take some time and the government should provide stimulus to the infrastructure sector of the country, experts said on Tuesday. Speaking at a webinar organised by BCCI, Sajjid Z Chinoy, the chief Indian economist for J P Morgan said that the COVID-19 […]
India’s COVID-19 recovery rate past 83%; recovered cases outnumber active ones by over 41.5 L
New Delhi: The number of people who have recuperated from COVID-19 in India crossed 51 lakh, improving the national recovery rate to over 83 per cent and outnumbering the active cases by more than 41.5 lakh, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. As much as 73 per cent of the new recovered cases were […]
Advisor Khan attends series of programmes at Karnah
TANGDHAR : Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmad Khan visited Karnah area of Kupwara district today and attended series of programmes while also reviewing the preparations of Back to Village -3 in the sub division. Earlier, on reaching Tangdhar the Advisor was briefed by District Development Commissioner Kupwara, Anshul Garg about the development profile of […]
Child poverty likely to increase in EU amid virus pandemic
Brussels: The European Union’s external auditor said Tuesday that child poverty has reached an “unacceptable” level across the world’s largest economy, a situation likely to worsen during the coronavirus pandemic. According to EU data, almost 23 million people under 18 — approximately one in four children — are at risk of poverty or social exclusion […]
Tarigami assures full support to non-migrant KPs in their ‘fight to achieve their rights’
Srinagar : While urging the Jammu and Kashmir administration to fulfill the genuine demands of Kashmiri Pandit community living in the valley, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Tuesday assured his full support to the community in their fight to achieve their rights. The Kashmir Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS), the Valley’s largest Kashmiri Pandit group, […]
PM says opposition wants only middlemen to thrive, not farmers
Dehradun: In a scathing attack on those opposing the new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said they wanted only the middlemen to thrive and referred to the burning of a tractor in Delhi by Congress workers as an insult to farmers. “They are opposing the freedom of farmers and want their problems to continue […]
