#COVID19: Bulletin August 8
122 new positive cases reported 47 from #Jammu Division and 82 from #Kashmir Division
Modi to chair UNSC debate on maritime security
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level open debate on “Enhancing Maritime Security A Case for International Cooperation” on Monday via video conferencing. His office said on Sunday the meeting is expected…
‘Listen to us’: Oppn tells govt as it releases video of members speaking on Pegasus, farmers
New Delhi; The opposition’s strategy of speaking on the Pegasus snooping row and farm laws during discussions of bills in the Rajya Sabha has now been compiled in a three-minute video in an attempt to…
Traffic Plan & Advisory for August 9
STATE TIMES NEWS ATTENTION On 11-08-2021 Wednesday, there shall be no traffic movement on Jammu-Srinagar NHW from either side in view of maintenance/repairing of the NHW.2.On 13-08-2021 Friday , there shall be no traffic movement…
Divyang children to get major hike in Family Pension: Dr Jitendra
STATE TIMES NEWS Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said here today…
Rise in airfares: DGCA asks airlines to submit details about fares on India-UK flights
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has asked the airlines to submit details about the airfares they have been charging for India-UK flights during August, a senior official said on Sunday. On Saturday, Sanjeev Gupta, Secretary,…
Hopeful IT panel will take up Pegasus; officials may have been instructed to skip last meet: Tharoor
New Delhi: Shashi Tharoor, senior Congress leader and chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT, on Sunday said the panel’s last meeting on July 28 was “disrupted” by BJP members as they did not…
Delhi recorded 1,858 black fungus cases so far; 686 active as on Aug 5: Health department
New Delhi: The national capital has so far recorded 1,858 mucormycosis (black fungus) cases, 686 of which were active as on August 5, the Delhi health department said on Sunday. It said in a statement…
COVID-19: Hazards of not reopening schools too serious to be ignored, says parliamentary panel
New Delhi: The hazards of not reopening schools after prolonged closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic are “too serious to be ignored”, according to a parliamentary panel. The committee has noted that the closure of…
Two drug peddlers held with 2 kg charas in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested after two kilograms of charas, worth lakhs of rupees, was found in their possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said on Sunday. Riyaz Ahmad of Sumbar-Harog…