Day: March 14, 2019

India-Pakistan meeting on Kartarpur corridor begins

Attari (Amritsar) : A meeting between officials of India and Pakistan to finalise the modalities for setting up of a corridor linking the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistani town of Kartarpur with Gurdaspur district in Punjab commenced here Thursday, officials said. The talks are being held at the Indian […]

Series Overview: Plan A in place but what about Plan B?

New Delhi :  India captain Virat Kohli made it clear that he has his Plan A in place but what also became clear in the just-concluded ODI series against Australia was the lack of an effective Plan B ahead of the World Cup starting May 30. Who is the […]

Responsible UNSC members may be forced to pursue other actions: UNSC diplomat on Masood Azhar

Washington :  Outraged by China blocking for the fourth time a move to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist, responsible UNSC members warned they “may be forced to pursue other actions” at the Security Council if Beijing continued with this policy. “If China continues to block this […]

World Kidney Day

open view news desk World Kidney day was celebrated at AHRR, Dhaula Kaun, New Delhi, on 13th March 2019.  The events at the function ranged from “Walkathon” by kidney transplant patients, motivational talks, plays, and musical show, highlighting various aspects of the life of a kidney disease patient […]

Schedule for bye-elections to fill casual vacancies from 64 – Dhrangadhra AC and 85 – Manavadar AC in the State Legislative Assembly of Gujarat

open view news desk The Election Commission of India has decided to hold bye-elections to fill casual vacancies from 64 – Dhrangadhra AC and 85 – Manavadar AC in the State Legislative. Assembly of Gujarat. After taking into consideration various factors like, festivals, electoral rolls, etc., the Commission has […]

Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India (Base: 2011-12=100)

Review for the month of February, 2019 The official Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ (Base: 2011-12=100) for the month of February, 2019 rose by 0.3 percent to 119.5 (provisional) from 119.2 (provisional) for the previous month. INFLATION The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at […]

President Confers Gallantry and Distinguished Service Awards

The President and Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred three Kirti Chakras and fifteen Shaurya Chakras to Armed Forces Personnel for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony at the RashtrapatiBhawan here today. TwoKirti Chakras and one Shaurya Chakra were […]

J&K legislature to soon have National e-Vidhan Application

JAMMU : Chairman, Legislative Council, Haji Anayat Ali and Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Dr Nirmal Singh today inaugurated 2-Day orientation workshop on National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) here at Central Hall of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretariat. The orientation workshop programme on NeVA is being organized by the Jammu […]

Power shutdown

open view news desk JAMMU : In order to carry out various development and repair works, the power supply to Nandpur, Jerada, Baba Chmalyal, Adhelar and its adjoining areas fed from 33 KV Nandpur Line emanating from 220/132/33KV Grid Station Lalyana shall remain affected on March 13 from […]

Awareness programme on potato cultivation held

open view news desk SRINAGAR : To acquaint the farmers with latest techniques about potato cultivation, a daylong training cum awareness programme on potato cultivation was held by Potato Development Office, Agriculture department Kashmir, at Lalmandi, Srinagar. About 150 farmers across the valley participated in the camp. The […]

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