Srinagar,  Condemning the Sopore terrorist attack on Saturday in which two civilians and two policemen were killed former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said bullets cannot resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and dialogue is the only way forward.

"The issue of Jammu and Kashmir cannot be resolved

New Delhi,  Amid calls for lower levies on items and medicines required in Covid-19 treatment, the GST Council on Saturday decided to slash rates of several Covid-relief items to 5 per cent from existing 12-18 per cent levels, although it kept the much talked-about tax rate on vaccines unchanged at 5 p

Srinagar,  Jammu and Kashmir is preparing a capacity expansion plan to tackle a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

J&K Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta, on Saturday chaired a meeting to oversee the preparation of the action plan for tackling a possible third wave of Covid

Hyderabad,  Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will personally make surprise visits from next week to check the progress of Palle and Pattana Pragathi programmes (village and town progress), including the functioning of panchayati Raj and municipal officers all over the state.

Rao will also ho

Gurugram,  The Supreme Court's latest order regarding the demolition drive against an illegal construction in the Aravalli hill area of Khori Gaon, Faridabad, has boosted the morale of the Gurugram forest department.

A forest department official told IANS that they will soon go through the top court&

Srinagar,  To combat the rapid surge of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir and also to prepare for the anticipated third wave of the pandemic, Army's Chinar Corps on Saturday dedicated a 50 bed facility to the people of Kashmir.

The facility adds to UT government's capacity to handle coronavirus patie

New Delhi,  As the pandemic has hit the marginalised people the most and Delhi-based NGO, Goonj has been right at the front to support them with all sort of necessities ranging from ration and food supplies to emergency Covid requirements such supply of medical oxygen.

The organisation also came out in s

Saharsa (Bihar),  A pall of gloom descended on Bihar's Saharsa district on Saturday morning after five children died due to drowning in the Basti area of the district.

The children had gone to take bath in a pond when they slipped into deep water and drowned. All the children were aged between 8 and

Lucknow,  The UP government has decided to irrigate 16.49 lakh hectares of additional land from the irrigation projects till next year so that agriculture does not suffer due to lack of water. About 40.56 lakh farmers are likely to be benefited by this.

The UP government claims to be wor

Thiruvananthapuram,  Strange are the ways the Kerala Police behaves and by now on account of the strict lockdown several complaints against them have come up. But eyebrows were raised when Paripally police near Kollam fined an auto driver Rs 2,000, when he ventured out to relieve himself.

Though the inci