Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has extended his warm greetings to the people on the eve of the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
In his message, the Lt Governor said, “On the sacred occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, I convey my heartiest greetings to all. May Lord Ganesha, symbol of intellect, prosperity and good fortune, remove all obstacles from our lives and bless everyone with joy, prosperity and peace”.
Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Avny Lavasa asked for cancellation of registration of vehicles found involved in illegal mining of minor minerals.
She was chairing the meeting of the Multi-Departmental District Level Task Force Cell constituted to coordinate in plugging the illegal extraction and transportation of minor minerals. The meeting was convened to review the enforcement measures to contain the illegal mining and other issues in the district.
ADC L&O Minga Sherpa; SP (Hqr) Ramnish Gupta; DMO Dr. Gulshan Kumar along with senior officers from concerned departments were present in the meeting.
It was decided in the meeting that registration of the vehicles indulging in repeated violation shall be cancelled.
The meeting further recommended strict action against the vehicles involved in road side dumping of the construction material and muck.
The Deputy Commissioner directed the concerned officials to strengthen check nakas at the vulnerable points to tighten noose around the perpetrators of illegal mining.
She further directed the concerned officers to remove the encroachments alongside Tawi River and keep close check on the extraction of minor minerals along its banks.
She asked the concerned officers to take strict action against the violators and book them under the prescribed sections of the Law.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao is arriving here on Wednesday to meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.
His arrival in Bihar is being seen as a big political development ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. After the separation of NDA, this would be his first meeting to root out BJP from the Centre.
KCR’s arrival is also an achievement for chief minister Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav who are making all-out efforts to bring all opposition leaders under one umbrella to take on the BJP.
He is also scheduled to participate in a program along with the two Bihar leaders.
Earlier, Tejashwi Yadav met KCR twice in Hyderabad when the former was the leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly. He was trying hard to bring KCR into the opposition camp as he is a senior leader of the country and has great respect in all sections of political and social circles.
Currently, chief ministers of Bihar, West Bengal, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi, Kerala, Jharkhand, and other states are against the BJP government and are trying to defeat the saffron party in the Lok Sabha election.
Tejashwi Yadav and national president of JD-U Rajiv Ranjan Singh, alias Lalan Singh, have already started the preparation in Bihar and announced to defeat BJP on all 40 seats here.
West Bengal is another state where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will fight tooth and nail against the saffron party.
New Delhi, August 31: The Indian Air Force has sought details from American defence manufacturer Boeing about the reasons behind the grounding of the US Army’s entire fleet of Chinook helicopters.
The IAF operates its fleet of 15 of Boeing-made Chinook helicopters which were acquired from the US and inducted into the service in March 2019.
“Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter fleet is still operational. India has sought details of the reasons which have led to the grounding of the entire fleet of US Army’s Chinook CH-47 helicopters because of a risk of engine fires,” Government officials said when asked about the grounding of the American Army fleet.
As per reports from the US media, the American Army grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters because of a risk of engine fires.
Wall Street Journal quoted US Army officials said that they were aware of a small number of engine fires with the helicopters, and the incidents didn’t result in any injuries or deaths.
The Indian fleet of Chinook choppers is based out of Chandigarh for operations in the north while another unit is located in Assam for taking care of the northeastern areas. (Agencies)
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday extended greetings on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi and prayed for peace and prosperity in the lives of the citizens.
“Hearty greetings to all the countrymen on Ganesh Chaturthi. Mangalmurti Lord Ganesha is a symbol of knowledge, accomplishment and good fortune. I wish that with the blessings of Shri Ganesh, there should be a spread of happiness, peace and prosperity in everyone’s life,” the President tweeted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.
The Prime Minister shared a shloka in Sanskrit while extending wishes and wrote on Twitter, “Best wishes on Ganesh Chaturthi. May the blessings of Lord Shri Ganesh always remain upon us.”
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also extended greetings on occasion.
“Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all the countrymen. Ganpati Bappa Morya!” he tweeted.
Jammu, Aug 31: The Meteorological (MeT) department on Wednesday forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.
The weather was mainly clear in the union territory on Tuesday.
“Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said.
Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 16.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 10.4 and Gulmarg 9.5 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature this morning.
Drass town in Ladakh had 7.3 degrees, Leh 10.1 and Kargil 16 as the minimum temperature.
Jammu had 25.8 degrees, Katra 23.2, Batote 18.1, Banihal and Bhaderwah registered 15 and 17 degrees respectively.
JAMMU, Aug 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to kin of deceased who lost their lives in road accident as an SUV skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge.
The injured will be given an ex-gratia of Rs 50,000, from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Prime Minister also expressed condolences to the bereaved families.
PMO said, “Saddened by the accident in Kishtwar. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest. Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000.” (Agencies)
Jaipur, Aug 31: Two residents of Jammu and Kashmir were caught in a restricted area in Jaisalmer district and are being interrogated jointly, police said on Tuesday.
Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Premshankar said on the information of the Border Security Force (BSF), a police team caught Mohammad Abbas (23) and Mumtaz Ahmed (25), residents of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir.
They were roaming in the restricted area of the district on Monday.
Both the suspects are being jointly interrogated by intelligence agencies, he added. (Agencies)
New Delhi, Aug 31: With 7,231 new infections being reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 4,44,28,393, while the number of active cases came down to 64,667, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The toll from the pandemic climbed to 5,27,874 after 45 more fatalities were recorded. The figure includes 10 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
The active cases comprise 0.15 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.67 per cent, the ministry said.
A drop of 1,065 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 2.05 per cent. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 2.55 per cent, according to the health ministry.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,38,35,852, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent.
According to the ministry, 212.39 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.
India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020; 30 lakh on August 23; 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28; 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29; 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed one crore on December 19.
India crossed the grim milestone of two crore coronavirus cases on May 4, three crore on June 23 last year and four crore on January 25 this year.
The 35 new fatalities include eight from Maharashtra, five each from Delhi and Karnataka, three from Punjab, two each from Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and one each from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha, Sikkim and West Bengal. (Agencies)
JAMMU, Aug 30: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Vikar Rasool Wani on Tuesday played down chain of resignations in the party and said “cowards” run away during difficult times as the state unit held a show of strength rally here.
He said the new leadership will strive hard to make the Congress “number one” party in the Union territory.
Wani, the newly appointed Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief, arrived here on Tuesday, with party leaders and workers lining up on both sides of the road to welcome him. He was accompanied by AICC in-charge J-K and MP Rajani Patil.
“We will fight the BJP as well as those selfish people who have left the party. We will make the party number one in Jammu and Kashmir,” Wani told reporters.
Dubbing those who left the Congress as “loyalists of Azad”, he said only cowards run away during difficult times.
“Those who are loyal to (Ghulam Nabi) Azad will leave the party but there are thousands who are loyal to congress and they will stay in the party.”
He said leaving of some people will not matter much to the party. “There will not be any major loss to the Congress,” Wani added.
As many as 64 senior Congress leaders, including former deputy chief minister Tara Chand, resigned from the party in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Tuesday, asserting that Azad’s vision will shape a new and bright future for Jammu and Kashmir. Azad, 73, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, quit the Congress on Friday.
The JKPCC chief was received by senior leaders Raman Bhalla and Yogesh Sawhney amid pro-Congress and Pro-Rahul Gandhi slogans. The Congress cavalcade of vehicles and motorcycles then moved in the city.
Amid drum beating, Congress workers lined up on two sides of the road and showered flowers upon the newly announced leadership of the J-K Congress.
“Those interested to leave the party and want to go with Azad can leave.The party only wants loyalists who stand with the idealogy of party and its leadership,” Bhalla said.
Pointing towards the huge number of Congress activists, he said, “This is the proof of loyalty. We don’t want disloyal and selfish people who after enjoying power for years leave the party in its difficult times.” (Agencies)