New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the government was working tirelessly to augment India’s health infrastructure.

In a series of tweets on ‘World Health Day’, Modi said: “Greetings on World Health Day. May everyone be blessed with good health and wellness. Today is also a day to express gratitude to all those associated with the health sector. It is their hard work that has kept our planet protected.”

He said that the government’s focus is on ensuring good quality and affordable healthcare to our citizens.

“The Government of India is working tirelessly to augment India’s health infrastructure. The focus is on ensuring good quality and affordable healthcare to our citizens. It makes every Indian proud that our nation is home to the world’s largest healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat,” Modi said.

Highlighting how affordable healthcare has ensured significant savings for the impoverished, he said: “I feel very happy when I interact with beneficiaries of schemes such as ‘PM Jan Aushadhi’. Our focus on affordable healthcare has ensured significant savings for the poor and middle class. At the same time we are strengthening our Ayush network to further boost overall wellness.”

Addressing medical education in the country, Modi added: “In the last eight years, the medical education sector has undergone rapid transformations. Several new medical colleges have come up. Our government’s efforts to enable study of medicine in local languages will give wings to the aspirations of countless youngsters.”

Orders voting on no-confidence motion against Imran

Islamabad: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled on Thursday that the National Assembly Deputy Speakers ruling to dismiss the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan and the subsequent dissolution of the Lower House by the President on the PMs advice were contrary to the Constitution and the law of the land, Express Tribune reported.

The court also ordered to reinstate the National Assembly and summon its session on Saturday to hold voting on a no-trust motion moved against Imran Khan.

A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, which also included Justices Munib Akhtar, Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Ijazul Ahsan and Mazhar Alam Khan, announced the verdict, which was reserved earlier in the day.

The top court also summoned the officials of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), including its secretary.

Earlier, during a hearing of the case, Bandial, after consultation with his fellow judges, observed that it was clear that the ruling of the Deputy Speaker to dismiss the no-confidence motion submitted against the Prime Minister was “wrong”.

The Chief Justice remarked that there would be no stability in the country even after the restoration of the National Assembly that had been dissolved as a result of the ruling, Express Tribune reported.

Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan argued that everyone needed to be loyal to the state. He said that he is not defending the ruling. “However, I think new elections are the only solution,” he said.

New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was today questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the J&K Bank money laundering case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had earlier booked former J&K Bank Chairman Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh and others for alleged irregularities in sanctioning of loans and investments.

Taking cognisance of CBI’s FIR, ED has initiated a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) probe.

CBI in 2021 had registered a case against the then management of J&K Bank for buying a property from M/s Akruti Gold Builders in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla in 2010 allegedly at an exorbitant rate of ₹ 180 crore in “blatant disregard to the tendering process under a well-knit conspiracy.”

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday detained a notorious thief under the Public Safety Act (PSA) who is involved in at least five cases of burglary and theft besides spreading fear and terror among the people in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara.

The police, in a statement, said a notorious thief involved in at least five cases of burglary and theft in and around Kupwara town was detained under Jammu and Kashmir PSA for his unrelenting criminal acts of burglary and theft and lodged in Central Jail.

The thief has been identified as Mudasir Ahmad Lone alias “Mud Chour” of Mughalpora Kupwara who is Known for spreading “fear and terror” among peace loving people of the town, police said.

“After assessing his incorrigible behavior and consistent involvement in criminal cases, a dossier of his wrongdoings was prepared by District Police Kupwara and a detention warrant under PSA was obtained and executed against Mud Chour,” the police statement read.

Srinagar: Two civilians were injured in a firing incident allegedly by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Handwara area, officials and witnesses said.

Officials said the incident took place after an argument between the forces and locals over filming of prayers at a mosque in Handwara.

“Some people objected to the filming and there was an altercation. During the altercation, there was firing in which two civilians were wounded,” an official said.

Both the injured were taken to hospital for treatment. Witness alleged that a security man opened fire on the civilians.

Srinagar: Panic gripped Habbak area of Srinagar after people saw a body floating in the Dal Lake, officials said.
The deceased was identified as Khursheed Ahmad Tota, son of late Ghulam Nabi Tota, a resident of Elahi Bagh.

Srinagar: A 40-year-old man allegedly died by suicide in at Daderkoot in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

Official sources told that man identified as Farooq Ahmad Sofi son of Abdul Ahad Sofi of Daderkoot , hanged himself at his home on Thursday. The family members of the man, after spotting him hanging, immediately rushed him to the DH Kulgam where doctors declared him brought dead.

“Farooq was working as a Labour and it was not immediately known as to why he took this extreme step , the official said .

Meanwhile, police have registered a case under 174 CrPc and taken up further investigations in this regard, the official added.