Pahalgam attack: Pakistan Army initiates unprovoked firing along LoC in J&K; India ‘responds swiftly’

Similar incidents of unprovoked small-arms fire were also reported from Pakistani posts across the LoC in Baramulla and Kupwara districts in the Kashmir Valley, and across the IB in the Pargwal sector. Representative file image. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Pakistan Army posts initiated an unprovoked small-arms fire across the Line of Control (LoC) opposite…

CAG flags lapses in enforcement of food safety norms

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India flagged inordinate delay in testing samples and reporting results by Food Analysis Laboratories (FAL) in the State. Audit scrutiny of data revealed that in the six FALs, 62,170 samples (52,255 enforcement and 9,915 surveillance samples) were tested and reported during 2020-23 of which in 55,091 cases (88.61%)…

Telecobalt machines found lying idle for months: CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India observed inordinate delay of 15 to 19 months in identification of sites for construction of bunkers in four government medical college hospitals (GMCH) for the purpose of installing telecobalt machines for the treatment of cancer. Inordinate delay in undertaking turnkey works resulted in non-installation of telecobalt machines…