World Bank warns Trump to be ‘careful’ on tariffs
Brussels:The chief executive of the World Bank urged US President Donald Trump today to be “careful” before imposing controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, warning that they could affect global trade. Kristalina Georgieva said Trump should “assess the implications” before going ahead with a plan that has sparked fears of a trade war with China and […]
Vandalism of statues nothing but hooliganism: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the destroying of statues in various parts of the country was nothing short of hooliganism. “This new trend of destroying statues across the country is nothing short of outright hooliganism,” Mehbooba said in a tweet. She was commenting on the recent pulling down of Lenin […]
SDMA issues Low Danger Avalanche Warning
JAMMU: On the basis of information received from Center for Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), State Disaster Management Authority(SDMA) today issued ‘Low danger avalanche warning’ for Bandipora-Kanzalwan-Gurez sector, Baramulla, Gulmarg, Furkian-Z Gali, Kupwara-Chowkibal-Tangdhar, Anantnag, Kulgam, Badgam, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal Kargil, Leh, Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar Udhampur Districts and Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. Meanwhile, […]
KU holds seminar to mark International Women’s Day
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Thursday organised a day-long seminar to mark the International Women’s Day. The seminar titled ‘role of educational institutions in promoting women’s rights’ was organised by the Women’s Studies Centre in collaboration with Dean College Development Council and Institute of Home Science. In his presidential address, vice-chancellor Prof Khurshid Iqbal […]
Fresh violence erupts in Sri Lanka, 81 suspects arrested
Colombo: Fresh violence Thursday erupted in Muslim neighbourhoods in Sri Lanka’s hilly central district where communal clashes have destroyed shops and homes, on a day when President Maithripala Sirisena divested the law and order portfolio from Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The communal violence between majority Sinhala Buddhists and minority Muslims in the Indian Ocean island […]
Police leave for Gurgaon in search of missing Kashmiri student
Bhubaneswar: One month has passed after Suhail Ajjaz, a Kashmiri student of the AIIMS-Bhubaneswar, disappeared but there was no breakthrough in the case yet. A team of Odisha Police has left for Gurgaon in search of Suhail, who has been missing since February 9. The three-member team left Bhubaneswar yesterday following a tip off about […]
Pakistan’s economy has slid to danger levels, says IMF
New Delhi: Expressing serious concerns over the direction in which Pakistan’s economy is heading, the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged for a quick and effective look at the country’s near-team policies to regain fiscal discipline. “Pakistan’s fiscal deficit was all-set to reach 5.5 per cent of the country’s GDP – considerably higher than Islamabad’s […]
Chief Minister meets Governor
JAMMU: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today. During the course of their extensive discussions Chief Minister apprised Governor about various important developmental, security, and law and order management related issues and about certain matters which had come to notice during her recent tours to the districts in […]
Rahul Gandhi lashes out at BJP for ‘bad political decisions’ in J&K
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi opened a new front in his war of words with BJP on Thursday when he said his party’s hard-work in Jammu and Kashmir have been ruined by bad political decision in recent years. The BJP is in alliance with Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Speaking […]
CM preparing excuse to hand over Kathua case to CBI: NC
Srinagar: National Conference on Thursday said it had become clear beyond an iota of doubt that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was preparing an excuse to hand over the brutal and barbaric Kathua rape and murder case to the CBI as per the demand of her party’s alliance partner, the BJP – in an apparent attempt […]