Malala Yousafzai’s next book to focus on refugee experience
Los Angeles: Nobel peace prize winner Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai has announced her next book “We Are Displaced”. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has acquired the rights of the book, which will focus on the refugee experience and is described as an introduction for young readers to “what it means to lose your home, […]
Man spends USD 1.41 mn on UK websites using SBI card with USD 200 limit: CBI
New Delhi: A Mumbai-resident allegedly spent USD 1.41 million (Rs 9.1 crore) on British e-commerce websites using a foreign travel card issued by the State Bank of India with a meagre spending limit of USD 200 (Rs 13,000) prompting the CBI to register an FIR today, officials said. The SBI had filed a complaint with […]
Schools, colleges reopen in Kashmir
Srinagar: After remaining shut for a day following the killing of three militants, schools and colleges re-opened across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. Pertinently, the educational institutions were ordered to shut down on Monday after the gunfight in Anantnag district. Three militants were killed in the gunfight with government forces in Hakura village of south […]
Russia is irresponsible force of instability in world: Tillerson
Washington: Russia is an irresponsible force of instability in the world , US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today as he slammed the country over its alleged involvement in a nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter in the UK. Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, […]
Kokernag shuts against killing of local militant
Srinagar: A complete shutdown is being observed in Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district to mourn the killing of a local militant in a gunfight with forces at Hakura Anantnag yesterday. All shops, schools and other business establishments are closed in Kokernag tehsil. Pertinently, three militants including Syed Owais of Vailoo area of Kokernag […]
IndiGo cancels 47 flights after DGCA grounds planes with faulty engines
Mumbai: Budget carrier IndiGo has cancelled as many as 47 flights today after the country’s aviation regulator DGCA grounded its eight A320Neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney engines, along with three such aircraft of GoAir. IndiGo has cancelled 47 flights across its domestic network on March 13, the airline announced on its website. The […]
UP woman, daughter write to Prez for passive euthanasia
Kanpur: A woman and her 33-year-old daughter, suffering from muscular dystrophy, have written to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking permission for passive euthanasia. Shashi Mishra (59) and her daughter Anamika Mishra, hailing from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, have written letters to the President with their plea. City magistrate Raj Narayan Pandey said, “The letters have […]
CASO in Saloosa Kreeri village in north Kashmir
Baramulla: Government forces on Tuesday launched a Cordon and Search operation at Astaan Mohalla Saloosa Kreeri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla District. Official sources said that a CASO was launched jointly by Army, police and CRPF after receiving information about the presence of militants in the area. Door to Door searches in the area were on […]
‘Barking up the wrong tree’ remark bites Drabu as Mufti axes him
Srinagar: State’s Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu, one of the architects of the PDP-BJP alliance in the state, was unceremoniously removed from the council of ministers by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday over his remarks that the Kashmir issue was not a political one, officials said. The chief minister, who returned from the national capital […]
Governor approves PDP’s decision
Jammu: Governor NN Vohra on Monday approved the PDP’s proposal of terminating Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu from the council of ministers. Drabu, was sacked by his PDP over his controversial remarks that ‘Kashmir was not a political but a social issue’. Authoritative sources in the Raj Bhavan said that the Governor has approved government’s decision […]
