Rupee rises 35 paise to 72.65 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated 35 paise to 72.65 against the dollar in early trade Friday, following US mid-tem election results and easing crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rise was also supported by dollar-selling by exporters and banks and the US unit’s weakness against some currencies overseas. They said the US mid-tem election results […]
US Vice President Pence to meet PM Modi next week: White House
Washington,(PTI): US Vice President Mike Pence would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his four-nation trip next week, during which he will also attend the US-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit in Singapore, the White House has said. Generally the summit is attended by US President. However, this time Pence would be representing the country […]
US ‘war on terror’ has killed 500,000 people: study
Washington(AFP): About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the US “war on terror” that was launched following the September 11 attacks in 2001, according to a study released Thursday. The report by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs put the death toll at between 480,000 […]
Dubai Police are set to take to the skies by 2020 on their new, flying motorcycles
Dubai: In a video, the Dubai Media Office showed that officers are already being trained to use the Hoversurf Scorpion-3 hoverbike. In an earlier tweet, the media office said that Dubai Police will take first deliveries of the new vehicle by next year. Several officers are seen being taught on the bike’s controls. They then […]
Fuel prices further dip; petrol now Rs 78.06 in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Fuel prices once again slumped in the metros on Friday. After a cut of 15 paisa, petrol price touched Rs 78.06 per litre in Delhi and Rs 83.57 per litre in Mumbai, according to the Indian Oil Corporation data. Diesel prices too witnessed a cut. In Mumbai, the fuel touched Rs 76.22 after […]
Brace up for another bout of snowfall, rains: MeT
Valley to receive fresh rains, snowfall from Nov 12
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley is all set to receive another bout of rains and snowfall next week as a partial cloud cover marginally improved minimum temperatures across the Valley on Thursday. “The cold wave conditions are likely to continue for another three days. We are expecting another spell of moderate rain and snow from November 12 […]
Kathua rape and murder case: Crime Branch presses perjury charges against witness
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir crime branch has initiated the process of pressing perjury charges against a witness in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl after he had retracted from a “confessional statement” recorded in front of a magistrate, officials said Thursday. A show-cause notice has been served to Ajay Kumar […]
Education dept’s tryst with controversy continues
Flawed question papers issued to primary class students
Srinagar: There seems to be no end to the shockers from the education department as the authorities have been once again exposed for making the mockery of examinations. This time it is not the issue of secondary or senior secondary exams but the department has failed to set the question paper of lower-class students whose […]
Ram Madhav meets Sajjad Lone, Ansaris
Holds meeting with the newly elected Mayor, his deputy
Srinagar: Two days after the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor for the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), BJP’s National General Secretary Ram Madhav and incharge J&K affairs arrived in Srinagar on Thursday morning and met several leaders including Sajjad Lone, Aabid Ansari and Imran Ansari. Reports said that the meeting was held at Hotel Taj […]
Tragic: A day ahead of his daughter’s marriage, man stabbed to death
Jammu: A 59-year-old man has been allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified youths in Jammu, a day before the marriage of his daughter, police said Thursday. Dilip Langar objected to a fight between two groups of men in the parking space of KK Resorts, where several other people were staying for the marriage of Langar’s […]
