Pahalgam experiences coldest Dec night in over decade
Srinagar: Pahalgam tourist resort experienced the coldest December night in over a decade as the minimum temperature at most places in the valley settled several degrees below the freezing point, an official of the Meteorological Department said Friday. The night temperature in Pahalgam, which serves as one of the base camps for the annual Amarnath […]
Man arrested with explosives
Srinagar: Security forces arrested a man on Friday after substances used to make IEDs were seized from him in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police official said. The man, identified as Mayour Ahmad Khan, was arrested in Tumlahaal area. Safety fuses, detonators, other materials used for making improvised explosive devices were seized […]
Key positions in education department left vacant
Move has affected work output, besides hampering growth of employees
Move has affected work output, besides hampering growth of employees
Congress banks on old guard: Kamal Nath gets MP, Gehlot Rajasthan; Pilot his deputy
Bhopal/New Delhi: Congress named veteran leader Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh’s next Chief Minister after marathon consultations by the party chief Rahul Gandhi with senior leaders including Sonia Gandhi, even as hectic parleys continued for the other two newly-won states Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. While 72-year-old Nath reached Bhopal to get formally elected as leader of […]
Saudi Arabia releases second bailout package for Pakistan
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan on Friday received USD 1 billion from its close ally Saudi Arabia as part of a second bailout package to boost the country’s dwindling dollar reserves, according to media reports. The latest package has shored up the central bank’s foreign reserves, hitting the USD 9.4 billion mark, said State Bank of Pakistan […]
Chinese FM to visit India next week
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India next week to attend the first high-level meeting of Sino-India ‘people-to-people mechanism’ agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in June, officials announced here on Friday. During the visit from December 21-24, Wang will co-chair the meeting along with External Affairs Minister Sushma […]
83 Hindus from Pakistan get Indian citizenship
Ahmedabad: As many as 83 Hindus hailing from Pakistan, who had migrated to the city years ago, were awarded Indian citizenship by the district authorities here Friday. At a camp organised at the District Collectorate, Collector Vikrant Pandey and local MLA Balram Thawani handed over the certificates of Indian citizenship, issued in accordance with the […]
Tough days ahead
With uncertainty claiming its grip on the world markets, the global debt has once again shown an increase and it has reached an all-time high of USD 184 trillion. The worlds three major manufacturing and producing giants, the United States, China and Japan accounting for more than half of it. This increased trend has been […]
Tussle between KU, private colleges jeopardize career of students
Pulwama: The tussle between Kashmir University and Private B.Ed colleges over fee structure has left thousands of students worried who allege that the varsity and the college authorities are putting their career at stake. The varsity as per the students has declared the results of 3rd and 4th semester B.Ed students on November 1st but […]
