Education dept got freedom, Says Shah Feasal
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Saturday said the education department has got freedom today. He said this minutes after trade union leader Abdul QayoomWani resigned from the services and joined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) formally. Faesal, who has also served as Director Education Kashmir, in a facebook post said, “Education Department gets freedom today. […]
Wani hits back, calls Feasal a ‘whimsical’ person
Srinagar: Hitting back at Shah Faesal, Abdul QayoomWani said that the education department got freedom the day they shunted Faesal out of the department. Reacting sharply to Faesal’s comments, Wani said that Shah Faesal is a chocolate boy and a childish person. “He can talk anything rubbish. I have been telling again and again that […]
Pak women in JK appeal to Modi, Imran Khan for facilitating their return home
Srinagar: A group of women from Pakistan, who came to Jammu and Kashmir with their husbands under the rehabilitation policy for militants, Saturday appealed to Prime Minister NarendraModi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan for travel documents to return home. They claimed that they have not been provided the permanent resident certificates as promised. In […]
India approves procurement of 73,000 assault rifles from US
New Delhi: In major move towards infantry modernisation, the Defence Ministry has cleared a long-pending proposal of the Army to procure around 73,000 assault rifles from the US under fast track mode, official sources said on Saturday. Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman approved procurement of the Sig Sauer rifles which will be used by troops deployed along […]
China to provide USD 2.5 bn loan to Pak to boost foreign cash reserves
Islamabad: China will provide USD 2.5 billion in loans to Pakistan to boost the foreign exchange reserves of its “all-weather ally”, a media report said Saturday. Pakistan is nearly broke with the drying up of foreign cash reserves and mounting external debt. The country’s USD 8.12 billion reserves, which are below the minimum level that […]
5.8 magnitude quake hits several Pak cities
Islamabad: A 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted several cities in the northern parts of Pakistan on Saturday, the meteorological department said. However, there was no immediate report of any casualty or damage. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s National Seismic Monitoring Centre in Islamabad, the epicentre of the quake was Hindu Kush, a mountain range that […]
Passing the triple talaq bill
The Budget session of the Parliament has begun. Next week when the parliament meets to take up a discussion on the budget, the government has some other important business in mind that it wants to take up and get ratified by the parliament ahead of the general elections. One such business that will be taken […]
Burglars on prowl in Sopore, loot two shops again
Sopore: For the past some time, the burglars have wreaked havoc in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In yet another instance, the burglars once again struck and looted two Mobile phone shops during the intervening night of Friday-Saturday and decamped with goods worth lakhs of Rupees and cash in Sopore town. The burglars […]
