12 killed, six wounded after mass shooting incident in Virginia
Washington, Jun 1 (PTI) A disgruntled veteran public utilities employee stormed a government building in the US State of Virginia and fired indiscriminately at his co-workers, killing at least 12 people and wounding six others, police said Saturday. The gunman, whose identity has not been released, was killed when police responded to the shooting in the […]
Trump terminates preferential trade status for India under GSP
Washington, Jun 1 (PTI) President Donald Trump has terminated India’s designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that it has not assured the US that it will provide “equitable and reasonable access” to its markets. The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference […]
Foreign climbers go missing on way to Nanda Devi peak
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand), Jun 1 (PTI) An eight-member team of mountaineers, including seven foreign nationals, has gone missing on its way to Nanda Devi East peak in Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand. The team, which includes seven mountaineers from the UK, US and Australia besides a liaison officer from the Indian Institute of Mountaineering, left Munsiyari on May […]
Top Hizb commander, civilian among five killed in south Kashmir
Shopian: Four militants and a civilian were Friday killed in two separate encounters with security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts, police said. A police spokesperson said that following a tip off about the presence of militants in Dragad Sugan village, a cordon and search operation was launched by a joint column of […]
Amit Shah is new Home minister, Rajnath gets Defence, Sitharaman Finance and Jaishankar MEA
New Delhi: Modi government 2.0 took shape on Friday with BJP President Amit Shah, who played a key role in his party’s electoral triumph, making his debut in the Central government as India’s new Home minister while incumbent Rajnath Singh was moved to Defence. Joining them in the ‘Big Four’ are Nirmala Sitharaman, the outgoing […]
Massive throng witnessed in mosques on Jumat-ul-Vida eve
Srinagar: A massive throng was witnessed in all major mosques including the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Jumat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadhan. Lakhs of people joined the prayers in mosques, Khankahs, shrines and other religious places throughout Kashmir valley, Jammu and Ladakh regions as Muslims prepare for the festival […]
Hope Imran Khan’s dialogue offer will be accepted, says Mirwaiz
Srinagar: The overwhelming mandate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given him an opportunity to play a decisive role in the resolution of the Kashmir issue, Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday. Farooq expressed hope that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s offer of dialogue would be seriously considered by the new National […]
Two years on, Zonal Gender Coordinators are yearning to get paid
Srinagar: The Zonal Gender Coordinators (ZGC) working in school education department have been denied their salary for past two years which has left them in a state of delusion and depression. The ZGC are the female workers who were engaged at zonal level by the education department in 2005 under NPEGEL scheme. Though the government […]
Pakistani diplomats will no longer enjoy special tax exemption in US
Islamabad/Washington: The US has withdrawn its special tax exemption to Pakistani diplomats, over a year after the Trump administration imposed travel restrictions on them, forcing the officials to stay within 40 kms of the city they are posted in. The Diplomatic Tax Exemption programme — usually granted to foreign diplomats and consular’s — provides sales […]
