Dubai (AP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks Monday with the Saudi king and crown prince after days of mounting tensions following the downing of a US drone last week and after President Donald Trump pulled back from the brink of retaliatory military strikes on Iran. Iran’s naval commander, meanwhile, warned that […]
ACB raids SFC headquarters in JK’s Kishtwar, seized records
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau Monday raided the office of State Forest Corporation’s divisional manager in Kishtwar district and seized various records for scrutiny, said officials. The ACB sleuths carried out the searches on a complaint alleging illegal allotment of the contract of compartment 34-A to a contractor at Dachhan in violation […]
Rs 50 lakh stolen from Gulmarg Gandola
Srinagar: In major burglary incident, 50 lakh rupees have been stolen from strong-room of Gulmarg Gandola during intervening night of Sunday and Monday . Sources said that a CCTV footage shows burglars entering the Gandola compartment in the might night and decamp with cash from safe locker. While confirming the incident, a top police official […]
Pakistan’s ex-foreign minister Abdul Sattar dies: FO
Islamabad, Jun 24 (PTI) Pakistan’s former foreign minister Abdul Sattar, who accompanied then military dictator Pervez Musharraf as the country’s top diplomat during the historic Agra summit, has died at the age of 88. Sattar, a career diplomat and two-time foreign minister, passed away on Sunday, according to the Foreign Office. He served as Pakistan’s foreign […]
Disclosure of Lavasa’s dissent note may ‘endanger life or physical safety’ of individual: EC
New Delhi, (PTI) The EC has refused to disclose under the RTI Act the dissent notes of its Commissioner Ashok Lavasa on decisions pertaining to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speeches which were alleged to have violated model code, saying it was exempted information which may “endanger the life or physical safety” of an individual. The poll […]
Indians’ unaccounted wealth abroad estimated at USD 216-490 bn: Studies
New Delhi, Jun 24 (PTI) Unaccounted wealth outside the country held by Indians was estimated in the range of USD 216.48 billion to USD 490 billion over various periods between 1980 and 2010, according to three separate studies conducted by three premier institutes — NIPFP, NCAER and NIFM. The studies conducted by the three institutes have […]
UGC-HRDC, KU organizes week-long workshop on “MOOCs, e-content Development and Open Educational Resources”
Srinagar: A week-long workshop on MOOCs, e-content development and open educational resources was conducted by UGC-HRDC, University of Kashmir which concluded here on Monday. A total of 43 in-service faculty members belonging to various colleges and universities of the Jammu and Kashmir state attended the workshop. Chairing the valedictory session of the week-long workshop […]
Security strengthened at Jammu Railway Station ahead of Amarnath Yatra
Jammu, Jun 24 (PTI) The security in and around the Jammu Railway Station was strengthened ahead of the commencement of annual Amarnath Yatra and a senior police officer on Monday assured pilgrims to join the pilgrimage without any fear, saying the security situation in the state was as good as in any other part of the […]
Mehbooba welcomes Hurriyat’s readiness to talk
Srinagar, (PTI) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Monday welcomed the Hurriyat Conference willingness to hold talks with the Centre saying it was ‘better late than never’. “Dair aye durust aye (better late than never). The underlying purpose of the PDP-BJP alliance was to facilitate dialogue between the GoI & all stakeholders. Tried my best to make it […]
Targeting pods, laser-guided bomb system for Mirage 2000 was done for Kargil war: IAF chief
Gwalior, Jun 24 (PTI) The integration of targeting pods and laser-guided bomb system for the Mirage 2000 aircraft for the Kargil war was done in a record time of 12 days, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said Monday. Dhanoa was speaking at an event at the Gwalior air base to commemorate 20 years of the Kargil […]
