Maha govt to reimburse fees of students from drought-hit areas
Mumbai, Jun 24 (PTI) Maharashtra School Education Minister Ashish Shelar on Monday said the state government will prepare a robust system to reimburse fees directly into the bank accounts of students hailing from drought-hit areas. Speaking in the state Assembly during the Question Hour, Shelar said the bank details of students along with their village and […]
Pompeo arrives in Saudi Arabia for Iran crisis talks
Jeddah, (AFP) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Monday in Saudi Arabia for talks on coordinating with the close ally amid mounting tensions with Iran. Pompeo is expected to meet in the Red Sea city of Jeddah with King Salman and the powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, before flying for talks in the United […]
Cop of intelligence wing shoots self dead inside police training center in Jammu, Police initiates probe
Jammu: A policeman of intelligence wing allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at Police training centre Sujwan area of Jammu district on Monday. The cop who was undergoing lower class course at the training center Sujwan, shot himself while he was on duty today morning. Soon after the incident, his colleagues […]
RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya quits 6 months before his term ends
New Delhi, (PTI) RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya, who was in-charge of the monetary policy department, has resigned six months before the scheduled end of his term, sources said Monday This is the second high profile resignation in the past six months at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In December, governor Urjit Patel resigned nearly […]
Clashes amid shutdown in Pulwama, three injured
Srinagar: Three youth were injured in forces action on protesting youth in Pulwama town in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. The area is observing shutdown against the militants killings. Forces used pellets and tear smoke shells to disperse the protesting youth resulting injuries to three youths. The injured were shifted to District hospital […]
Chinese agricultural official picked to lead UN food agency
Rome, Jun 24 (AP) Qu Dongyu, China’s deputy agricultural minister, was elected Sunday as the new director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the first person from a Communist country to hold the influential FAO post. The agency’s 194 member countries convened at the FAO headquarters in Rome to choose a successor to Jos […]
US-Iran fears buoy oil prices as focus turns to Trump-Xi talks
Hong Kong, Jun 24 (AFP) Oil prices extended gains Monday as rising US-Iran tensions fuelled supply concerns, while Asian equity traders moved cautiously ahead of a crunch meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping this week. Both main crude contracts are up almost 10 per cent since Tehran last week shot down a US “spy drone” […]
Muslim youth thrashed on suspicion of being thief, dies
J’khand (PTI) A 24-year-old man, who was brutally beaten up here last week on suspicion of being a thief, has died, police said Monday. The incident took place on June 18 when Tabrez Ansari was returning along with his two friends from Jamshedpur, around 30 km from here, in neighbouring East Singhbhum district. Some villagers caught […]
Government declares advertisement hoardings, sign boards on Chinar Trees illegal, ban imposed
Srinagar: Government of Jammu and Kashmir has imposed ban on installing advertisements or sign boards on Chinar trees in Kashmir. “All the general managers of district industries centre’s of Kashmir division that they shall ensure removal of all the hoardings, sign boards, advertisement boards etc fixed on the chinar trees withing Industrial Estates falling in […]
Weather to remain cloudy, respite from heat for Jammu
Srinagar: Weather conditions across the state of Jammu and Kashmir will remain cloudy for coming days while Jammu division will have a respite from scorching heat. Forecasted on Monday said that weather is most likely to remain cloudy throughout the state with light rain at isolated pockets of Ladakh and Jammu region, and scattered places […]
