SC refuses to extend counselling deadline for post-grad medical seats
New Delhi, (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday refused to extend the schedule of counselling for filling up as many as 603 vacant seats in post-graduate medical and dental courses in deemed universities and private colleges. A vacation bench of justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant disposed of a plea by the Education Promotion Society of India, […]
Fresh triple talaq bill introduced in LS, opp members protest
New Delhi, Jun 21 (PTI) The government on Friday introduced the fresh triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha amid vehement protests by opposition members who claimed that it was violative of the Constitution The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019 became the first legislation to be tabled in Parliament by the Narendra […]
Markets skid as US-Iran tensions spook investors; log weekly fall
Mumbai, Jun 21 (PTI) Snapping its three-session winning run, the BSE Sensex tumbled 407 points Friday as rising tensions between the US and Iran soured risk appetite globally. The 30-share BSE gauge settled 407.14 points, or 1.03 per cent, lower at 39,194.49. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slumped 107.65 points, or 0.91 per cent, to 11,724.10. […]
US, UK, France voice concern at FATF meet over Pak inaction against Saeed, Azhar: Sources
New Delhi, Jun 21 (PTI) The US, the UK and France are some prominent countries to have voiced concern over Pakistan’s failure to do enough to contain terror funding in its soil and not registering cases against terror masterminds Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar under anti-terror laws, sources said Friday. Several countries expressed this view at […]
SAC approves Training Policy for officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services
SRINAGAR, JUNE 21: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the Training Policy for the officers of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service. The Government had set up a Committee to devise a Comprehensive Training Policy for the officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service […]
Gunfight breaks out in Kishtwar forests
Kishtwar: An encounter broke out between government forces and militants in Keshwan forest area of Kishtwar district. Forces had launched search operation in area over specific inputs about presence of militants there. “As the searches were intensified, the hiding militants opened fire which was retaliated by forces triggering encounter in the area,” the official […]
Youth apprehended while trying to flee from Naka at KP Road Anantnag
Anantnag: Government forces on Friday apprehended a teenage boy (pillion rider) even as the motorcyclist managed to flee from the spot amid some warning shots at KP road Anantnag in south Kashmir. Reports reaching GNS said that a joint naka party of SOG and CRPF signaled to stop a motorcyclist near K.P Road Anantnag for […]
Anantnag couple fired on legs before being released by unidentified abductors
Anantnag: The husband-wife duo who were abducted by unidentified gunmen last evening have been released but both have gunshot wounds in legs and are being treated at the medical facility. They, Nusrat and Mudassir Ahmad Makroo, are resident of Arwani area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag. Nusrat is being treated at Sub District […]
Army officers whose bases were attacked by militants in J&K may be told to ‘go home’: report
New Delhi: New Delhi has recommended to the Indian army high command that those officers should “go home” who were in charge of the Uri brigade, the Sunjuwan military camp and the Nagrota army base in Jammu and Kashmir when militants attacked their bases in past few years, Hindustan Times reported on Friday. “The government […]
‘Even if my people victimize me, they’ll still be treated with dignity’ were Morsi’s last words
Cairo: Immediate medical help was denied to former President of Egypt Mohammad Morsi, who died on Monday, after he collapsed in court house. A report by Washington Post quoting Morsi supporters, including three of his attorneys who were inside courtroom, said that ‘at least 20 minutes, and perhaps as many as 40 minutes, elapsed between […]
