Rupee falls 54 paise, touches 71 level against US dollar
Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 54 paise and hit the 71 per dollar mark in early trade Thursday amid strengthening American currency and weak opening in the domestic equity market. Forex traders said the strength of the US dollar against other overseas currencies and foreign fund outflows weighed on the local unit. At the Interbank Foreign […]
Shop gutted in fire mishap in Sopore
By Bilal Ahmad Sopore: A shop gutted in an overnight fire mishap in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Shop owner has been identified as Fayaz Ahmad at Khankha Mohalla of Sopore. Shop was gutted completely in a fire mishap which broke out around 1 AM.
800k to 2 million religious minorities detained in Chinese internment camps: US
Washington PTI: An estimated 800,000 to 2 million religious minorities are currently being detained in internment camps in China, the Trump Administration has told lawmakers, who have expressed serious concerns over the massive human rights violations there. At a Congressional hearing here, Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State at the Bureau of the Human Right […]
India will not negotiate on Kashmir: Former Ambassador
Says Pakistan not just with Kashmir’s freedom movement
Says Pakistan not just with Kashmir’s freedom movement
Woman dies of teargas suffocation in Hajin, Police denies
Srinagar: An elderly women died allegedly due to suffocation caused by tear and pepper gas used by government forces in Hajin town of Bandipora district in North Kashmir here on Wednesday. The Police however denied the allegations. There were large scale teargas shelling and pepper gas used by police to quell protesters in the Hajin. […]
SKIMS playing vital role in JK’s healthcare sector: Advisor Kumar
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar today said the annual day of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura was a day of commemoration, celebration, thanksgiving and patting each other for the creation of such an institute which has played a tremendous role in filling critical healthcare gaps in the State. K Vijay Kumar […]
Super-50 Coaching: 4661 aspirants appear in screening test across Kashmir
SRINAGAR:Around 4661 aspirants appeared in the screening test for government-run free Super-50 Coaching for Civil Services (KAS/IAS) and Professional Courses(NEET/JEE etc) at various centres across the Kashmir valley today. The coaching is being organized by the Department of School Education. Out of total aspirants who appeared in the test, 3335 appeared for NEET/JEE and 1326 […]
Govt to develop network of STPs to save water bodies
JAMMU: As a long-term strategy to for conservation of prominent water bodies in the State, including Dal Lake, Jhelum, Chenab and Tawi rivers from pollution hazards, and for the restoration of pristine glory of twin capital cities viz; Jammu and Srinagar, the Government will develop Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of adequate capacities. Such STPs will […]
Panchayat Polls-2018: 7959 candidates in fray for Phase-VIII, IX
JAMMU: For the final two phases of the extended 9-Phase Panchayat Polls,7959 candidates are in the fray. Voting and counting for the last two phases will be held on 8th and 11th December. According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra, for penultimate Phase-VIII, 1333 candidates are in the fray for 483 Sarpanch Halqas and 5695 […]
