Farmers to start march towards Parliament from Ramlila Maidan
New Delhi,(PTI): Thousands of farmers from across the country, who have been camping at the Ramlila ground here since Thursday, will march to Parliament Street on Friday to press for their demands, including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce. Over 3,500 police personnel have deployed as the farmers are likely to begin their march […]
Train services resume across Kashmir after two day suspension
Srinagar: Train services resumed Friday across Kashmir after remaining suspended for two days as a precautionary measure. An official said that the trains shall chug normally today following a fresh advisory from police last night. He said train service was resumed this morning on Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag-Qazigund in south Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu region after remaining […]
Kartarpur corridor, Imran Khan’s googly to India: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Srinagar: Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Kartarpur corridor was Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “googly at India”. Geo News reported that Qureshi minister made these remark at a ceremony in Islamabad to mark the first 100 days of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government. Qureshi said that the approach of Pakistan is “people-centric”, […]
Kartarpur Corridor can undo freeze in India, Pak ties: Pakistani media
Islamabad,PTI: The move to build the Kartarpur Corridor has the potential to undo the “freeze” in ties between India and Pakistan and push the two sides to engage in a positive and purposeful manner, the Pakistani media commented on Thursday. The planned corridor will connect Sikh faith’s founder Guru Nanak Dev’s final resting place in […]
Samoon discusses development of bus ports in JK
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep Husbandry, Fisheries and Transport Departments Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today convened a meeting here at Civil Secretariat to discuss the development of bus ports at Kashmir and Jammu divisions through NHIDCL. Additional Commissioner Rahul Sharma, Joint Transport Commissioner Vikas Sharma, MD SRTC Dr. Manmohan Singh, ADC Kanta Devi besides […]
US seeks “full transparency” on Chinese debt on Pakistan
Washington, Nov 29 (PTI): The US is demanding “full transparency” over China’s debt on cash-strapped Pakistan, the Trump Administration told lawmakers amid concerns that Islamabad is seeking a multibillion-dollar bailout package from the IMF to pay back Chinese creditors. Pakistan last month requested the bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deal with a […]
India calls for ‘verifiable actions’ to end terror safe havens, sanctuaries outside Afghanistan
Geneva (PTI) : India on Wednesday said that for sustainable peace, prosperity and stability in Afghanistan it is important that the world community continues to support the Afghan government and its defence forces to combat terror and ensure that “verifiable actions” are taken to end safe havens and sanctuaries outside the war-torn country. Minister […]
Government announces winter vacations for Class 6, 8th stduents
Srinagar: The government today announced winter vacations for the schools in the Kashmir region and winter zone of Jammu. According to the government order, the last working day of classes up to 8th standard shall be December 04, 2018. The winter vacations shall be observed from December, 06, 2018 to 2nd of march 2019. The […]
Islamic University postpones examinations scheduled for November 30
Srinagar: The Islamic University of Science and Technology Awantipora authorities have postponed all examinations scheduled for Friday November 30. An official of the varsity told Kashmir Reader that new dates for the postponed papers shall be notified separately. “Further, class work shall also remain suspended,” he said.
India has one-third of world’s stunted children: Global nutrition report
New Delhi,(PTI): India is facing a major malnutrition crisis as it holds almost a third of the world’s burden for stunting, according to a global nutrition report published Thursday. With 46.6 million children who are stunted, India tops the list of countries followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million), the Global Nutrition Report 2018 […]