Enough supply of petroleum for countries to cut oil import from Iran: Trump
Washington (PTI) There is a sufficient supply of petroleum and petroleum products for countries to “significantly” reduce their purchase of crude oil from Iran, US President Donald Trump has said as the November 4 deadline approached for nations like India to cut their oil imports to zero from the Islamic Republic before the imposition of major […]
Family of Ahtisham Bilal seek his whereabouts, protest at press enclave
Srinagar: The family and relatives of missing Ahtisham Ahmad of Khanyar, student of Sharda University where he was recently thrashed, on Thursday staged a protest to demand whereabouts of their beloved. “We seek the help of administration to trace our beloved,” they said. Ahtisham Bilal, is a first-year student of Bachelors in Medical Imaging Technology […]
Governor’s Advisor orders BOSE to conduct exam of Shopian student missed by him due to illegal detention
The Governor led administration on Thursday ordered Board authorities to conduct examination of the 12th class student from Shopian who missed one of the papers after being detained by police in place of his brother in Shopian district of south Kashmir. Advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai said that authorities concerned have been specifically ordered to arrange […]
Tral shuts for second straight day over JeM militants killing
TRAL: Tral subdivision of Pulwama district is observing a shutdown on Thursday against killing of two Jaish e Mohammad outfit in a gunfight on Tuesday. It’s the second consecutive day of shutdown in the area. All the shops and business establishments are closed in the area while public transport is off the roads. JeM militants […]
One ‘black box’ recovered from crashed Indonesia jet: official
Jakarta, Nov 1 (AFP) One black box from a crashed Lion Air jet has been recovered, the head of Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said Thursday, which could be critical to establishing why the brand new plane fell out of the sky. “We found one of the black boxes,” Soerjanto Tjahjono told AFP. “We don’t know […]
1886 nominations filed for Sarpanch Halqas, 6763 for Panch Wards in Phase-I
SRINAGAR: For the Phase-I of Panchayat Polls, 1886 nominations have been filed for 547 Sarpanch Halqas and 6763 nominations for 4151 Panch wards across the State till the last date of filing of nominations on Tuesday. Voting and counting for Phase-I of Panchayat Polls-2018 is scheduled be held on 17 November 2018. According to a […]
Pak, China relations a ‘model of state-to-state ties’: Qureshi
Islamabad, Oct 31 (PTI) Ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s first visit to China, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said the relations between the two nations is a “model of state-to-state ties” and the CPEC projects have given an important socio-economic development dimension to their friendship. Khan, accompanied by Qureshi, will lead […]
National Conference on ‘Advances in Biopolymers -2018’ held at KU
Srinagar: A two -day National Conference on ‘Advances in Biopolymers -2018’ started here at University of Kashmir (KU) on Tuesday. The conference is being organized by the Department of Food Sciences and Technology, KU in collaboration with Association of Food Scientists and Technologists of India – Srinagar Chapter. According to the organizers of the conference […]
Allama Iqbal Library, KU awarded ISO-Certification
Srinagar: Allama Iqbal Library (AIL), University of Kashmir (KU) has been awarded ISO-9001:2015 certification on 18-10-18. The certification has been done for ‘Quality Management System’ of the libraries in compliance with the scope ‘’ Provision of Library Services to address Academic and Research Needs of the Scholar, Students and Teaching Fraternity of University of Kashmir.’’ The Certification […]
Illicit timber seized in Budgam
SRINAGAR: Acting on specific information, a team of forest officials of Doodganga Range laid a Naka and sized illicit timber on the intervening night of October 30 and 31. The party immediately tried to apprehend the smugglers who however assaulted the forest personnel with sharp-edged weapons in which one forest official got injured. The party […]