12th Class results: 125 girls among 155 students get top 10 positions as over 80% pass
Srinagar, Mar 8: Girls dominated top positions in all four streams as over 80 percent students passed 12th class examinations, the results of which were declared by the J&K Board of School Education on Monday. In all 46987 out of 58397 students who appeared in the examination have been declared successful, a top BOSE official […]
One killed, 2 injured after fall from under-construction railway bridge
Banihal/Jammu, Mar 8 (PTI) A 36-year-old man was killed and two others were injured after they fell down from an under-construction railway bridge in Ramban district on Sunday, officials said. The incident occurred during the construction on the bridge of Kashmir rail project at Sumbar area of Ramban district, they said. The injured were shifted […]
People praying that Indo-Pak ceasefire holds: Farooq
Jammu, Mar 8 (PTI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir are praying that the recent agreement between India and Pakistan on ceasefire holds as it will bring them some relief. Peace is in the larger interest of the region, he said. “Hostilities on borders bring only agonies […]
At least 20 dead, 600 wounded in Equatorial Guinea blasts
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Mar 8 (AP) A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others on Sunday, authorities said. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said the explosion at 4 pm local time was due to the negligent handling of dynamite in the military […]
Man sentenced to life in prison in dowry death case
Pratapgarh (UP), Mar 7 (PTI) A local court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for killing his wife for dowry in 2015 Additional Sessions Judge, Madhu Dogra, on Saturday also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 on the convict Ajay Kumar Patel. The FIR was registered by the victim’s father, who said Patel and […]
Second part of Parliament’s Budget session from Monday
New Delhi, Mar 7 (PTI) The month-long second part of the Budget session of Parliament begins on Monday in the middle of a high octane campaign for assembly elections in four states and one UT. The main focus of the government in the second part of the session is to get the various demands for […]
Shab-e-Meraj: No night-long congregational prayers at Hazratbal shrine
Srinagar, Mar 07: There will be no night-long prayers on the eve of Shab-e-Meraj (March 11) at the revered shrine of Hazratbal, Srinagar, the Shrine Management officials said Sunday. They said that second round of deliberations took place on Saturday in which it was decided that in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, it won’t be […]
Escalating violence ups pressure for Myanmar sanctions
Bangkok, Mar 7 (AP) The escalation of violence in Myanmar as authorities crack down on protests against the Feb. 1 coup is raising pressure for more sanctions against the junta, even as countries struggle over how to best sway military leaders inured to global condemnation. The challenge is made doubly difficult by fears of harming […]
Farmers agitation will continue till three agri laws are withdrawn: Rakesh Tikait
Muzaffarnagar, Mar 7 (PTI) Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait has said their agitation will continue till the three contentious agriculture laws are withdrawn. He was speaking in Ramrajn town here to mark the completion of 100 days of farmers’ protests at the Delhi borders against the central farm legislations. The farmers are demanding a complete withdrawal […]
COVID-19: India records 18,711 new cases
New Delhi, Mar 7 (PTI) The daily rise in new coronavirus infections were recorded above 18,000 for the second consecutive day taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,12,10,799, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The active cases registered an increase for the fifth consecutive day and the COVID-19 active caseload increased to […]