Transporters operating in Jammu and Kashmir have urged the authorities to allow them to resume their services so that they can pay their debts and also make it possible for their families to survive. Authorities have been trying to be lax with transporters in the past one year as the private transport did not operate […]
Casual and daily wage employees of several departments on Thursday staged a protest in Handwara and appealed authorities to release their pending wages besides regularizing their services. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), casual laborers and daily wagers working in Irrigation & Flood Control, Forest and Jal Shakti departments assembled at Handwara main chowk and […]
Gold prices slipped on Thursday, easing from a near eight-year high hit in the previous session, as strong U.S. data and hopes for a potential Covid-19 vaccine dented safe-haven sentiment. FUNDAMENTALS – Spot gold fell 0.2% to $1,767.11 per ounce by 0034 GMT, after touching $1,788.96 on Wednesday — its highest since October 2012. – […]
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Thursday that a panel will review the situation for conducting medical and engineering entrance exams NEET and JEE amid concerns over spike in COVID-19 cases. Parents and students have raised concerns about conducting the exams in July. “Looking at the prevailing circumstances and requests received […]
IndiGo said on Thursday it will give a 25 percent discount on the airfare to doctors and nurses till the end of 2020 as they are at the forefront of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. “The nurses and doctors will be required to provide valid hospital IDs at the time of check-in as a […]
ANKARA: Up to 60 migrants may have been trapped in a boat that sank in an eastern lake last week, Turkey’s interior minister said on Wednesday. Turkey launched a search-and-rescue mission involving helicopters and boats after the ferry carrying migrants across Lake Van was reported missing on June 27. So far, search teams have recovered […]
LAHORE: The remaining six cricketers, who could not leave for England with the rest of the Pakistan squad on Sunday, while they awaited the results of their second Covid-19 tests, are all set to depart for Worcester on Friday to join the national team there. Pakistan on their England tour are scheduled to play three […]
Srinagar: A three-year-old Kashmiri boy has been placed at the centre of a political war of words on social media after his grandfather was reportedly killed in cross-fire between militants and the police, while the child was present. His family has said that the grandfather, Bashir Ahmed, was killed by the police – an allegation dismissed […]
A 22-year-old ace footballer from Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has gone missing, family said on Thursday while seeking the help from the administration in tracing out their beloved. The family members of ace-footballer from Sopore said that their beloved is missing since June 24. They have urged their son to return home […]
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Thursday exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector in Jammu region. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Observer quoting unnamed Officials told news agency reported that Pakistan Army on Thursday morning used small arms and automatic machine guns to target Indian Army […]