Four persons, including a student, were killed Tuesday in separate accidents in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Two persons were killed and another injured when a load carrier skidded off a road and fell into nearly 300-feet gorge at Kahara near Gandoh in hilly Doda district this afternoon, they said. The officials said the bodies […]
SRINAGAR : In order to attract more foreign tourists, Department of Tourism Kashmir participated in travel and tourism shows in Moscow and St Petersburg, which was organized by the Union Ministry of Tourism. Thousands of the travel agents from different parts of the globe including India participated in tourism shows held at the hotel The […]
China will sell 48 high-end military drones to its “all-weather ally” Pakistan in what a military observer said will be the largest deal of its kind, official media reported on Tuesday. The cost of the deal was not revealed. Wing Loong II, a high-end reconnaissance, strike and multi-role endurance unmanned aircraft system, is manufactured by […]
Taking his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to poll-bound Rajasthan, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax, which he referred to as Gabbar Singh Tax, had destroyed India’s economy. Addressing a rally in Dholpur’s Mania area, Gandhi said the prime minister had declared during elections that he wanted […]
Srinagar : Inter College Kabbadi Tournament (men) organised by Directorate of Physical Education and Sports University of Kashmir concluded at University ground in which as many as 20 teams of various colleges participated. The final match of the tournament was played between GDC Pulwama and Islamia College in which Islamia College emerged victorious by 61:55 […]
Srinagar : Prof. Farooq Ahmad Mir, Department of Law has taken over as the Controller of Examinations, University of Kashmir. Prof. Mir a well known academic administrator has authored four books and 60 research papers published in national and international peer reviewed journals. He is the first law teacher in India to have authored book […]
KABUL — An Afghan official says a Taliban assault in northern Jawzjan province has killed 12 members of the security forces and wounded another 10. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani, provincial police chief in Jawzjan, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the attack took place in Qush Typa district late on Monday. Jawzjani says the […]
SRINAGAR — Most of the higher reaches in Kashmir received fresh snowfall while plains were lashed by rains Tuesday, forcing the closure of the Srinagar-Leh national highway, officials said. An official of the Meteorological (MeT) department here said Sonamarg, Zojilla Pass, Amarnath Cave, Affarvat in Gulmarg, Mughal Road and many other areas in the higher […]
Srinagar: Over 1,000 candidates will participate in the second phase of the urban local bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The four phase elections began on October 8 and will end on October 16. In the first phase polls Monday, threats from militant groups kept a majority of people away from […]
The Joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik has asked people to observe complete protest shutdown in the following areas in the second phase of “sham elections”. “People will show their total disconnect and dismissal of them by staying away and boycotting this drama,” a statement […]