KARACHI — An 18-year-old Hindu girl was reportedly shot dead during a failed abduction attempt in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, according to a media report on Monday. Pooja Oad was said to have been shot in the middle of the street after she put up resistance to the attackers in Rohi, Sukkur, The Friday Times […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday were hiked by 80 paise a litre each while domestic cooking gas prices were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder, ending a over four and half month election-related hiatus in rate revision, sources said. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 96.21 per litre as against […]
NEW DELHI — The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) on Monday described the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir as “genocide” and demanded a framework for the recourse, rehabilitation and resettlement of the displaced people in the valley. Addressing a press conference here, GKPD co-founder US-based Surinder Kaul said the recognition of the “genocide” is […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that the Union Territory is expected to attract Rs 70,000 crore worth investments in the next six months. J&K has been looking to bring in investments in diverse sectors, including tourism and hospitality, and currently a UAE delegation is visiting the Union Territory. […]
JAMMU — Defrauding people, Big Bazar of Future Retail Group has closed its stores in Jammu and other parts of the country without intimating its registered customers to whom the company owes millions of rupees. Reports said that Big Bazar administration did not inform its registered customers before or even after closure of its stores […]
SRINAGAR — The future of over 200 gardeners working in the Floriculture department is at stake as according to them the authorities have never been promoted, claiming that the highly educated persons among them are presently holding the key positions. The Qualified Gardeners Association (QGA) said that at least 250 gardeners are presently working in […]
KULGAM — A youth from Damhal Hanjipora belt of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district Monday represented India in University of Kelantan Malaysia on the eve of world poetry day. Suhail Ibn Shahnawaz (18), son of Shahnawaz Ahmad Bhat of Khul, DH Pora, who has qualified 12th class in non-medical stream has written two books so far […]
SRINAGAR — Three districts from Kashmir have shown 60-80 percent reduction in Tuberculosis cases in the last five years. A report issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the Government of India’s National TB Elimination Programme for the year 2021, says that three districts from Kashmir division – Anantnag, Kupwara and Pulwama […]
SRINAGAR — In Jammu and Kashmir, the student enrolment in government-run-colleges was six times higher than the private colleges. Out of the total students enrolled in both private and government colleges of Jammu and Kashmir, only 14 percent students were enrolled in private colleges. According to the official figures, out of the total students enrolled […]
NEW DELHI — Returning to Srinagar in 1990 after an interval of four-to-five months came as a rude shock for Kashmir’s governor Jagmohan, says former R&AW chief A.S. Dulat. Jagmohan had been Jammu & Kashmir’s governor till August 1989 but when he returned the following January, the atmosphere had changed beyond recognition. “The Kashmir that […]