NEW DELHI — All central universities will have to admit students to undergraduate courses based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) and not Class 12 marks, the University Grants Commission (UGC) said Monday. This rule will come into force from the upcoming academic year (2022-23). UGC chairperson M. Jagadesh Kumar said it will be […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry with mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh region on Tuesday as the Met Department said that same weather conditions are likely to continue during the next 24 hours in the two union territories. “Weather is likely to remain dry with mainly clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir […]
ISLAMABAD — The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Pakistani media has challenged Prime Minister Imran Khan to Prove his “scandalous allegations” that media Houses have been bought by political parties and some were being funded by foreign sources, Dawn reported. Khan made these allegations in a public address on Sunday. In a statement, the […]
NEW DELHI — New Delhi has been ranked the world’s most polluted capital city for a second consecutive year followed by Dhaka (Bangladesh), N’Djamena (Chad), Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Muscat (Oman). Of the 15 most polluted cities in Central and South Asia in 2021, 12 were in India. New Delhi saw a 14.6 per cent increase […]
PATNA — Setting an example of communal harmony in the country, a Muslim family in Bihar has donated land worth Rs.2.5 crore for construction of the world’s largest Hindu temple–Virat Ramayan Mandir—in the Kaithwalia area of East Champaran district in the state. Talking to reporters here on Monday, Acharya Kishore Kunal, chief of the Patna-based […]
NEW DELHI — In the last 24 hours, India reported 1,581 new Covid-19 cases and 33 deaths, the Union Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. The new fatalities increased the nationwide death toll to 5,16,543. Following a continuous downward trend, India’s active caseload has further declined to 23,913, constituting 0.06 per cent of the country’s total […]
BUDGAM — A five-year-old boy died on Tuesday after he slipped and fell into a stream near his house while walking. The tragedy occurred in the jurisdiction of police post Soibugh in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Local sources told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one minor boy identified as Shahid Farooq Malla son of […]
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 […]