ANANTNAG — Amid rising unemployment in Jammu Kashmir, a youth from south Kashmir is inspiring a change in the region. Mohammed Ashraf Dar from south Kashmir has started his own floriculture unit in Anantnag, providing jobs to the local youth. After establishing his floriculture income-generating unit at Batengoo area of Anantnag district, the 45-year-old entrepreneur […]
SRINAGAR — Over 400 delegations met the Delimitation Commission on Tuesday here at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC), taking the total number of groups to over 400 across Jammu and Kashmir in the last two days. The panel said that it will accommodate all the “genuine suggestions” put forth by the representatives of political parties […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported twelve fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said that the there was one fresh case from Jammu and 11 from Kashmir Valley, take the overall tally to 453827—166273 in Jammu and 287554 in […]
SRINAGAR — Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission B R Sharma on Tuesday said they had given 30-day prior notice to candidates appearing in the combined competitive (Mains) examination in November last year and the examination would be held as per schedule. Sharma said there is no truth in the claims made by […]
NEW DELHI — Over 600 social media accounts of the central government were hacked in the last five years, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Responding to a query on the hacking of government’s Twitter handles and e-mail accounts, the minister said since 2017, 641 such accounts have been […]
MUMBAI — Charging Maharashtra Navnirman Sena with attaining a communal approach rather than a developmental one, one of its Muslim leader from Pune on Tuesday resigned from the party citing that the political stand of the party’s chief Raj Thackeray has changed. Majid Shaikh, the branch head of MNS, in his resignation letter stated: “I […]
SRINAGAR — A non-local committed suicide by hanging himself in Shutkadi area of Sonamarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday. Police sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a non-local whose identity is being ascertained allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death at Sheep Husbandry hut at Shutkadi area of Sonamarg. Apolice […]
ISLAMABAD — Amid political turmoil in the country, Pakistan’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf resigned from his position on Monday, Express Tribune reported. “Today, I leave extremely satisfied and content, most of all because I know that the NSA’s office and the NSD are vibrant institutions with an exceptional team that will continue to […]
NEW DELHI — With 795 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases rose to 4,30,29,839, while the active cases dipped to 12,054, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,416 with 58 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the largest shareholder of the microblogging platform. The world’s richest person bought nearly 73.5 million shares, according to a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Musk’s shareholding is more than four times the 2.25% stake […]