SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has terminated the services of four teachers for their unauthorized absence. The Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in four separate orders said that the employees were found absent unauthorizedly and their services were removed. According to one of the DSEK orders, a teacher (Name Withheld) […]
NEW DELHI — The sale of marijuana on the Amazon e-commerce portal is not a new and first offence of Amazon, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said in a statement. Earlier in 2019, the chemicals for making the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which were used in the Pulwama terror attack resulting in the […]
DUBAI — Australian Geoff Allardice has been appointed as permanent CEO of the International Cricket Council after serving the role on an interim basis for more than eight months, the game’s governing body said on Sunday. Allardice thus replaced Manu Sawhney, who had resigned from his position in July. “It’s a great privilege to be […]
SRINAGAR — The relatives of the slain Amir Ahmad Magray, who was killed in an alleged gunfight of Hyderpora on Monday last week, have been offered to have a last glimpse of their kin without handing over the body to the family for the proper burial. Amir’s father Muhammad Lateef Magray said that the Superintendent […]
KARNATAKA — Police have booked a right-wing journalist and two BJP workers in Karnataka for morphing a video of a Muslim woman saying “Ambedkar Zindabad” to make it appear “Pakistan Zindabad” and sharing it on social media platforms. The trio has been identified as Harish S.N, a local news reporter for Kannada Prabha who is […]
NEW DELHI — Union Cabinet is likely to take up the withdrawal of the three Farm Laws for approval on November 24, the government sources said on Sunday. The Bills for withdrawal of the laws shall then be introduced in the forthcoming winter session of Parliament which is scheduled to commence from November 29. Prime […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday lead a protest rally from Gupkar Road to the Raj Bhavan in Srinagar to protest against the recent killings of ‘civilians’ during an operation of the security forces in the capital’s Hyderpora area. Ms. Mufti and her […]
MATHURA — Two young boys engaged in playing PUBG, a popular online game, were crushed to death by a goods train on the single Mathura-Kasganj track in Laxmi Nagar area. While one of the mobile phones was damaged in the accident, the other had PUBG still running when it was recovered. The boys were on […]
NEW DELHI — The junior hockey team of Pakistan arrived in India to participate in the Junior Hockey World Cup being held in Bhubaneswar from November 24 to December 5, the Pakistan high commission said. Aftab Hasan Khan, the Charge d’ Affaires at the high commission extended a warm welcome to the hockey team, it […]
DUBAI — Former Grand Mosque Imam of Mecca has been widely criticised after appearing in a promotional video clip for a combat game event as part of the Riyadh Season 2021, The New Arab reported. Adil al-Kalbani appeared in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday by Saudi Arabia’s Entertainment Authority chief, Turki Al Sheikh, promoting the “adventurous” ‘Combat Field’ event, which […]