MUMBAI — India badminton legend Prakash Padukone on Tuesday said that sports and politics should not be mixed with each other, and the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan should proceed as planned. India and Pakistan are slated to lock horns against each other in the World Cup on October 24 […]
BENGALURU — A 37-year-old woman in Bengaluru has lost Rs 18 lakh after she was conned by a person whom she met on a dating app. The woman, a resident of Austin town, lost the money over a span of five days and approached cops on October 7, police sources said. The police said she […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Navy detected and blocked an Indian submarine from entering Pakistani territorial waters earlier this week on October 16, Pakistan’s military media wing informed. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the navy showed “unremitting vigilance and professional competence” in ascertaining and blocking the attempted entry of the Indian vessel. “During the prevailing […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir University, the highest hub of education in the valley has always been in the news for many reasons especially having failed to streamline the conduct of semester wise exams of the undergraduate students enrolled in degree colleges across Kashmir. This time again, end semester students enrolled for various courses at different colleges […]
SRINAGAR — Senior Congress leader and former union minister Saifuddin Soz said that the government of India should hold dialogue to bring peace in Kashmir. “Congress is a secular and democratic party. We are waiting to open a dialogue. There is nothing wrong with talking to people for the betterment of Kashmir. But New Delhi […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is on two-day visit to the Valley amid civilian killings from the last two weeks. Azad is meeting various political leaders, traders and civil society delegations in Srinagar’s Church lane guest house to take firsthand appraisal of the political situation […]
SRINAGAR — The detention of journalists continues in Kashmir as two more scribes have been picked by the police in the past two days. Since Sunday, journalists that have been summoned by the police include photojournalists Junaid Peer from North Kashmir’s Sopore district and Sulaiman Sath from Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Junaid Peer works as […]
JAMMU — Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Prem Sagar Aziz quit the National Conference (NC) here on Tuesday and extended support to former party colleague Devender Singh Rana, who joined the BJP recently. Aziz, who was the NC’s Bani Assembly constituency in-charge, said he is resigning from the primary membership of the party, along with […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Board of Secondary Education’s new format for first term board exams for classes 10 and 12, including 90 minutes long objective type tests, has been hailed by several school principals who believe the decision will help enhance critical thinking of students. Bifurcating the academic session, holding two term-end exams and […]
NEW DELHI — Ahead of Team India’s much-anticipated clash against Pakistan at the T20 World Cup 2021, there have been demands for the cancellation of the game. Calls for a boycott of the match have been made on social media after the killings of civilians in Jammu & Kashmir. However, Board of Control for Cricket […]