Srinagar: Clashes erupted between government forces and students of the Islamic University of Science and Technology on Tuesday after the students tried to take out a protest march against the killing of slain scholar turned militant Mannan Wani. Wani along with his accomplice was killed in a gunfight with government forces in Handwara area of […]
Giridih/Dhanbad: Ultras of the CPI (Maoists) blew up railway track between Chowdharybandh-Changerohalt railway stations on the Dhanbad-Gaya rail section of East Central Railway of Dhanbad division. In wake of the accident, train traffic movement on the route has been hit with many trains either stranded on different railway stations while few others diverted. Railway sources […]
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik this morning spoke to Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Prakash Javadekar seeking his intervention to ensure smooth studies of the Kashmiri students at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Governor also spoke to Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, Prof Tariq Mansoor in this regard. Malik urged Javadekar and Prof Tariq […]
Srinagar: Only one voter has cast his vote in Lokut Dal ward of Dal Lake in Srinagar till 12 noon on Tuesday. The polling began for the fourth and final phase of the Urban Local Body polls today morning. Sources said that out of the 2583 registered voters in the Lokut dal ward just one […]
Srinagar: After Uber, Viacom and Ford, Internet giant Google also on Monday boycotted the forthcoming business conference in Saudi Arabia in view of recent developments over disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. “Google Cloud Chief Executive Diane Greene would not attend the Future Investment Initiative Summit to be held in Riyadh “, […]
Srinagar: Scores of residents of Kaloosa village in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday blocked the Bandipora-Sopore road to demand release of three local youth booked under draconian Public Safety Act (PSA). The protesters included several women. The blockage of road led to massive traffic jam on the otherwise busy road. The residents said that […]
Srinagar: Clashes erupted in Soura locality of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar on Tuesday even as the Urban Local Bodies polls are underway in the area. Sources said that several youth assembled at Soura locality and hurled rocks on government forces deployed in strength in the area in view of the polls. The protesters were raising […]
Srinagar: In the ongoing last phase of Urban Local Bodies polls, only three votes were polled at nine polling booths in Soura area of Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar. Officials said that at Ramzana high school Soura, where 9 polling booths have been set up, only three votes have been polled till 10:00 am. All three […]
Srinagar: China on Monday endorsed Pakistan’s request to International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance for addressing its economic challenges, but cautioned that the facility should not affect economic cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing. “As a member of the IMF, China supports the organisation in making an objective evaluation of Pakistan based on professionalism and earnestly […]
Srinagar: Popular social networking site Facebook has started a clamp down on Facebook news pages and accounts for uploading the photographs of slain scholar turned Hizb militant Manan Wani. Wani along with his associate Ashiq Hussain Zargar of Tulwari Langate were killed in Shatgund area of Handwara town Thursday last. Manan a former Phd scholar […]
