Srinagar: Advisor to Governor, Khursheed Ahmad Ganai, who holds the charge of Education Department, today said that there will be no further extension in winter vacations beyond March 9 and all schools, colleges will open from March 11. Chairing a high level meeting attended by the Vice Chancellors, College Principals, Controller of Examinations and Director […]
Srinagar: Cluster University Srinagar on Wednesday announced a change in test centres for the students scheduled to appear in Common Aptitude Test on March 7. A varsity spokesman, in a statement, said the exam centre of students bearing roll numbers from 196297 to 196608 has been shifted from Govt Girls Higher Secondary school Kothibagh to […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti hit the streets on Thursday demanding lifting of ban on Jamat-e-Islami and arrests of its leaders. Terming the ban on Jamaat a religious interference, Mehbooba said her party would continue to protest at district and constituency levels until the Jamaat leadership and clerics […]
Srinagar: 514 stranded passengers of Kargil were airlifted in two aircrafts of AN-32 and one aircraft of IL-76 of the Indian Air Force on Wednesday. 105 passengers were airlifted in two sorties from Srinagar to Kargil, 41 passengers from Kargil to Srinagar, 62 passengers from Jammu to Kargil and 8 from Kargil to Jammu, besides 298 […]
Srinagar: Army on Wednesday said that any further provocation or misadventure by Pakistan will be responded in a befitting manner with dire consequences. Army PRO, Lieutenant Colonel Mohit Vaishnava in an official statement issued to KNS said they are maintaining strict vigil along the Line of Control and International Border. “Post our warning to the Pakistan […]
New Delhi: Rebel Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kapil Mishra has said Pulwama attacker Adil Ahmad Dar is believed to have become a militant after he was hit by police, and if a slap can turn a person into a militant, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would have become Osama bin Laden. Addressing a public meeting organised […]
Srinagar: The Pakistan Army believes that the ball is in India’s court now to de-escalate tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. In an interview with CNN, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor said it was up to New Delhi to follow Pakistan’s decision of releasing captured Indian pilot as a peace gesture […]
Srinagar: Tensions between India and Pakistan appear to be de-escalating, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday as he thanked the US for playing a role in defusing the crisis through “private diplomacy”. “Tensions between India and Pakistan appear to be de-escalating and this is a positive development,” Qureshi told the media here. “Pakistan […]
Srinagar: Two persons have died while several others have been injured in a road accident in northern Kashmir’s Langate area. Reports said that a passenger bus bearing registration number JK09A-1220 on way from Watergam to Handwara, turned turtle near main market Langate leaving two persons dead. Police and locals immediately rushed the injured to the hospital. […]
Beijing: China said Wednesday that it has despatched Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou to Islamabad to discuss the Indo-Pak tensions following the Pulwama attack. “He (Kong) is now visiting Pakistan. He is in communication with Pakistan on the India-Pakistan situation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a media briefing here. Tensions escalated between India and […]
