Awareness camp on KCC held in Ganderbal
District Agriculture Department today organized an awareness camp on Kissan Credit Card (KCC), here today. District Development Commissioner, Shafqat Iqbal was chief guest on the occasion. ADC Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, CPO, Anika Mushtaq, Chief Agriculture Officer, District Lead Bank Manager, BDC Chairpersons, representatives of RESTI and scores of farmers attended the camp. Speaking on […]
DDC Kulgam inaugurates Chess, Carrom competition
District Development Commissioner, Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today inaugurated inter Block District level Chess and Carrom competition here at Government Girls Higher Secondary School Kulgam. The Sports Event has been organized by District Youth Service and Sports Office Kulgam. The winning students from this competition will get access to represent the District at State level […]
Handicraft awareness cum artisan camps scheduled in Anantnag
ANANTNAG, FEBRUARY 25: According to Assistant Director Handicrafts Anantnag, the schedule for conduct of Handicraft awareness cum artisan camps for Anantnag District have been chalked out. The camps will be held at Town Hall Kokernag on 24th February, at Marraige Hall Bijbehra on 26th February and at Cafeteria Verinag on 3rd March.
Body of Shiv Sena leader’s brother found in Batala; robbery suspected
The brother of Punjab Shiv Sena (Bal Thackeray) vice president was murdered here on Tuesday morning. The body of Mukesh Nayyar, brother of Shiv Sena leader Ramesh Nayyar, was found at 6 am near his house. Talking about the crime, IG (Border range) Surinder Pal Singh Parmar said, “The crime was committed at the spur […]
Can political alternative to NC, PDP emerge in Kashmir?
Srinagar, Feb 25 (IANS): Hectic political activity is going on by ‘like-minded’ politicians of Kashmir to stitch a new party whose agenda would purely be to address the problems of the common man. The litmus test for such an alternative would be the ability of these ‘like-minded politicians’ to sink differences to emerge as a real […]
Families of players from Multan, Pindi look ahead to exciting PSL games
LAHORE: The HBL Pakistan Super League got off to a stupendous start in Karachi and Lahore and the action now shifts to Multan and Rawalpindi. This marks the first instance of these two cities hosting the PSL fixtures and the players and their families are looking forward to the PSL action in the city. The […]
Shots fired in north-east Delhi’s Maujpur in clashes between pro and anti-CAA groups
Scores of pro and anti-CAA groups threw stones at each other, attempted to burn down houses and finally fired shots in north-east Delhi’s Maujpur on Tuesday, less than 20 km from the heart of the national capital where Home Minister Amit Shah held a second review meeting with top officials and Delhi politicians. Rioters from […]
Mazari, who has previously accused the EU of adopting discriminatory approach by not mentioning human rights violations by India in Kashmir and against its minorities, is expected to obliquely raise CAA by talking about religious persecution. With Pakistan foreign minister Makdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi dropping out of the event at the last minute, Shireen Mazari, […]
Sanders Slams Trump For Selling Weapons To India
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential front-runner Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday slammed President Donald Trump for selling weapons to India, saying that the US should instead partner with New Delhi to fight climate change to save the planet. Sanders, who has won the Nevada and New Hampshire primaries and tied in Iowa, made the comments after Trump, […]
Internet ban hits e-payments, traders prefer to accept cash
The Internet ban has badly affected e-payments in Jammu and Kashmir since August 5 last year. The restoration of 2G Internet services has also failed to encourage card payments in the Union Territory. Despite restoration of the 2G Internet for the white-listed websites, particularly for banking sites, traders avoid receiving payments through PoS (point of […]