Actor Prakash Raj Visits Climate Activist Sonam Wangchuk On Huger Strike In Ladakh
Leh, Mar 26: Actor Prakash Raj on Tuesday visited climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on hunger strike for nearly three weeks here to demand statehood for Ladakh and its inclusion in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. Raj, a vocal critic of the ruling BJP, extended his support to the Wangchuk-led protest and said […]
Height and stature to the fore in atypical home win for RCB
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and fielded, Virat Kohli scored a half-century in the chase and Bengalureans welcomed the arrival of the first points of IPL 2024 with usual pomp and fanfare. These were the more predictable parts of the evening. Monday’s clash against Punjab Kings was, in many ways, atypical of how T20 […]
Security Council finally ends paralysis on Gaza
• Ceasefire resolution calls for release of prisoners, urgent expansion of aid delivery • Veto avoided as Washington abstains; 14 members vote in favour • Guterres warns failure to implement resolution ‘would be unforgivable’ • Russia angry over replacing word ‘permanent’ with weaker language UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council finally passed a resolution on […]
Awareness programs
In district Srinagar series of activities are held under SVEEP at Kothibagh and SP HSS. Recently on the directions of the District Election Officer(DEO), a series of awareness programs were held under Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation program (SVEEP) in various Schools of the District. He expressed his admiration for their enthusiasm and commitment […]
Unyielding Gujarat Titans upend MI’s plan to break out of season-opener jinx
So what if Mumbai Indians lost their season-opener once again. Since 2013, the year Rohit Sharma took over the reins of the team, MI have yet to secure victory in their first game. So wasn’t the result expected anyway? Wrong. The banality of this outcome does not stem from the Mumbai Indians’ recurrent theme of […]
Girl buried under rubble rescued after 16 hours as storm kills at least 12 in Brazil
Search teams in southeastern Brazil rescued a girl buried for more than 16 hours in the rubble of a collapsed house, following a powerful storm on Friday that has so far claimed at least a dozen lives. Authorities have deployed teams to the mountainous areas of Rio de Janeiro state, describing the situation caused by […]
Youth found dead under mysterious circumstances in Budgam
Budgam: A 23-year-old youth was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Wangwas area of Chadoora in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday morning.An official said that the body of a youth was found by family near his house in the wee hours of this morning and accordingly informed the police.The body has been recovered from […]
Industrial growth
Self employment schemes are along with industrial growth are some of the assets by J&K government to address unemployment. Recently Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo took assessment of the measures taken so far for the development of new industrial estates (IEs) across the districts of the UT here. He enquired from the concerned Director Industries and […]
Global sea levels jumped due to El Nino: Nasa
WASHINGTON: Global average sea levels rose by about 0.3 inches (one-third of an inch) from 2022 to 2023 — nearly four times the increase of the previous year — Nasa said on Thursday, attributing the “significant jump” to a strong El Nino and a warming climate. The Nasa-led analysis is based on more than 30 […]
Sheep Farmers Struggle as Forest Department Bars Grazing Access
SRINAGAR: Sheep farmers in Srinagar are facing a dire situation as the forest department has begun restricting access to grazing lands by erecting closures and fences around the traditional grasslands. In the Nishat area of Srinagar, home to more than 250 sheep farming families, forest department officials have cordoned off vast stretches of land previously used […]
