HRD ministry to reconsider conducting NEET twice a year
New Delhi: The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry may reconsider its decision to conduct medical entrance exam NEET twice a year, following recommendations from the Health Ministry. According to sources, the Health Ministry has written to the HRD Ministry, raising concerns on conducting the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) twice a year as the examination calendar may […]
J&K Bank among 5 toppers in digital payment transactions
Srinagar,: While falling in line with the national mission, ‘Digital India campaign’, J&K Bank has figured among top 5 banks in achieving targets in digital payment transactions. Pursuing an annual target of 4 crore digital transaction for the current financial year, 2018-19, the bank has captured 1.17 crore digital payment transactions in the first quarter of […]
No court has jurisdiction to tamper with State Subject Law: Mirwaiz
Srinagar,: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that no court has the jurisdiction to tamper with the 1927 hereditary state subject laws of J&K because UN resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir clearly state that the citizens of J&K are to decide their final dispensation as a people, by exercising the right […]
KU announces summer vacations from August 16 to 25
SRINAGAR: Authorities at the Kashmir University (KU) on Friday announced summer vacation for teaching departments in main campus Hazratbal and its satellite campuses. The order in this regard was issued today by deputy registrar (academic affairs). “The teaching department of the main and satellite campuses (Kashmir) shall close for summer vacation from August 16 to […]
Advisor Vijay Kumar reviews working of Labour & Employment Deptt
SRINAGAR,: Advisor to Governor K Vikay Kumar today stressed on the officials of Labour and Employment to be more proactive and work with extra zeal for the welfare and empowerment of the working class to enable them to play their role in nation building. He was speaking while reviewing the working of Labour and Employment […]
Kerala rain: 26 dead, red alert issued; CM says situation ‘very grim’
Kochi: The flood situation is turning grim in Kerala which has been witnessing incessant rain for the last few days. With downpour continuing unabated, two more shutters of the Cheruthoni Dam, part of the Idukki Reservoir, were opened on Friday as the water level touched 2,401 feet. A third red alert was issued after a […]
Triple Talaq bill not tabled in Rajya Sabha, deferred to next session
New Delhi: The bill making triple talaq or instant divorce a criminal offence was not taken up on the last day of the Monsoon Session of parliament due to lack of consensus. The bill will now be tabled during the Winter Session of the Parliament. “Triple talaq bill will not be taken up today because […]
Taliban fighters storm Afghanistan’s Ghazni
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters): Heavily armed Taliban fighters attacked Ghazni city in central Afghanistan early on Friday, burning police checkpoints, shelling houses and business areas and seizing control of parts of the city before being beaten back, officials said US attack helicopters and drone aircraft provided government forces with air support. But as smoke rose across […]
Boko Haram militants kill 17 Nigerian soldiers
KANO: At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country’s northeast, military sources told AFP Thursday, the third assault on three different bases in less than a month. On Wednesday evening, heavily armed jihadists riding in trucks stormed and looted weapons and vehicles from […]
Yemen rebels say Saudi coalition airstrike in north kills 50
SANA’A (YEMEN): ,Yemen’s stalemated, three-year war has killed over 10,000 people, badly damaged Yemen’s infrastructure and crippled its health system. An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shia rebels hit a bus driving in a busy market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing least 50 people including children and wounding 77, Yemen’s rebel-run Al Masirah […]
