Trump-Russia row: Putin offers to release records of meeting
Vladimir Putin has offered to release a record of Russian officials’ meeting with Donald Trump, who is alleged to have passed them sensitive information. US media say Mr Trump passed on classified information last week, but Russia says this is not the case. Mr Putin said Russian records would be given to the US Congress […]
Gandhi Memorial College erupts again.
The students of Gandhi Memorial College Srinagar and MPML higher secondary school Baba Demb on Thursday clashed with forces outside the college premises, reports said. Reportedly the students of the two institutions started marching on the main road demanding the release of their colleague who was arrested yesterday during the clashes. The protest march took […]
CM inaugurates Semi-mechanized parking facility in city centre.
Coming as a relief to the commuters and vehicle owners moving through the busy Lal Chowk area of Srinagar city, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti inaugurated a semi mechanized car parking facility at the old KMD stand on the M. A. Road here today. The car parking facility would be first of its kind in the […]
BCCL lands Arnab Goswami in trouble.
Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL), also known as the Times Group, sued Republic TV founder Arnab Goswami and a journalist with the channel on Tuesday, accusing them of theft, criminal breach of trust, misappropriation of property and infringement. Both the accused are former employees of the company’s TV channel Times Now. In a […]
IPL 2017: 5 players Sunrisers Hyderabad would want to retain
unrisers Hyderabad entered the 10th season of the Indian Premier League as defending champions and started with aplomb by crushing the finalists of 2016, Royal Challengers Bangalore, by 35 runs. Their 2017 season, however, hasn’t been as spectacular as the previous one. Except for David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan and occasionally the likes of Yuvraj Singh […]
Social media use damaging young people’s health, survey says World Health Organisation report highlights risks of screen time for youngsters
A dramatic rise in the use of computers and social media is wreaking havoc on the health of young people, a report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested. The study found a “continuous steep increase” between 2002 and 2014 in the proportion of children and young people using technology for two hours or […]
Afghanistan: Gunmen attack state TV station in Jalalabad, detonate suicide vests
At least three militants wearing suicide vests attacked the Radio Television Afghanistan’s premises in Jalalabad on Wednesday, police told Al Jazeera. Two of the men detonated their vests while security forces are on the look out for the third. The state media outlet’s office is in the vicinity of the provincial governor’s office. The accused […]
Social media ban likely to continue in Kashmir.
*Social media ban likely to continue in Kashmir* _No improvement in ground situation, state counsel tells High Court_ The state government today indicated that it may continue with the social media ban in the Kashmir valley as the ground situation has still not improved.While seeking more time before the government actually reviews the order, the […]
Militant families thrashed in Shopian cordon
In a bid to dominate the ground army on Wednesday allegedly thrashed the families of militants during the search operation at Heff Shirmal of Shopian triggering protests and more clashes. Locals on telephone told media that uncle of local militant from the area was hit in the head and thrashed by army.other family members were […]
Pellets return to Shopian operation called off
Several people received pellet injures as intense clashes broke out inside and outside the cordon laid by army on Wednesday at haeff and Shirmal villages of Shopian. Latest reports from the area suggest that about dozen youth received pellet injuries and Army was forced to call off the search operation as they faced stiff resistance […]
