300 Sri Lankan migrants rescued off Vietnam
HANOI/COLOMBO: More than 300 suspected migrants from Sri Lanka were rescued off the coast of Vietnam after their boat began taking on water, Vietnamese authorities said on Tuesday. The Myanmar-flagged Lady 3 fishing vessel encountered difficulties around 250 nautical miles off Vung Tau on Vietnam’s southern coast, according to Vietnam’s Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination […]
J&K all set for another spell of rains, snow; minus 2°C in Gulmarg
Srinagar : As forecast by the meteorological department, Jammu and Kashmir is all set to receive more rains and snow till November 11. With overnight cloud cover, there was some increase in minimum temperature on Wednesday but stayed below freezing point in Gulmarg which also received fresh snowfall of 2cms in the last 24 hours. […]
Get Fully Funded Scholarship And Study In China
SRINAGAR: Harbin Institute of Technology is offering the Chinese Government Scholarship 2023 for Master’s and PhD degree in China. The scholarship is applicable through the CSC (China Scholarship Council) agency. The scholarship is available for international students all over the world. The duration for the scholarship of Master’s is 2-3 years, while for PhD is 4-5 […]
Advisor Bhatnagar inaugurates three day workshop on ‘Information and Cyber Security’ at Convention Centre Jammu
Officers need to be vigilant, aware of the threats and capable of securely dealing with cyber threats: Advisor Bhatnagar 600 officers, youth, VLEs from 44 panchayats to be trained during the workshop JAMMU, NOVEMBER 08: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today remarked that legal safeguards and frameworks should be established to deal with […]
CS reviews winter preparedness of power DISCOMS
Unscheduled power cuts unacceptable: Chief Secretary JAMMU, NOVEMBER 8: Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a winter preparedness review of Power Distribution Companies (DisComs) here at the Civil Secretariat today. The Chief Secretary instructed the officers to ensure that government workshops are replenished with spare parts, inspections of transformers should be undertaken and sufficient […]
Yogi govt recommends CBI probe in Ayush admission scam
The Uttar Pradesh government has recommended a CBI inquiry into the Ayush admission scam. Confirming the development, an official spokesperson said: “Following orders from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the case of anomalies in Ayush colleges admission has been referred to the CBI.” At least 12 per cent admissions in Ayush colleges of the state for […]
Babar must embrace the right mindset to achieve crowning glory
EVEN Nostradamus would not have prophesied that Pakistan would sneak into the semi-finals. It looked next to impossible. Simply because there were heaps of ifs and buts involved. But then he would certainly have felt thunderstruck like tens of millions of Pakistanis when the Dutch ousted mighty-looking South Africa in Adelaide. The reputed French seer of the 16th […]
Putin-linked businessman admits ‘interference’ in US elections
MOSCOW: Influential Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is linked to President Vladimir Putin and sanctioned by Washington and European countries, admitted on Monday to interfering in US elections. “Gentlemen, we interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere,” Prigozhin, who has been accused of running a “troll factory” to influence the outcome of votes in […]
Sub-zero temp in Gulmarg, Pahalgam as J&K braces for another wet spell from tomorrow
Srinagar, Nov 8 : Amid forecast for more rain and snowfall in the next three days, mercury recorded a fall at most places and settled below sub-zero level in Gulmarg and Pahalgam on Tuesday, officials said. “Partly cloudy weather is expected today and light to moderate rain/snowfall (over higher reaches) is expected at many places […]
3-storey house completely gutted in overnight blaze in Poonch
Poonch, Nov 8 : A 3-storey house was gutted in an overnight fire in Sib Mohalla Dargam in Poonch district, officials said on Tuesday. They said fire suddenly broke out in the house and the 3-storey structure was completely gutted by the time fire was brought under control. A police officer who was part of […]
