KU exams for March 11,12,13 postponed

Srinagar, Mar 11: All Kashmir University exams including the PG-entrance examinations 2014 scheduled to be held on March, 11, 12 and 13 have been postponed. Fresh dates for the postponed papers have already been notified and the rescheduled Date-Sheet is available on KU website www.kashmiruniversity.ac.in. However the venue of the examination centres shall remain unchanged. KR Desk

Avalanche warning for higher parts of JK

Avalanche warning for higher parts of JK

Srinagar: With most parts of Jammu and Kashmir experiencing fresh spell of snowfall, authorities Monday issued a high and medium-danger avalanche warning for higher parts of the state asking people living there to avoid venturing into steep slopes during the next 24 hours. “On the basis of information from SASE, Jammu and Kashmir State Disaster […]

Row over cricket match celebrations continues; SVSU says suspension order not revoked

Row over cricket match celebrations continues; SVSU says suspension order not revoked

Meerut/Srinagar: The 67 Kashmiri students who were expelled from a private university here after being slapped with sedition charges for allegedly cheering the Pakistan cricket team can only get readmission after they are cleared of the charges in the probe, the university officials said Monday. Prof Manzoor Ahmed, vice-chancellor of Meerut’s Swami Vivekanand Subharti University […]

Aircel to provide free data on phones purchased at Snapdeal

SRINAGAR: In order to make online shopping experience more exciting and valuable, Aircel will provide a deal for customers to offer upto 3 GB of free 3G/2G data from Aircel for a period of 3 months on purchase of phones from Snapdeal.com, an Aircel spokesperson said on Monday. Tony Navin, VP – Business Development, Snapdeal.com […]

Govt’s Daily Bread

Since the police and other wings of the administration, possibly even municipal functionaries, have long found a goldmine in roadside and pavement vendors, there is little possibility of Srinagar ever getting uncluttered kerbsides and walkways constructed in most markets and thoroughfares at great cost to the public exchequer. It is also unlikely for Srinagar and […]

Crimea Can’t Be Done in 21st Century: Can Iraq?

BY WILLIAM BLUM When it gets complicated and confusing, when you’re overwhelmed with too much information, changing daily; too many explanations, some contradictory … try putting it into some kind of context by stepping back and looking at the larger, long-term picture. The United States strives for world domination, hegemony wherever possible, their main occupation […]

Rupee ends at 7 month high

MUMBAI: Rising for the fifth day in a row, the rupee Monday appreciated 22 paise against the US dollar to end at an over seven-month high level of 60.85 on heavy capital inflows into equities that surged to a fresh record. Sustained dollar selling by exporters and some banks also aided the rupee sentiment, limiting […]

A Welcome Judgment

BY ADVOCATE ZAHID ALI The guidelines recently provided by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court for applying Muslim Personal Law are proper, just and leading to the right conclusion. The ruling in Masrat Begum versus Abdul Rashid Khan and Others pertained to the issue of maintenance of divorced wives. In the ruling, Justice Ali Mohammad Magray said […]

State Cooperative Bank targets agri sector

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir State Cooperative Bank has significantly increased the credit facilities in agriculture and its allied sectors, showing an increase of 64 percent in lending that touched Rs 611 lakhs in 2012-13. In 2011-12 the agri loans stood at Rs 216.40 lakh, with the bank this fiscal fixing a target of Rs […]

Rusticate students: Shabana Azmi’s husband

New Delhi: Javed Akhtar, husband of prominent Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi, on Monday said the Kashmiri students who had been suspended by their university in Uttar Pradesh for cheering for Pakistan during a cricket match should be rusticated and sent back to Kashmir. “Why the suspension of those 67 Kashmiri students who cheered Pakistan is […]

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