18 C
Srinagar
Friday, June 19, 2026

AUTHOR NAME

KR Desk

42331 POSTS
0 COMMENTS

GoI clears EC proposal, candidates can spend more on campaign

New Delhi: Government on Friday cleared a proposal of the Election Commission to raise expenditure limits for Lok Sabha elections to a maximum of...

HC directs police to strictly implement helmet rule

Madurai: A Division Bench of the Madras High Court Friday ordered police to strictly implement the rule which made wearing of helmet mandatory for...

GoI hikes DA to 100% for 80 lakh employees & pensioners

New Delhi: The Indian government on Friday raised dearness allowance to 100 per cent, from 90 per cent, benefiting its 50 lakh employees and...

North’s Weird Winter and Climate Change

BY FRED PEARCE Scientists are trying to understand if the unusual weather in the Northern Hemisphere this winter - from record heat in Alaska to...

Origins of Militancy

BY KHURRAM HUSAIN THE strong demands for military action against the TTP have put one party and its position regarding militancy in a tight spot. The...

Petrol price hiked by 60 paise per litre, diesel by 50p

NEW DELHI: Petrol price was Friday hiked by 60 paise a litre, the second increase this year, and diesel by 50 paise per litre,...

Misbah urges batsmen to buck up ahead of clash against India

Fatullah: Gearing up for the marquee clash against India, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq wants his batsmen to learn quickly from the mistakes they made against...

1951: India Tells UN Kashmiris Entitled to Decide Own Future

A member of the Indian delegation at the UN, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, told the Security Council on March 1, 1951: “The people of...

Subrata Roy sent to police custody till March 4

LUCKNOW: Over seven hours after he was arrested, Sahara Chief Subrata Roy was produced in a court here on Friday, which directed the UP...

Indian economy in Q3 expands by 4.7%, 10 bp down from Q2 growth

NEW DELHI: India's Gross Domestic Product ( GDP) grew at 4.7 percent for the third quarter of the current financial year, 10 basis points...

HMT employees to get revised wages; retirement age raised to 60

NEW DELHI: The government of India Friday approved implementation of the 1997 pay scale along with increase in the retirement age from 58 to...

BSNL to hike landline, broadband rentals from March 1

KOLKATA: India's largest state-owned telecommunications service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has decided to increase the landline and broadband monthly tariff from March 1...

Sensex ends above 21,000 level after 5 weeks, rises 133 points

MUMBAI: The benchmark Sensex on Friday jumped over 133 points to reclaim the 21,000 mark buoyed by gains in bluechips like TCS, Tata Motors...

‘RBI may not increase rates on Apr 1 policy review’

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank is likely to hit the pause button in its next monetary policy review on April 1, as the decline...

Mirwaiz, others placed under house arrest

Srinagar: Police on Friday placed several pro-freedom leaders under house arrest. A statement issued by Hurriyat Conference (M) said that police placed its chairman Mirwaiz...

LA passes resolution to check female foeticide

JAMMU: The Legislative Assembly Friday adopted a resolution seeking  measures to check the menace of female foeticide in the state. The resolution was moved...

Protest against ‘corruption’ at LD Hospital

Srinagar: Protests broke out in Kashmir’s largest maternity hospital on Friday against the “corrupt practices” of paramedical and security staff. Attendants assembled in the compound...

Mortaza ruled out of Asia Cup

Dhaka: The Bangladesh cricket team`s injury problems were on Friday compounded after senior pacer Mashrafe Mortaza was ruled out of the remainder of the...

‘676 new sub-health centres sanctioned under NRHM’

Jammu: Government of India  has sanctioned 676 new sub-health centres in Jammu and Kashmir under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the state Assembly was...

MGNREGA employees seek regularization, hike in salary

Srinagar: The staff working under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has demanded the government regularize them. The staff said that they have...

Morality and Money

BY CHRIS COLTRANE At the end of last year, the BBC’s Panorama programme revealed that anti-poverty charity Comic Relief had invested millions of dollars in...

AUSTRALIA IN SOUTH AFRICA

CAPE TOWN: South Africa captain Graeme Smith expects an even contest between bat and ball to set up a thrilling finale in the series-deciding...

KPs ask govt to pass Temples Bill without dilution

Jammu:   Various Kashmiri Pandits organisations Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to pass the pending Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places Bill without...

India, Sri Lanka should beware of us: Afghanistan coach Khan

Fatullah : Buoyed by a spirited effort from his boys against heavyweights Pakistan, the Afghanistan coach Kabir Khan on Friday sounded a warning bell...

2 burglars held in B’pora: Police

Srinagar: Police have arrested two burglars and recovered stolen goods from their possession in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. For the past few months there were...

‘13 CoIs, 123 magisterial and judicial probes ordered since 2002’

JAMMU: 13 Commissions of Inquiries(CoIs) were set up while 123 magisterial and judicial probes  ordered  into various incidents by successive governments since 2002. The information...

Kumar takes over as Special DGP

JAMMU: K Rajendra Kumar, a 1984 batch IPS officer, Friday took over the charge of Special Director General of Police (Coordination) Police Headquarters here. Kumar...

PCB accepts Miandad’s resignation

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has accepted the resignation of former captain, Javed Miandad, ending a six-year association between the two. Miandad, who had joined...

Avalanche warning for Nowgam, Kaiyan in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A medium-danger avalanche warning was issued Thursday by the authorities in the high-altitude areas of Nowgam and Kaiyan areas of Kashmir following fresh...

Rahul Gandhi pulls up Khurshid for calling Modi ‘impotent’

New Delhi: Congress vice-president on Thursday criticised Union minister of external affairs Salman Khurshid for calling BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi “impotent” over...

Latest news