SRINAGAR: Aircel, mobile and internet service providing company, Thursday announced partnership with mydala.com, online deals and mobile marketing and service platform, to launch ‘Aircel Joys, a company spokesperson said. Through the partnership, Aircel customers can avail deals and discounts upto 90 percent from a vast range of categories such as Entertainment, Lifestyle, Shopping, Hospitality, Personal […]
By Ramzy Baroud Omar is a 7-year-old boy from Gaza. His family managed to obtain the necessary permits that allowed him to cross the Erez checkpoint to Jerusalem, through the West Bank, in order to undergo surgery. He was accompanied by his father. On the way back, the boy and his father were stopped at […]
BY WAYNE ELLWOOD Say what you will about the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez; he had chutzpah. What better place to a make a point about Latin America’s colonial inheritance than in front of the world’s media? So it was with a sense of occasion that the smiling Chávez strode across the floor of the […]
Srinagar: Residents of Gousia Colony Chanapora on Wednesday urged concerned officials to carryout necessary repairs in the drainage system in the locality to alleviate problems facing them especially during rain. “With rain for few minutes, flood like situation arises in our locality and the water peeps into our houses and compounds,” a delegation of the […]
The US said: Consistent with the United Nations Security Council Resolution of December 21, 1971, the United States favors the continuation of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan and the withdrawal of all military forces to within their own territories and to their own sides of the ceasefire line in Jammu and Kashmir; the United […]
BY M ZIAUDDIN I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it. —Voltaire This has been the dilemma of those known in some circles as the ‘fundamentalists’ of democracy, free speech, rule of law, human rights, social justice and tolerance. Whenever these principles have come under […]
The resignation came hours after submarine INS Sindhuratna had a mishap off the Mumbai coast New Delhi: A spate of accidents involving the Naval warships Wednesday claimed the job of Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi who quit taking moral responsibility and his resignation was promptly accepted by Defence Minister A K Antony. The resignation […]
Balasore: For the third time in a span of five days, India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air missile Akash missile system from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha on Wednesday. “Like the trials of the surface-to-air missile conducted on February 22 and 24, today’s test fire of Akash was successful,” a defence […]
Islamabad: Kashmir’s largest militant group Hizbul Mujahideen has distanced itself from its former senior leader Mast Gul, who has recently resurfaced as a Taliban commander in Pakistan. 47-year-old Mast Gul, who is now believed to be part of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan like many former militants who operated in Kashmir, has claimed responsibility for three attacks […]
JAMMU: Various administrative departments have missed several deadlines to furnish details of adhoc / contractual/ consolidated employees , the government said Wednesday. “As per J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act-2010, all administrative departments were asked to submit the details to the Member Secretary of the Empowered Committee within 60 days from the commencement of the […]