Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the hijab was the law in Iran after a viral video showed a man throwing yoghurt at two unveiled women in a shop in a town near the northeastern city of Mashhad. In live remarks on state television, Raisi said: “If some people say they don’t believe […]
Jeddah: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah as Cairo tries to navigate through an acute financial crisis. The two leaders met on Monday to discuss joint cooperation and regional developments, Saudi state-run SPA news agency reported. El-Sisi arrived in […]
Moscow: The rouble steadied on Monday and Russia’s benchmark stock index surged to a near seven-month high after OPEC+ oil producers announced further oil output target cuts of about 1.16 million barrels per day (bpd) that saw oil prices jump. By 0804 GMT, the rouble-based MOEX Russian index was 0.9% higher at 2,472.4 points, reaching […]
Ganderbal: The newly appointed Vice Chancellor, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Prof. A Ravinder Nath, assumed charge of the office at varsity’s Green Campus here on Monday. He received a warm reception from the teaching and non-teaching staff, including Registrar, Deans, Finance Officer, Heads/Coordinators of various departments and the officers/officials. The University guards offered a […]
Srinagar: Waseem Raja, a (2008) Batch JKAS officer, took over as Joint Director (Kashmir) of the Department of Youth Services and Sports on Monday. Immediately after taking the charge from the outgoing officer he paid a visit to different sections of the Directorate, JD office, District Youth Services and Sports Office Srinagar and Youth Hostel […]
BANDIPORA: District Election Officer Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad on Monday inaugurated a cricket tournament and Tug of War competition at SK Stadium Bandipora in an attempt to boost voters’ awareness under Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign. On the occasion Dr Owais said the tournament is being organised to raise awareness among prospective […]
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had contrasting outings during the IPL 2023 match on Friday between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. While MI captain Rohit’s IPL rut continued getting out for 1 off 10 balls, Kohli enjoyed an explosive start to the season cracking an unbeaten 82 to guide RCB to a […]
New York: WWE and the company that runs Ultimate Fighting Championship will combine to create a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company. A new publicly traded company will be formed that houses the UFC and WWE brands, with Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. taking a 51% controlling interest in the new company. Existing WWE shareholders will hold […]
Srinagar: Amid forecast for isolated to widespread light rain and thunders amid fresh Western Disturbance, the minimum temperatures recorded a fall in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. A meteorological department official here said that intermittent rain and thunderstorm was expected at many places from April 3-6.”Thunderstorm may be accompanied by strong gusty winds,” the official […]
Dismisses Plea By SPO Challenging His Disengaging From Services Nearly 8 Years Ago Jammu: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has said that its discretionary powers under Article 226 of Constitution of India were not meant for “lethargic” litigants. “The remedy provided by the Constitution of India under Article 226 is discretionary in nature […]