Cluster University Srinagar postpones all exams scheduled tomorrow

Cluster University Srinagar postpones all exams scheduled tomorrow

Srinagar: Controller Examinations at Cluster University Srinagar has said that the various undergraduate, integrated, professional and Honors examinations that the varsity had scheduled on Tuesday January 5 stand postponed in view of the inclement weather conditions prevalent in Kashmir valley. A statement issued by the Controller Examinations this afternoon in this regard said that fresh […]

Snow cuts off Kashmir from rest of world as surface, air routes shut

Snow cuts off Kashmir from rest of world as surface, air routes shut

Srinagar,:Kashmir was cut off from rest of the country on Monday as the arterial Jammu-Srinagar national highway and Mughal road were closed due to snowfall across the valley, leaving nearly 4500 vehicles stranded. “The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed due to accumulation of snow at many places, especially around Jawahar Tunnel,” an official of the […]

US Congress passes ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ for Pakistani women

US Congress passes ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ for Pakistani women

Washington: The US Congress has passed the ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ which will expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women to receive higher education under a merit and needs-based programme. Passed by the House of Representatives in March 2020, the bill was passed by the United States Senate by a voice vote on […]

Trump in phone call presses Georgia’s election chief to ‘find’ votes to reverse Biden’s win: Report

Trump in phone call presses Georgia’s election chief to ‘find’ votes to reverse Biden’s win: Report

Washington: US President Donald Trump, in an extraordinary one-hour phone call, told Georgia’s election chief to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s win and urged him to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in the swing state in the November 3 election, according to a secretly-recorded audio of the conversation posted by a major American media […]

KU postpones BG 6th semester exam scheduled tomorrow; no change in MD/MS exam

KU postpones BG 6th semester exam scheduled tomorrow; no change in MD/MS exam

  Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Controller of Examinations Prof Irshad A Nawchoo said on Monday that the BG 6th semester examination (English paper) scheduled to be held on January 5, 2021 (Tuesday) stands postponed in view of the inclement weather conditions. New date for the deferred examination will be notified separately later on, he said. However, Prof Nawchoo said there […]

Elderly man injured in Tral grenade blast dies at home, police say death natural

Elderly man injured in Tral grenade blast dies at home, police say death natural

  Srinagar: A 70-year-old man, who had suffered minor injuries in his leg following a grenade blast at bus stand Tral two days ago, died at his residence on Monday. Police however said that the septuagenarian’s death was natural and not as a consequence of the injuries he suffered in the grenade blast. The elderly […]

Bill introduced in US House to terminate designation of Pak as Major non-NATO ally

Washington: On the first day of the 117th Congress, a lawmaker has introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives to terminate the designation of Pakistan as a Major non-NATO Ally. Introduced by Republican Congressman Andy Biggs, the bill removes Pakistan’s designation as a major non-NATO ally, a status that allows for various benefits […]

India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases, 214 fatalities

India records 16,504 new COVID-19 cases, 214 fatalities

  New Delhi:Daily new COVID-19 cases in the country remained below 20,000 for the third consecutive day taking the virus caseload to1,03,40,469, while the recoveries surged to99.46 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. A total of 16,504 tested positive for coronavirus infection in a day. The death toll increased to […]

Banihal-Qazigund Tunnel along Jammu-Srinagar highway likely to complete by March

Banihal-Qazigund Tunnel along Jammu-Srinagar highway likely to complete by March

Banihal (J-K): The work on the double tube 8.5-km-long Banihal-Qazigund tunnel along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway is nearing completion and is likely to open for traffic in March. The work on the Rs 2100-crore project started in June 2011 by Navyuga engineering company and on completion would reduce the road distance between Banihal in […]

All UG, Professional Exams scheduled tomorrow postponed: Controller Exams KU

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir said on Sunday evening that it has postponed Professional Examinations besides undergraduate examinations it postponed earlier in the day. A statement quoting Controller Examinations at KU, Prof Irshad A Nawchoo said that all UG and Professional exams including BG 3rd Year, 6th Semester, BDS Final and  OCMILscheduled to be held on January 4, 2021 […]