SRINAGAR: The Aam Aadmi Party registered its first victory in assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday when its candidate Mehraj Malik defeated his nearest rival from the BJP in Doda constituency by a margin of over 4,538 votes. Malik, a District Development Council (DDC) member, polled 23,228 votes against BJP’s Gajay Singh Rana’s […]
SRINAGAR: As the results of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly elections were announced on Tuesday, Engineer Ehtisham Khan expressed gratitude to the voters for their active participation, while raising concerns over the controversial amendments to the region’s New Reservation Policy. In a statement, Er Ehtisham Khan thanked the people of Jammu and Kashmir for […]
GANDERBAL: A week-long workshop on “Research and Publication Ethics,” organized by the Department of Education in collaboration with the Department of Communication and Journalism, Central University of Kashmir (CUKashmir) began at Tulmulla Campus here on Monday. The workshop aims to enhance awareness and understanding of ethical considerations in research and publications among participants, including academicians, […]
SRINAGAR: To provide early detection and timely intervention for various eye diseases, the University of Kashmir (KU) organised a free medical camp focussing on the screening of patients for refractive errors, cataracts and glaucoma. The camp was organised by the Health Centre, Institute of Technology (IoT) Zakura Campus, in collaboration with Sharp Sight Eye Hospital, […]
SRINAGAR: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar is gearing up to host its annual technical festival, Techvaganza 2024, from October 10 to 11 on the institute’s campus. The event will be organized by ‘Student Gymkhana, and is expected to bring together students, tech enthusiasts, industry experts, and academia from all over the country to […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay foundation stones of various development projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs 7600 crore through videoconference, on Wednesday. He will lay the foundation stone for the upgradation of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur at a total estimated project cost of around Rs 7000 crore. It will serve […]
NEW DELHI: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday called the outcome of the Haryana Assembly elections “unexpected”. Reacting to Congress’s performance in the Haryana elections, the Congress chief wrote in a post on X, “Haryana’s result is unexpected. The party is assessing this mandate. A detailed response will come from the party after talking to […]
NEW DELHI: A recent report has highlighted a notable 44 per cent spike in employment verification discrepancies across six major sectors. As revealed in its latest Annual Trends Report 2024, AuthBridge highlighted significant discrepancies across various sectors. It said the telecom sector witnessed a sharp rise in discrepancy rates, reaching 18.2 per cent, highlighting the […]
BEIRUT, JERUSALEM: Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, a year after the devastating Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israelis held ceremonies and protests on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 […]
TEHRAN: Any attack on the country’s infrastructure will be faced with retaliation, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday, even as the Israeli military said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut a day after the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack was marked by mourning and demonstrations […]