Anantnag:- A team of Vigilance organization of Kashmir on Monday conducted a raid at the office of Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) in Dooru Anantnag following complaint of misappropriation of IGMSY Scheme funds. Shameema Akhter who is posted as child development project officer (CDPO) in Dooru Anantnag is accused of embezzlement of funds under IGMSY scheme. […]
On my first trip to Australia from Paris, I heard a pied butcherbird vocalising on a remote sheep station. It sounded like a jazz flautist in a tree. An explosion of sound in another tree answered, and a duet ensued, then a trio. I had no idea birds sang in ensembles. Low, slow, rich, and […]
New DelhiChinese border guards entered one kilometre into Indian territory and threatened shepherds grazing cattle in the Barahoti area of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, official sources said Monday. The incident took place on the morning of July 25 when a group of shepherds were asked to vacate the land by troops of the People’s Liberation Army, […]
New DelhiOpposition Congress on Monday claimed in Lok Sabha that its MLAs in Gujarat were being offered Rs 15 crore in return of support to the BJP and being forced by the ruling party in the state. As soon as the House assembled, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge raised the issue of political […]
New DelhiBreaking his silence for the first time after the grand alliance faced rupture, Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) leader Sharad Yadav on Monday called the decision in Bihar ‘unfortunate’. “I don’t agree with the decision in Bihar, its unfortunate. The mandate by the people was not for this,” Yadav said. Nitish Kumar, on last Wednesday, […]
TehranNearly 90,000 Iranians are expected to attend the haj in Mecca this year, and were due to start arriving on Sunday, after Tehran boycotted the pilgrimage last year amid tensions with Saudi Arabia. Around 800 pilgrims were due to leave Iran on three flights to nearby Medina on Sunday, the director of the haj at […]
DohaThe Qatari authorities have accused Saudi Arabia of jeopardising the annual hajj pilgrimage to Makkah by refusing to guarantee the safety of those taking part. Saudi Arabia and its allies have been boycotting Qatar since June 5, accusing it of backing extremist groups and of ties to Shia Iran, in the regions worst diplomatic crisis […]
JeddahInfluential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, on Sunday in a rare trip to the kingdom. We have been very pleased with what we found to be a positive breakthrough in Saudi-Iraqi relations, and we hope it is the beginning of the retreat of sectarian strife in the […]
For the past some days, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been making some strident noises against the centre. Two issues that appear to have made her uneasy are petition in Supreme Court against Article 35A and the Hurriyat arrests. Talking about the former at a conclave organised by the Bureau of Research on Industry and […]
Srinagar,Two persons including a teenager girl were killed after a pine tree fell on a vehicle in Pahalgam area of south Kashmirs Anantnag district on Sunday afternoon. A police officer said that three persons including a teenager girl sustained serious injuries after the tree fell on the car (JK01W-8167) at Betab Valley in Pahalgam. All […]
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