Day: December 3, 2018

Macron seeks way out of crisis after Paris riots

French leader Emmanuel Macron faced growing pressure Monday to find a way out of the worst crisis of his presidency after shocking scenes of rioting over taxes in Paris at the weekend. As dozens of people were brought to court, over the worst clashes in central Paris in […]

Kashmir chapter of Indian Fertility Society formed

open view web desk SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 03: More than 100 Gynecologists, Post graduates and doctors from all parts of the State attended the Inaugural event of Indian Fertility Society (IFS) Kashmir Chapter here. The eminent Gynecologists of State Prof Dr Shahida Mir and Prof Dr Aabida Ahmed-HOD SKIMS […]

World Disability Day observed across Kashmir

open view web desk SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 03: Number of functions were held today across Kashmir valley to observe the ‘World Disability Day’. In Srinagar the main function was organised at GHSS Kothibagh which was presided over by Secretary Social Welfare Farooq Ahmad Lone. Speaking on the occasion he […]

Benchmark EPF interest rates with financial market: Ganai to JK Bank

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 03: Advisor to Governor Khurshid Ahmad Ganai today chaired a high-level meeting of the officers of Labour & Employment Department and representatives J&K Bank to discuss issues related to provident fund investments and CSR initiatives. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, […]

Sufi nominated Vice-Chairman of Wakf Board, Jeelani Member

open view web desk SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 03: Chairman, Board of Directors for the Muslim Specified Wakfs and Specified Wakf Properties, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai today nominated G R Sufi, Ex-Chief Information Commissioner, J&K as Vice-Chairman of the Board while Gous-ull-Nisa Jeelani, former Principal District and Sessions Judge, has been […]

Power shutdown

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 03: As per Superintending Engineer, Elect. Maintt. & R.E. Circle, Jammu, the power supply to Gandhi Nagar and its adjoining areas fed from RC-1, RC-7 and JDA-6 feeders shall remain affected on December 04 and 06 from 09 am to 01 pm. […]

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices employ signature phrases

WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor wants you to know she’s sorry. Justice Neil Gorsuch is only asking for some help. When you sit through almost all the Supreme Court arguments in a week, a month or even a term (as The Associated Press does), you hear the same […]

Civil-rights lawyer’s memoir to be reissued, made into film

NEW YORK  — A memoir by the late civil-rights activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree is being reissued, and a film version is in the works. Algonquin Books announced Monday that a 10th-anniversary edition of Roundtree’s “Mighty Justice” is coming out next November. Co-written by Katie McCabe, the book was […]

Yemen’s other conflicts simmer in city once held by al-Qaida

MUKALLA, Yemen — Two years after al-Qaida militants withdrew from Yemen’s eastern city of Mukalla, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates patrol the streets in armored vehicles, driving past secessionist murals and keeping an eye out for jihadi sleeper cells. The city on the Gulf […]

Bush gets tributes at Kennedy Center Honors program

WASHINGTON  — Last year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony was almost overshadowed by controversy surrounding the sitting president. This year’s event took place in the shadow of the death of a former commander-in-chief. Sunday night’s ceremony honoring lifetime artistic achievement featured multiple tributes to former President George H.W. Bush, […]

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