Month: January 2019

Advisor Kumar chairs meeting of divisional heads of Kashmir province

open view web desk SRINAGAR, JANUARY 3: Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar today chaired a meeting of the Divisional heads(directors) of Kashmir province to review the progress of projects and schemes being implemented by their respective departments. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmed Khan, Director General, Youth Services […]

Dr Andrabi meets Governor

open view web desk JAMMU, JANUARY 3: Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi, Chairperson of Waqf Development Committee, Ministry of Minority Affairs met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Dr. Andrabi discussed various issues relating to public welfare, women empowerment, working of the State Waqf Board and […]

Nawang Rigzin Jora meets Governor

open view web desk JAMMU, JANUARY 3: Sh. Nawang Rigzin Jora, former Minister, met Governor, Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Sh. Jora expressed his gratitude to Governor for sanctioning the cluster University for Ladakh and apprised him about various developmental issues of the region […]

Power shutdown

open view web desk JAMMU, JANUARY 03: As per Chief Engineer EM&RE Wing, Jammu, the power supply to Trikuta Nagar and its adjoining areas fed from 33 KV GG-2 Line emanating from 220/132/33 KV Grid Station Gangyal shall remain affected on January 04 from 08 am to 11 […]

JKEDI trains 92 youth for entrepreneurship at Pampore, Baramulla

open view web desk open view web desk SRINAGAR, JANUARY 03: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) successfully completed two training programs in which 92 candidates including 12 females were trained for entrepreneurship and self-employment. The trained candidates were from Srinagar, Budgam, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam, Kupwara, Bandipora […]

Tourists flee Thai islands as Tropical Storm Pabuk closes in

Tens of thousands of tourists have fled some of Thailand’s most popular islands as Tropical Storm Pabuk closes in and threatens to batter the southern part of the kingdom with heavy rains, winds and seven-metre (22-foot) waves. The islands of Koh Phangan and Koh Tao, packed with holiday-makers […]

China’s ‘Jack the Ripper’ executed

A serial killer dubbed China’s “Jack the Ripper” for the way he mutilated several of his 11 female victims was executed Thursday morning, three decades after the first murder, the court which sentenced him said. The court in the northwest city of Baiyin, Gansu province, which handed him […]

North Korean diplomat in Italy ‘seeking asylum’

North Korea’s top diplomat in Italy has sought asylum and gone into hiding, Seoul lawmakers told reporters after a closed-door meeting with South Korean intelligence officials on Thursday. It would mark the latest high-profile defection by a senior North Korean envoy since the deputy ambassador in London abandoned […]

Fresh clashes in India temple dispute

Clashes broke out in southern India for a second day Thursday as Hindu hardliners went on the rampage, seeking to enforce a general shutdown in protest at two women entering one of the country’s holiest temples. A day after violence among rival groups and with police left one […]

Supreme Court says “every second counts” for miners trapped in Meghalaya for 3 weeks

NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the government to list the steps it plans for the rescue of at least 15 miners trapped in a so-called “rat-hole” coal mine for three weeks in Meghalaya, warning that “every second counts”. The workers were ensnared on Dec. […]

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