Month: May 2019

J-K admin announces 47 day summer vacation for schools in Jammu division

Jammu, May 28: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Tuesday announced a 47-day summer vacation from June 1 in government and recognised private schools up to higher secondary level falling in summer zone of Jammu division. According to an order issued by the School Education Department, these schools shall observe […]

Rahul best person to lead party, too premature to write Cong’s obituary: Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi, May 28:  Rahul Gandhi is the best person to pull the Congress out of its predicament following the setback in the Lok Sabha polls, says party leader Shashi Tharoor while declaring that his party is “alive and kicking” and it is too premature to write its […]

Pak shells forward posts in J-K’s Rajouri district

Jammu, May 28: Pakistani troops fired from small arms and shelled forward posts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district using mortar on Tuesday, officials said.  “The Pakistan army, at about 1600 hours Tuesday, initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation starting with firing of small arms followed by shelling using mortars along […]

US climber becomes 11th Everest fatality

A US climber has died after descending from Everest, officials said Tuesday, taking this season’s toll to 11 including several deaths blamed on overcrowding on the world’s highest mountain. Christopher John Kulish, 61, had already climbed the 8,848-metre (29,029-feet) peak, and was safely back at a camp below […]

Russian space sector plagued by astronomical corruption

  With millions of dollars missing and officials in prison or fleeing the country, Russia’s space sector is at the heart of a staggering embezzlement scheme that has dampened ambitions of recovering its Soviet-era greatness. For years, Moscow has tried to fix the industry that was a source […]

Malaysia to ship back hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste

  Hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste will be shipped back to where it came from, Malaysia said Tuesday, insisting the country did not want to be a global dumping ground. Around 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, according to the Worldwide Fund for […]

Pak downplays India’s decision not to invite Imran for Modi’s inauguration; pitches for dialogue

Karachi : Pakistan has tried to downplay India’s decision not to invite Imran Khan for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in on Thursday, saying the Indian Prime Minister’s “internal politics” does not permit him to extend an invitation to his Pakistani counterpart. The government on Monday announced in New Delhi that it […]

61 security personnel, 11 civilians killed in JK in 4 months: MHA

Jammu :  Sixty-one security personnel and 11 civilians were killed while 142 people were injured in 177 terror-related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the first four months of 2019, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said. The statement by Sulekha, Director, MHA came in response to an […]

11 CRPF, state police personnel injured in IED blast in Jharkhand

Ranchi :  Eleven personnel of the CRPF and the state police were injured in an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Jharkhand’s Seraikela Kharsawan district in the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. The blast took place around 5 am when a joint team of the CRPF’s special jungle […]

Market checking conducted at Padum

open view news desk KARGIL :- A market checking team led by the incharge Tehsildar Zanskar today carried out a market checking of Padum town and adjoining areas. He was accompanied by SHO Padum and officials of Animal Husbandry, FCS&CA and other concerned departments During the course of […]

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