Opposition alliance unlikely to stop India’s ruling party
The SP-BSP hostility is both personal as well as political.
By: Aditya Sinha Coming Sunday, the parliamentary constituencies of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, India, will elect representatives to replace Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya (they left to head India’s largest state after the BJP swept the 2017 assembly election). The by-elections got interesting last Sunday, when former chief […]
Horticulture Deptt to authenticate publishing of advertisements on pesticides, horticulture mineral oils
JAMMU, MARCH 09: The Department of Horticulture has informed the concerned that broadcast/telecast and publishing of advertisements of Pesticides and Horticulture Mineral Oils in electronic and print media respectively in the state shall be subject to authentication of the Brand/Quality of such Pesticides/Horticulture Mineral Oils by the Directorates of Horticulture, Jammu/Kashmir to arrest the advertisement […]
Serena Williams off to winning start in WTA return
Indian Wells: Serena Williams shook off the rust from a 15-month layoff due to pregnancy to win her opening match at the WTA Indian Wells event with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Zarina Diyas. The unseeded Williams was the top-ranked player in the world when she began her long layoff following her victory at the […]
‘I go wherever the stories take me’
Kamila Shamsie, the British-Pakistani novelist, on literary prizes and why she doesn’t lose sleep over reviews
BY: Suparna Dutt-D’Cunha One of the things that make British-Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie’s success in the literary world all the more surprising is her lack of interest in charming her readers with exoticism. Her stories, in the seven novels she has published so far, explore themes such as war and love, how people’s lives are […]
Neymar not enough to make Paris Saint-Germain a big club: Arrigo Sacchi
Paris: Signing Neymar was not enough to turn Paris Saint-Germain into a major force in European football, according to former AC Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi. Sacchi, who led Milan to two European Cup titles in 1989 and 1990, told French sports daily L’Equipe that he is unconvinced by PSG’s strategy for success in Europe and […]
Rather chairs Ethics Committee meet
JAMMU, MARCH 09: The Committee on Ethics of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly met today under the chairmanship of MLA, Abdul Rahim Rather to discuss the functioning of the Committee. Threadbare discussions were held on various issues related to ethics. Legislators, Abdul Majid Larmi, Ch Mohammad Akram and Neelam Kumar Langeh attended the meeting. The […]
Suicide bomber kills at least nine in Kabul Shiite area
Kabul, Mar 9 (AFP) A suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shiite area of Kabul today, killing at least nine people, officials said, as militants dial up pressure on the war-weary Afghan capital. The third suicide attack in the city in a fortnight comes as the Taliban face growing pressure to take up the […]
CS reviews progress of AIIMS project, action taken on ‘AoA’
Jammu, Mar 08: Chief Secretary B B Vyas Thursday reviewed the progress of work on the prestigious AIIMS projects coming up at Samba and Awantipora, as also chaired a meeting here with the Administrative Secretaries to review the department-wise implementation of the ‘Agenda of Alliance’. In a meeting attended by Principal Secretary, Health & Medical […]
Another soldier commits suicide
Srinagar, Mar 08: A 36-years-old soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the second incident in as many days. Naik Shankar Singh, a resident of Rajasthan, shot himself with his service rifle at an Army camp in the district’s Warnov area, a police official said. Singh, who […]
One dies after tree falls on him
Sopore, Mar 08: A-55-year-old labourer died Thursday when a tree he was cutting fell and struck him in the head before falling on him in Sangrama area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh of Seer Jageer, Sopore was critically injured after a tree fell on him which he was […]
