NC MLA moves privilege notice against Jal Shakti Minister
Srinagar, Oct 1: Ruling National Conference (NC) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Gool (Gulabgarh) constituency Khurshid Ahmad has moved a privilege notice against...
Egypt arrests entire editorial team of one of country's few independent media
New York, Oct 02: Egyptian authorities swept up the entire editorial team of one of the country's few independent media, accusing them on...
Crime Branch files chargesheet in visa fraud case against consultancy owners in Jammu
Jammu, Oct 8: The Crime Branch has filed a chargesheet against two siblings in an alleged visa fraud case involving a consultancy firm...
Wild blacktip sharks can hear sounds from nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint where...
The study also points to the importance of behavioural experiments in the natural environment. Sound does not behave the same way inside...
Court convicts’ man of murder over Rs 80000 loan
Srinagar, Sep 30: A Sessions Court in Ganderbal district Wednesday convicted a man for committing murder of a person from whom he had...
Scientists breed one of America’s rarest rattlesnakes for the first time; six New Mexico...
The Los Angeles Zoo has announced the first litters born under Project Obscurus, an international recovery programme for the New Mexico...
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literature
Stockholm, Oct 8: Canadian author Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue...
Why copilot attacked captain of Israel-bound flight remains unknown
Jerusalem, Oct 1: Investigators worked Thursday to determine why an Omani pilot stabbed the captain of a flight to Israel, causing the plane to...
Pennsylvania’s abandoned coal mines may hold up to 220 billion gallons of water; scientists...
An inky pool in the middle of an anthracite coal pile. Image Credit: Jessica Klein/Inside Climate News/Pennsylvania Capital Star Pennsylvania’s abandoned underground...
Sadhna tunnel awaits MoRTH nod; Singhpora-Vailoo project enters bidding
Srinagar, Oct 1: The proposed 7.82-km Sadhna Tunnel on the Kupwara-Karnah road awaits alignment approval, while the approximately 10-km Singhpora-Vailoo tunnel has reached...
Jennifer Doudna’s team found an ancient CRISPR ancestor in viruses using a never-before-seen ‘gapped’...
The discovery may also reshape ideas about where CRISPR came from. The researchers found VIPR systems in viruses that appear to use...
Police arrest 4 drug peddlers in south Kashmir, contraband substance recovered
Srinagar, Oct 8: Continuing its sustained drive against the drug menace, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested four drug peddlers in Anantnag,...
Meet Shrikari Punjala, the 7th grader who turned eggshells into calcium carbonate crystals that...
Representative Image of eggshells being processed to extract calcium carbonate for bacterial growth experiments in a laboratory (AI Generated Image) A seventh...
Asian Games: Abhishek's scintillating 61, Tilak's 51 power India to 211 for 6 against...
Nisshin, Oct 3: Abhishek Sharma took the Pakistan spinners to the cleaners with a blistering 61 off 28 balls and Tilak Varma provided...
CA students visit JKMPCL dairy plant in Srinagar for hands-on industry exposure
Srinagar, Oct 8: The Jammu & Kashmir Branch of the Northern India Regional Council (NIRC) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)...
Carpenter dies, another injured in Bijbehara rooftop fall
Anantnag, Oct 4: A carpenter died and another man was injured on Sunday after they fell from the rooftop of a mosque while carrying...
Kashmir’s fragile ecology at growing risk: Tarigami
Anantnag, Oct. 3: Kashmir’s fragile ecology is under growing pressure from climate change, pollution, plastic waste and encroachments, CPI(M) MLA and Chairman of...
Pakistani prisoner dies by suspected suicide in Jammu jail
Jammu, Oct 4: A 36-year-old Pakistani undertrial prisoner died of suspected suicide at the high-security Central Jail here on Sunday, officials said.
Shahid Imran,...
Lt Gen Mohit Seth takes over as GOC White Knight Corps
Jammu, Oct 1: Lieutenant General Mohit Seth on Thursday took over the command of Nagrita based-White Knight Corps (16 Corps) from Lt Gen...
A new Oxford-led study suggests animal life may have begun 700 to 800 million...
The oldest definitive animal fossils date to around 574 million years ago, just before the dramatic diversification associated with the Cambrian Period....
Leave accountability for now, focus on future of Gen-Z: Ex-separatist leader Bilal Lone
Srinagar, Oct 4: Former separatist leader Bilal Ahmad Lone on Sunday called for moving beyond the contentious debate over accountability and focusing on...
Meet Wileidy Feliciano-Rivera, the Puerto Rico student who turned plantain peels into mulch that...
Representative Image of EcoMusa mulch made from plantain peels, showcasing its agricultural benefits (AI Generated Image) A seventh-grade student in Puerto Rico...
Scientists found a new lizard species above 15,750 feet in Peru’s Andes; the 6-to-8cm...
The species was identified by researchers associated with the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University, and its description was published in...
Atiqa Bano wrote J&K’s history without a pen: Speaker
Sopore, Oct 4: Speaker of the J&K Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather on Sunday paid rich tributes to late educationist and historian Atiqa Bano,...
Delhi court frames money laundering charges against Yasin Malik, six others
Srinagar, Oct 01: A Delhi court has slapped money laundering charges against incarcerated Yasin Malik and six others---Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Naval Kishore...
Sakeena Itoo inaugurates Social Welfare facilities at Anantnag’s Nanil
Anantnag, Oct 3: Minister for Social Welfare, Education and Health & Medical Education Sakeena Itoo on Saturday inaugurated four newly constructed Social Welfare...
Meet Rye Lynn Rost: The Montana 7th grader who compared banana and plantain starch...
A seventh grader in Montana compared banana and plantain starch to develop a stronger bioplastic. Rye Lynn Rost, a student at...
258 Sopore street vendors avail PM SVANidhi loans; Rs 84 lakh disbursed
Sopore, Sep 29: As part of efforts to strengthen the livelihoods of street vendors and promote financial inclusion, 258 street vendors in Sopore...
AI could force over 10 million US workers into new careers by 2035: What...
AI could force over 10 million US workers into new careers by 2035: What the McKinsey report underlines For ages, everyone’s worried...
EOW files two chargesheets against habitual offenders for cheating, duping job aspirants
Srinagar, Oct 04: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed two chargesheets against a man in separate cases involving...
Restore full statehood with constitutional guarantees without delay: Congress
Jammu, Oct 1: Warning that it would further intensify its movement, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Thursday reiterated its demand for...
Two suspected Pak intruders shot dead by BSF in Punjab
Jalandhar, Oct 2: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday shot dead two suspected Pakistani intruders along the international border in Punjab, officials said.
The...
Mirwaiz calls for self-accountability, compassion and social responsibility
Srinagar, Oct 2: Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, in his Friday address at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar, urged people to reflect...
In 2021, Australian engineers mixed shredded single-use face masks with processed building rubble for...
In 2021, Australian engineers mixed shredded single-use face masks with processed building rubble for road bases; the material met engineering standards, and...
114 SPOs inducted into Ladakh Police
Leh, Oct 6: Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena on Tuesday attended the valedictory function and passing-out parade of Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables, Followers...
Norway’s rapidly melting Jotunheimen ice has revealed 48 prehistoric arrows; the oldest are 5,000-6,000...
Norway’s rapidly retreating mountain ice has revealed 48 prehistoric arrows, including one estimated to be between 5,000 and 6,000 years old,...
Govt postpones Sheikh-ul-Alam (RA) Urs holiday to Oct 9
Srinagar, Oct 7: The government postponed by a day the provincial holiday in Kashmir on account of the Urs of Sheikh Nooruddin Noorani (RA).
According...
Warwan-Marwah waiting for fire tenders
Anantnag, Oct 2: By the time flames engulfed Mungli village at 11:30 pm Wednesday, there was no fire tender nearby.Residents fought the blaze for...
Day after oppn march, Rahul, Priyanka booked for entering Akashvani Bhawan without permission
New Delhi, Oct 07: Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and their supporters for...
Bukhari questions land purchase by non-domicile near Srinagar, seeks transparent probe
Srinagar, Oct 03: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari on Saturday questioned the purchase of land on the outskirts of Srinagar by a non-domicile...
President Murmu addresses first historic convocation of AIIMS Bilaspur
New Delhi, Oct 6: The President of India, Droupadi Murmu today conferred degrees on the first graduating batch of the All India Institute...
Two drug peddlers arrested in J-K's Rajouri
Jammu, Oct 01: Police have arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 1,300 Tapentadol tablets and 16 Tramadol capsules from them in Rajouri...
Crime Branch files chargesheet in multi-crore financial fraud in Samba
Jammu, Oct 5: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Jammu on Monday filed a chargesheet against two accused persons in a...
Woman succumbs day after being struck by e-rickshaw in Nishat
Srinagar, Oct 06: A 50-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries a day after she was struck by an e-rickshaw near Ishber Chowk in...
IAF has evolved into exceptional, network-centric force: Air Chief Marshal A P Singh
Ghaziabad (UP), Oct 8: Since its inception in 1932, the IAF has evolved into an exceptional, capable, network-centric and multi-domain force that is...
Police to organise cycle race, Jashn-e-Dal, water sports event: ADGP Nitish Kumar
Srinagar, Oct 01: The J&K Police will organise a series of sports and recreational events in the coming days, including a cycle race,...
What to know about terrifying FlyDubai flight forced to land in Saudi Arabia
Dubai, Sep 30: One pilot stabs another as he attempts to take control of a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel...
Ladakh launches large-scale saffron cultivation experiment
LehLadakh launches large-scale saffron cultivation experiment, Oct 2: Ladakh is conducting an experiment to introduce saffron farming on a large scale, building on the...
PM’s ‘Gulmarg’ cheese gift reminds Kashmir of its ‘Mozzarella’ treasures
Srinagar, Oct 6: Gulmarg cheese was part of the assortment of gifts that Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented to Swiss President Guy Parmelin during...
Gold rebounds Rs 3,600 to Rs 1.52 lakh per 10g ahead of festive season
New Delhi, Oct 8: Gold prices jumped Rs 3,600 to Rs 1.52 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday, rebounding...
