JJSF to launch agitation for revival of waiting lists in recruitments.    

JJSF to launch agitation for revival of waiting lists in recruitments.   

  Jammu, 9th February: Jammu Joint Student Federation on Friday held their emergent meeting at GGM Science College Jammu. The meeting was chaired by Keshav Malhotra District Jammu President JJSF whereas JJSF units of GGM Science College Jammu and SPMR College participated in this meeting to discuss the consequences of repealing the rules mandating recruiting…

Andhra Pradesh CM calls on PM, seeks release of pending funds

Andhra Pradesh CM calls on PM, seeks release of pending funds

Amaravati/New Delhi, Feb 9 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his chambers in Parliament on Friday and requested him to expedite several issues related to the state. Reminding the Prime Minister that the Finance Ministry has already agreed to remove component-wise expenditure ceiling on Polavaram Project…

Being Arundhathi Subramaniam: One part goddess, one part wild women

Being Arundhathi Subramaniam: One part goddess, one part wild women

New Delhi, Feb 9 She says it has been exciting to smell the danger in their voice. That it has been an infuriating journey too — for whenever she thought she had a hold on the content, someone would parachute in. There would then be chaos, albeit a grateful one. There seems to be an…

Turtles, rescued from poachers, released into Gomti River in Lucknow

Turtles, rescued from poachers, released into Gomti River in Lucknow

Lucknow, Feb 9 Around 650 endangered freshwater Indian tent turtles, rescued from poachers, were released into the Gomti river in Bakshi-ka-talab area of Lucknow district. The step came on the order of the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM). The rare species of turtles were rescued from the poachers on the tip of from…

Minor girl murdered in B’luru; act of vengeance by upper caste youth suspected

Minor girl murdered in B’luru; act of vengeance by upper caste youth suspected

Bengaluru, Feb 9 A minor Dalit girl was allegedly murdered by a youth belonging to an upper caste as an act of vengeance in the Anugondanahalli police station limits in Bengaluru Rural district on Friday. The ninth standard girl was missing for three days and her body was found by shepherd boys on the outskirts…

Suspense continues over the Congress’ RS candidate in Rajasthan

Suspense continues over the Congress’ RS candidate in Rajasthan

Jaipur, Feb 9 The Congress has still not indicated any name as its Rajya Sabha candidate in Rajasthan The state will hold the RS polls for three seats as Kirodi Lal Meena, now a MLA and state minister, has resigned from the Rajya Sabha after winning the assembly polls. Similarly, the term of two RS…

100 Ukrainians return home under prisoner swap with Russia

100 Ukrainians return home under prisoner swap with Russia

Kiev, Feb 9 A total of 100 Ukrainian service people returned home under a fresh prisoner swap with Russia, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. Among those freed were more than 80 troops who fought for the city of Mariupol and the Azovstal steel plant, Xinhua news agency reported on…

UN releases $6 mn emergency funding to help support Congo fight catastrophic flooding

UN releases $6 mn emergency funding to help support Congo fight catastrophic flooding

United Nations, Feb 9 UN humanitarians have said that $6 million were allocated to help Congo respond to “catastrophic flooding” affecting two million people. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thursday that the Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths made the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocation this week “to…

UN rights chief concerned by widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza

UN rights chief concerned by widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza

Geneva, Feb 9 The widespread destruction by Israeli forces of civilian infrastructure in Gaza to create a “buffer zone” for general security purposes does not appear consistent with the narrow “military operations” exception set out in international humanitarian law, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said. Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…

US-British airstrikes not affect Houthis ‘military capabilities’: Group leader

US-British airstrikes not affect Houthis ‘military capabilities’: Group leader

Sanaa, Feb 9 Leader of the Yemen’s Houthi group Abdulmalik al-Houthi has said the US-British coalition airstrikes against his group’s camps have not affected its military capabilities. “The American-British strikes on our country (group’s camps) this week amounted to 86 strikes and have not affected or limited our armed capabilities,” he said on Thursday in…