58 dead in Afghan shrine blasts
Kabul, Dec 6: Twin blasts at Afghan shrines on Tuesday left at least 58 people dead today, with one massive suicide attack in Kabul ripping through a crowd of worshippers including children. The attack in the capital and another in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif came a day after an international More
Pak boycott won't affect cooperation: Karzai
Islamabad, Dec 6: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that Pakistan's boycott of the Bonn conference on the future of Afghanistan will not affect bilateral cooperation. "We very much wished Pakistan to attend Bonn conference. It would have been a good opportunity for Pakistan to speak More
Pakistan pulls out of liaison posts; US concerned
Islamabad, Dec 6: Pakistan today temporarily recalled some troops from border posts meant to coordinate activity with international forces in Afghanistan as relations have been pushed to an all-time low by NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The troops were pulled back for More
Bashir tipped to be new Pak HC

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Dec 6: Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir is set to become Pakistan’s High Commissioner in India as part of the biggest reshuffle of envoys approved by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, according to a media report Tuesday. Bashir, 59, who is due to retire next year, will replace More
  • Kashmir

Govt devises scheme to get encroached land evicted

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Dec 6: In a significant decision, the state government has devised a scheme for eviction of encroached common land in keeping with the Supreme Court direction to do away with illegal occupations More


  • Srinagar City

Central Pollution Control Board team reviews Dal conservation

Extends Scientific Support To LAWDA For Lake’s Restoration

ARIF SHAFI WANI

Srinagar, Dec 6: A high-level team of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) made an on-the-spot assessment of conservation works in the Dal Lake here and will soon recommend measures for speedy and sustained More



  • Jammu

Violation of norms by ETT institutes

BOSE Mulls Mass Disaffiliation

SUMIT HAKHOO

Jammu, Dec 6: With every attempt to streamline the functioning of Elementary Teachers Training (ETT) institutes across the state falling apart, the Government has asked the Board of School Education (BOSE More


  • South Asia

58 dead in Afghan shrine blasts

Kabul, Dec 6: Twin blasts at Afghan shrines on Tuesday left at least 58 people dead today, with one massive suicide attack in Kabul ripping through a crowd of worshippers including children. The attack More


  • World

Earth-like planet found

London, Dec 6: American astronomers have confirmed the existence of an earth-like planet, dubbed Kepler 22-b, in the "habitable zone" around a star similar to the sun. The planet lies about 600 light More


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