Ukraine war: Hundreds arrested as Russian draft protests continue

Hundreds of people have been arrested by authorities as protests against Russia’s new “partial mobilisation” continue across the country, an independent rights group has said. OVD-Info said 724 people were detained across 32 different cities on Saturday. Widespread demonstrations have broken out since President Vladimir Putin announced plans to draft 300,000 men to fight in […]

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Kashmir: First of its kind; Special programme for G-B schoolchildren inaugurated

GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister Khalid Khursheed on Saturday inaugurated a special programme for the teaching of Computer Science, STEM and entrepreneurship in government schools all across the region, an official statement said. This is the first of its kind programme in Pakistan where 100 expert technology fellows will be trained by private service provider […]

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Tata Institute of Social Sciences helps out youth under business support programme

Srinagar: Chinar International, a social impact organization working for children and youth, concluded a 4-day Small Business Support (SBS) program in collaboration with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) at Sangarmaal City Centre, Srinagar by selecting twenty young entrepreneurs to the cohort – III of the program. On the first three days of the program, […]

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Iran vows ‘appropriate’ response to Ukraine downgrading ties over drone allegations

Iran on Saturday criticized Ukraine’s decision to downgrade its diplomatic ties with Tehran, vowing an “appropriate” response. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Kyiv’s decision was spurred by “unconfirmed reports” and the “creation of media space” by foreigners, alluding to the US. Kyiv on Friday announced the downgrading of its ties with […]

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Kashmir: 46,000 kanal state land acquired for infrastructure development in 3 years

Srinagar, Sep 23: In the past three years, the Jammu and Kashmir government has acquired 46,000 kanal state land to build infrastructure and construct public utilities in the union territory. According to the information from the J&K government, during the years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-2022, the government acquired state land (including Khalsa Sarkar, Kahchrie, and […]

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