PoJK: Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee announces shutter-down strike after police crackdown

Muzaffarabad [PoJK]: The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee has announced that it will hold a “shutter-down and wheel-jam” strike in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) today, Pakistan-based Dawn reported. It announced the decision after the police reportedly detained as many as 70 activists in a bid to prevent a ‘long march’ announced by the […]
India-European Union relationship consequential for world also: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi: Describing the relationship between India and the European Union as “consequential for the world as well,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the EU is not only “our largest economic partner,” but the ties run “very deep, spanning many domains.” Extending felications to EU’s Ambassador to India, Herve Delphin, Jaishankar said, “I think […]
Stock market opens with bullish momentum on positive global cues

New Delhi: The stock market kicked off the trading day on a positive note, riding on the back of favorable global market indicators. The Sensex, the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), surged 345.94 points, opening at 72,635.24, while the Nifty, representing the National Stock Exchange (NSE), rose 27.65 points, starting at 21,985.15. […]
To chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’ and hymns, Kedarnath Dham opens after six months

Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand): The portals or doors of Kedarnath Dham, one of the country’s oldest and most sacred pilgrimage sites, were thrown open to devotees on Friday. The portals were opened through rituals and the ceremonial chanting of hymns after a gap of six months, including the peak winter phase. Chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’ rang […]