The looming threat
This summer was yet again a grim reminder for all of us here in Kashmir valley about the looming threat of floods and the failure of the administration to take up effective and remedial measures post the September 2014 deluge. This summer the downpour was below normal however, the below normal downpour also sounded us […]
Let’s spread the message about the dangers of tobacco
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Tobacco is the biggest enemy of public health today. The effects of tobacco use, as we all know, are destructive and widespread. Irrespective of cultures and countries, backgrounds and ethnicities, tobacco is chewed in different forms and ways. Tobacco use is the single most avoidable cause of death worldwide and is currently […]
First Issue of ‘TRUST’ In-House magazine for skill and knowledge upgradation unveiled
Chairman JK Bank launches Bank’s Internal Communication & Knowledge Management initiative
Srinagar: In a bid to scale-up the level of knowledge of its human resource and keep them abreast of the latest developments in the banking and financial sector, Chairman and CEO J&K Bank, Parvez Ahmed on Sunday unveiled the first issue of the Bank’s monthly in-house magazine ‘TRUST’ rolled out by the Internal Communication & […]
Chanapora residents await upgradation of PHC to SDH
Wajahat Shabir Srinagar: The 50-bedded hospital established at Housing Colony Chanapora is waiting up-gradation from being a Primary Health Center to Sub District hospital. The foundation stone of the hospital was laid by former Minister Sham Lal Sharma on 17th of May 2012, however, the centre has not been upgraded to a hospital since then. […]
IG, CRPF in Kashmir gets 6 months extension in services
New Delhi: The tenure of CRPF’s Inspector General (operations) in the Kashmir valley, Zulfiquar Hasan, has been extended by another six months till September, a government order said Monday. Hasan is a 1988-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the West Bengal cadre. An order issued by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), headed […]
JKPCC Chief hits out at state govt for ‘security lapses’ on election day
Hails people for participating in electoral process
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir has castigated the governor led state administration for allegedly failing to ensure “foolproof security arrangements” to him on the Election Day in Kulgam. The district went to polls on Monday in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on the Anantnag parliamentary […]
Police file charge sheet in last year’s Batmaloo militant attack
Srinagar: Police Monday filed a charge sheet in the last year’s militant attack at Batmaloo in which a CRPF personnel was killed. The initial FIR was filed at Police Station Shaheedganj. The FIR pertains to the militant attack on July 24 militant attack on the CRPF and Police personnel near Fire Services crossing resulting intinjuries […]
Congress resorted to criminal injustice to Ladakh: Rijiju
Leh: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju lashed out at the Congress on Monday for “decades of criminal injustice” to the people of Ladakh. Addressing rallies at Nyoma in Changthang region near the Line of Actual Control here, the minister of state for home said in the 72 years of independence, Congress enjoyed power for 60 years […]
JeM module busted in Awantipora: Police
Pulwama: Police Monday arrested four persons, who it said, were in touch with the proscribed militant outfit JeM and were involved in “various militant activities” in the area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A police handout said that one Murtaza of Amlar Tral was arrested “on specific input and 1 Chinese Pistol with 2 magazines […]
DD-Kashir launches ‘Kus Bani Koshur Karorpaet’
Srinagar: The Kashmiri version of world famous quiz show ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, “Kus Bani Koshur Karorpaet” starts from tonight and the broadcast will be at 8:00 PM (Monday to Saturday) and will be repeated the following day at 7:00 am and at 2:00 PM. The show will be hosted by the Kashmiri […]
