Parliament’s monsoon session
No Question Hour, pvt members' bills, curtailed Zero Hour
New Delhi: There will be no Question Hour and private members’ bills will not be taken up in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, while the Zero Hour will be restricted, notifications issued by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats said. There will also be no breaks during the session, which will be held from […]
Global cop sans responsibility
What a shame it has been to witness that the ‘most powerful’ country in the world, the United States has not bothered to be part of a combined effort to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine. The US has made it official that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to find a […]
A rueful Muslims
Mohammad Azhar u Din Dar Islam is not only a religion, it is also an enormous culture, one of the greatest on earth. Which has enriched our humanity with some of paramount and supreme scientific and architectural achievements and with countless meritorious discoveries in different fields particularly in medicine, social, academics and arts. Muslims have […]
Pandemic ended my rendezvous with the barber
K S S Pillai Among those affected most by the current pandemic are barbershops and beauty parlours. I used to look forward to the once-a-month visit to my barber, where I could get a haircut and a vigorous massage of my head in addition to becoming privy to the secret lives of some of the […]
Living a happy post retirement life
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Retirement can mean many things for people. Some look forward to the free time in hand. Some worry how they will manage to meet ends. Others wonder how they will pass their time. If planned properly, retirement can be a great phase in a person’s life. You have worked hard all your […]
Month after burial body of Central Kashmir youth exhumed
Budgam: After the administration permitted the exhumation of the body of a youth who died in the first week of August last month, a team led by Naib Tehsildar in presence of police exhumed the body amid protest in Surisyar Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Pertinently, on 5 August last month, a youth […]
Congress headquarters closed for week amid coronavirus concerns
Jammu: The Congress has closed its headquarters in Jammu and Srinagar for political activities for a week from Wednesday in the wake of the worsening coronavirus situation, party’s chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said here. He said the decision was taken as 15 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours in the union territory […]
Over 100 demolitions conducted in last two weeks: SMC
SRINAGAR: Acting on a number of complaints against violators Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has carried out over 100 demolitions for the last fifteen days in various areas across the city. The areas where these illegal constructions were demolished include Hamdania colony Bemina, Hyderpora, Sanatnagar, Rawalpora, Soura, Lal Bazaar, Zakura, Khanyar, Batamaloo, Chanpora, Padshahi Bagh and […]
Omar presides over party’s south zone functionaries meet
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) Vice President, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday presided over the party’s south zone functionaries meeting at party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. Party General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, Additional General Secretary Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani, State Secretaries Sakina Itoo, G A Shah, Zonal President South Kashmir Dr. Bashir Ahmed […]
