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Pak Punjab minister removed for his ‘anti Hindu’ remarks

Pak Punjab minister removed for his ‘anti Hindu’ remarks

Lahore: The Information Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Fayyazul Chohan, known for his derogatory remarks about the minority Hindu community, has been sacked again after Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his displeasure over the provincial media team’s inability to counter the Opposition. Chohan, known to be a firebrand Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader, was first removed […]

 Jahangeer Ganaie

Sloppy: Asia’s largest fish farm in Kokernag faces dearth of staff, funds

Anantnag: Asia’s largest fish farm in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district is faced with the shortage of staff which is hampering the work there, sources said. The Trout fish farm in Kokernag which is spread over 20 hectares of land has just 40 employees to cater to all the sections. This is making things worse as […]

 Press Trust of India

HC dismisses Omar Abdullah’s plea

NC leader had challenged order on final hearing of matters

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s plea challenging its circular of April mandating that both parties in a case have to agree for the final hearing to be taken up early via video conferencing mode. Omar had contended that his matrimonial appeal against a 2016 […]

 Press Trust of India

Pak enhancing cross border terror: India

United Nations: Strongly hitting out at Pakistan, India has said it is taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to enhance support to cross-border terrorism and has resorted to unbridled hate speech” to try and create divisions among India’s religious communities. Addressing an interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia […]

 Press Trust of India

Govt blocks 12 pro-Khalistani websites

New Delhi: The government has ordered to block 12 websites linked to pro-Khalistani outfits, a source aware of the development said on Tuesday. Some of the blocked websites were being directly operated by outlawed organisation Sikhs for Justice (SFJ). These websites were carrying pro-Khalistani content. “12 websites have been ordered to be blocked by the […]

 Press Trust of India

Four kg narcotics seized in Poonch

Jammu: Security forces have seized four kg of narcotics from the border belt of Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. During an ongoing drive against drug smuggling, a joint patrolling party of police and Rastriya Rifles of the Army conducted a search operation in Dhargloon in Mendher tehsil, they said. Approximately four kg of heroin-like […]

 Press Trust of India

Jammu man tries to hoist national flag atop PDP office, detained

Jammu: A Sikh activist, who tried to hoist the national flag atop the PDP office here during a protest against remarks by its chief Mehbooba Mufti on the tricolour, was detained by police on Tuesday, officials said. On October 24, Amandeep Singh had hoisted the national flag on the boundary wall near the main entrance […]

 KV Network

Hope this will be over soon

Hope this will be over soon

Almost a year has passed since the Covid-19 made its presence felt. The pandemic has changed our lives to an extent that we are yet to comprehend that we are faced with a new reality. We do not accept that we have to adapt to the situation that has risen out of it. Given the […]

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Capitalizing on Covid-19

Capitalizing on Covid-19

Simranjeet Singh Every fall in the economy can be seen as a new opportunity. The coronavirus pandemic has made a huge disruption in economic activities, resulted the biggest loss to the global economy in a small period of time. The silver lining of Covid-19 is that it has generated a huge demand of personal hygienic […]

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Mother, a bonding figure in the family

N J Ravi Chander Twelve years ago, on May 25, my mother, Padmakumari, lost her battle to life after a prolonged period of illnesses, ranging from heart disease, diabetes to high blood pressure. She was only 69 when she breathed her last, with my father M N Jayaraman and brothers, Presanna Kumar and Prem Prakash, […]