The second wave
The Covid-19 threat is far from over. Experts have now warned of a much severe second wave as the regions that have witnessed spur in covid infections have already felt the severity. Even as states with relatively smaller caseloads have been reporting a spurt in Covid cases, the crisis like situation in Delhi is proving […]
Our food provider’s plight
Desh Bir I have lived comfortably these sixty nine years and yet I have produced neither a single food grain nor a single litre of milk nor a single fruit nor raised a single poultry bird nor grown a vegetable item. No one in my family is or has been a cultivator or grower of […]
Satiating ones taste buds
N J Ravi Chander Everyone must have got a taste of dining experiences that have gone horribly wrong. Though I am non-vegetarian, certain meats are strictly off-limits. But once, after wolfing down a plate of biryani at a restaurant, I discovered they had served me the wrong food. Contrary to the ‘mutton biryani’ advertised at […]
Indian Madrassas – A Need for Reorientation
If the Indian madrassas could reorient themselves, it may silence their critics besides influencing the government to support these initiatives.
Asad Mirza The first institute of Islamic Madrassa education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa in Makkah, where Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was the teacher and the students were some of his followers. After Hijrah (migration) to Madina the Madrassa of ‘Suffah’ was established on the east side […]
Sports stadium in Tral craves for attention
The facility needs uplift, say locals
Pulwama: On the one hand the administration promises all sort of facilities for sports persons in Kashmir valley but on the other the existing sports facilities are ignored by the administration. Take for an example the sports stadium in Midoora Village of Tral sub division in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district which is lying in a […]
COVID-19 death toll reaches 100 in Ladakh
Civil society calls for week-long shutdown
Leh: The COVID-19 death toll in the Union Territory of Ladakh reached 100 as two more people died due to the infection in Leh district, thereby prompting the civil society to call for a self-imposed week-long shutdown here from Monday to contain the spread of the virus. A total of 73 people tested positive for […]
All passengers coming by train to be tested on arrival: CS
Reviews arrangements to mitigate COVID- 19 pandemic
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Monday chaired a meeting to take stock of continued efforts towards mitigating COVID-19 pandemic and the related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and policies. Financial Commissioner, Health & Medical Education, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Deputy Commissioners of Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Samba and Kathua, and Mission Director, National Health Mission (NHM) […]
