Let this be the beginning
It is after a pretty long time that some positive news has come from the administration vis-à-vis the education sector. The development has come to the fore in the form of the government’s decision to transform around 180 government schools with owned buildings in Srinagar district on modern lines equipping them with smart facilities and […]
Much cherished success
N J Ravi Chander From a tender age, hockey fascinated my maternal uncle, M D Umapathi. He trotted off to the Bengaluru East Ground in the evenings, watch the barefooted players in action, and learn the nuances of the game. Watching the young lad turn up at the maidan each day, one of the observant […]
The Interlude
K S S Pillai Thanks to a virus born in a faraway place, I have missed my usual visit to Kerala during the summer as well as the Diwali vacations. The rail and air traffic remain disrupted; the quarantine rules are different in different states. I may, if and when I reach my destination, find […]
Ensure smooth flow of traffic on Sgr-Leh highway: Div Com
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Wednesday chaired a meeting to take stock of preparation for smooth traffic regulation on Srinagar – Leh highway during winter season. The committee constituted for management of opening and closure of Zojila pass include Div Com Kashmir Div Com Ladakh, DC Ganderbal and DC Kargil. At the […]
Early spinal tumor is curable
Dr. Aditya Gupta Young Meerut professional successfully celebrated Diwali with his family after undergoing a complex surgery in his spinal cord, which otherwise could have been life threatening. After experiencing episodes of numbness and weakness in both his arms and legs, 34 year old patient Aditya Bansal had made several local consultations, where MRI of […]
Minor dies in a road mishap in Kupwara
Kupwara: A five-year-old boy has succumbed to his injuries a day after hit by a maruti car here at Hanjipora area of Trehgam in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police official said that a boy identified as Wasir Ahmad Wani (5) son of Abdul Rashid Wani residence of Hanjipora Trehgam was hit by a Maruti vehicle […]
Pulwama villagers face dark nights as transformer develops snag
Pulwama: The residents of Rakh village in Litter tehsil of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have been left in the lurch as the authorities have failed to repair their damaged transformer that according to them has developed technical snag 10 days back. Inhabitants said that power development department has miserably failed to repair their transformer fully […]
Legal literacy can transform people’s lives: Prof Talat
2-day orientation programme begins at Kashmir University
Srinagar: Enhancing legal literacy at grassroots can go a long way in transforming the lives of people, Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad said on Wednesday. Inaugurating a two-day legal literacy orientation programme, organised by the varsity’s State Resource Centre as part of its Legal Literacy Project (LLP), Prof Talat said that equipping […]
BJP leader seeks spl tribunal to probe ‘crimes against minorities’ Writes to Lt Guv Sinha
Jammu: Senior BJP leader Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo urged J-K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday to form a special tribunal to probe crimes against minorities, and issue an ordinance to set up a board for management and preservation of temples and shrines in Kashmir Valley. Chrungoo, in-charge of the Jammu & Kashmir BJP’s department of […]
