Wakeup call
The government has forgot to arrange for a follow up on COTPA act as no mechanism has been put in place to curtail the use of tobacco especially among the younger generation. The hazards of smoking are known to all. Smoking cigarettes is a known health hazard however, for obvious reasons the governments both at […]
Money is killing us
Mohammad Hussain Khan The world today presents a strange paradox. On the one hand there is abundance of material prosperity and on the other hand there is overall moral bankruptcy. In between the two, the man is badly torn. He is all lost to his own self. The devil in man is out to destroy […]
Cop associated with IRP found dead
Srinagar, Nov 5: Body of a missing IRP constable was found hanging from a tree in Magam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said on Thursday. A police officer told that the body of the constable, Mohammad Ashraf son of Abdul Majeed Rather of Archnaderhma Atmagam in Magam was found near Batpora Kanihama Magam. […]
Gunmen loot cash from J&K bank van in Shopian
Srinagar, Nov 05: Unknown gunmen on Thursday looted cash from a van at main town in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. An official said that at least four gunmen attacked J&K bank van near Tak Mohalla Shopian and looted cash in lakhs. Official sources said that cash looted is over 60 lakh. A senior […]
Trump mounts legal battle in several states, Biden inches closer to victory
Washington, Nov 5 (PTI) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris of Indian origin inched closer to the magic figure of 270 Electoral College votes, even as incumbent Republican President Donald Trump moved ahead with his plan to mount a massive legal battle. Biden is falling short of six to […]
Detained scribe Arnab Goswami spends night at school designated jail’s COVID-19 centre
Alibaug, Nov 5 (PTI) Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide of an interior designer, spent the night at a local school which has been designated as a COVID-19 centre for the Alibaug prison, an official said on Thursday. A court at Alibaug in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Wednesday remanded Goswami […]
No comment on US Election at this point: UN Spokesman
United Nations, Nov 5 (PTI) A spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that he has no comments as of now on the 2020 US Presidential Election and the process is being watched closely. No, not at this point. I mean, we’re all watching, obviously, closely. The process is still is playing itself […]
Biden wins more votes than any other presidential candidate in US history: Report
New York, Nov 5 (PTI) Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won more votes than any other presidential candidate in the US history, shattering a record set by former President Barack Obama, according to a media report. As of November 4, Biden had got over 70.7 million votes, more than anyone who has ever run for […]
8 phase election for DDC’s begins from Nov 28
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir poll panel on Wednesday announced an eight-phase election to 20 district development councils (DDCs) in the union territory beginning November 28, in the first major electoral exercise since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. The government had in October amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act […]
