Development needs a push
We are right going through the peak winter season. During this season the Jammu-Srinagar national highway used to remain open most of the time and help commuters and truckers to push in supplies to the valley and export fruit and other produce from here. However, the national highway and its maintenance has raised several questions […]
Handle with care
Syed Tajamul Hussain By flipping the pages of grammar books, we get filled with the surprise marriages of 26 alphabets to create the world of endless words. The figure of word makes us to represent our feelings, emotions and opinions with others. Without the invention of words, man might have looked like a living statue […]
Team discipline is a must
N J Ravi Chander It was the bard who said that “parting is such sweet sorrow”. I superannuated on January 31 last year after clocking 39 years of service in a state-run bank, and it was unbelievable how the years had rolled by. To me, the bank was like an extended family where I had […]
Covid vaccination: CS chairs meeting of UT steering committee
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Tuesday chaired the maiden meeting of the UT Steering Committee to monitor the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination. The Committee reviewed the arrangements being made to ensure hassle-free and time-bound delivery of COVID-vaccines across the Union Territory. Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Health & Medical Education, Home, Social […]
BJP will not tolerate Pakistan’s ‘policy of bloodshed’ in JK: Raina
Jammu: Stern action will be taken against leaders who have “bled” Jammu and Kashmir at the behest of Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina said on Tuesday. We will not tolerate Pakistan’s policy of bloodshed. Anyone whether a militant, separatist, politician or Tukde Tukde gang leaders like Shehla Rashid will be dealt with […]
Govt announces committees to implement Forest Rights Act
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday announced formation of committees for implementation of Forest Rights Act-2006 in the Union Territory (UT), officials said. To begin with, the administration has constituted a Union Territory level monitoring committee, district level committee(s) and sub-divisional level committee(s) for implementation of law in the UT. According to an […]
DDC polls: Groom prefers to vote first, keeps bride and guests waiting
Jammu: Stating the casting a vote is above all other responsibilities, a groom preferred to exercise his right to vote first and kept the bride waiting at a marriage function in Udhampur district on Tuesday. Notably, Udhampur also figured in the areas where the second round of DDC polls was held on Tuesday. Karan Singh […]
At Panzinara voters que up to ensure ‘right’ candidates win
Say development only reason for voters to choose ballot
Srinagar: Panzinara area falling on the outskirts of Srinagar city had come alive on Tuesday as voters were heading for poll stations to cast their votes. The voters who were enthusiastically participating in the polls said that the development was the only reason for elderly as well as the young men to turn up at […]
Participating in election was must to avoid ‘Pakistani agent’ label: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said the ‘participation’ of regional mainstream political parties was a must to avoid being labeled as ‘Pakistani agents’. Mehbooba expressed ‘displeasure’ for allegedly being labeled as Pakistani agent, saying her late father and PDP founder, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed faced ‘social boycott’ for […]
Unknown gunmen fire at youth in Buchpora
Srinagar: Unknown gunmen fired at a youth in Buchpora, Soura area on Srinagar outskirts leaving him critically injured on Tuesday evening. Police officials said that unidentified gunmen fired at a youth identified as Nadeem Khan aged 24, a resident of Bilal Colony, Soura on Srinagar outskirts. “He was immediately shifted to SKIMS Soura, in a […]
