Added on December 23, 2020
Press Trust of India
Jammu: Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled mortars at forward posts along the Line of Control in Poonch district on Tuesday, a defence spokesperson said. There was no report of any damage on the Indian side, he said. “At about 0930 hours today, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and […]
Added on December 23, 2020
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants on Tuesday surrendered before security forces in Kulgam district of south Kashmir during a cordon and search operation, officials said. Security forces launched the operation in village Tangdoona of Kulgam district in the early hours following information about presence of militants there, the officials said. They said contact was established with […]
Added on December 23, 2020
Press Trust of India
Lahore/Islamabad: Pakistan government has granted permission for the construction of a Hindu temple in Islamabad, nearly six months after the work at the site was stopped apparently because of the pressure from the radical Islamic groups. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) issued a notification in Lahore on Monday, giving permission for the construction of the […]
Added on December 23, 2020
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Tuesday ruled out conducting board examinations for classes 10 and 12 till February next year in view of COVID-19 situation. He said a decision on when the exams will be conducted will be taken later after due consultations and assessment of the situation. “Keeping the current […]
Added on December 23, 2020
Press Trust of India
London: Scientists in the UK are investigating the impact of a new mutant variant of coronavirus, named VUI-202012/01, on children and whether its faster transmission in parts of England is down to the younger segment of the population. The government’s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) is monitoring the data to analyse […]
Added on December 23, 2020
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: The Delhi airport has a storage capacity of 2.7 million vials of COVID-19 vaccine at any given point of time, said a top official of its operator on Tuesday. Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, the CEO of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), said at a press briefing that the vaccine distribution programme, which is likely […]
Added on December 23, 2020
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded 308 new coronavirus cases, raising the tally to 1,18,803, while six more fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,850, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 134 were from reported from the Kashmir Valley and 174 from the Jammu division, they said. The officials said Jammu recorded the highest […]
Added on December 23, 2020
KV Network
Peripheral healthcare system in Jammu and Kashmir is literally functioning in shambles, with mushrooming of healthcare facilities in terms of infrastructure being stressed on over the past few decades. This unplanned growth has meant that the existing infrastructure has been ignored which has lead to a crisis like situation. The politicians who ruled the region […]
Added on December 23, 2020
KV Network
Asad Mirza The past week marked the tenth and first anniversary of two different events, both starting off as a protest against the ruling regime and in turn snowballing into massive movements. The first, the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ marked its tenth anniversary and the second, the Shaheen Bagh sit-out its first anniversary. Let’s have a […]
Added on December 23, 2020
KV Network
Tousif Raza Thousands of poems have been written in Kashmiri language, either Sufi or academic-some of them are romantic, some are social and some are political in origin. The contemporary Kashmiri poem either versed or free verse has become a good brightening part of our literature. Since Rehman Rahi, Amin Kamil and Deena Nath Nadim […]
