Losing a friend
Tawqeer ul Nisa I only have a picture of yours now, A frozen piece of time, To remind me of how it was, When you were here I still remember how we used to taunt gold digger kind of girls Each morning and evening in school, I talk to you, endlessly about the gossips How […]
Disability and Human Rights
M Ahmad Worldwide one billion individuals have some kind of a disability. Many people with disabilities experience a range of barriers to education, health care and other basic services. In many countries, they are subjected to violence and discrimination. People with disabilities are also often deprived of their right to live independently. To protect the […]
Obesity: Causes and Prevention
Seerat Haneef Obesity is a complex disease involving an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity isn’t just a cosmetic concern. It is a medical problem that increases your risk of other diseases and health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers. There are many reasons why some people have difficulty […]
Joint replacement surgeries and returning to normalcy
Dr Ramneek Mahajan Amid the prediction of the third wave of COVID pandemic, people are caught up in a situation where they are experiencing fast progressing joint ailments. Immobility, isolation and inability to go out of the houses has created an upsurge in the number of patients reaching out for joint problems making their condition […]
The market that has disappeared
K S S Pillai Several changes had taken place in my native place, which I was visiting after many years. It appeared quite different from the village where I had grown up. Memories flooded my mind. Most of my classmates in the primary and high school classes were from the same place. They were also […]
Authorities impose strict weekend lockdown in Sgr, other parts
Srinagar: The weekend lockdown was once again strictly imposed in Srinagar and other districts of the Valley on Saturday while police claimed to have filed four FIRs and realized over Rs seven lakh for Covid norm violations across Kashmir. Reports said that police enforced a strict lockdown in a bid to prevent the Covid from […]
SMC prohibits single-use plastics in SMC limits from July 24
Orders complete ban on use of hoarding, distribution, sale of polythene
Srinagar: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has ordered a complete ban on use of hoarding, distribution or sale of polythene and prohibited single-use plastics in Srinagar Municipal Limits from 24th July. In this regard an order has been issued by the SMC Commissioner Athar Amir Khan states that after the government constituted a special task force […]
Kokernag village craves for drinking water facility
Anantnag: Even as the government claims to provide tap water to the entire households in Jammu and Kashmir by March 2022, various villages located in several townships are craving for clean drinking water facility. Residents of Sagam village which is just few kms from Kokernag area in south Kashmi have alleged that tall claims of […]
24-yr-old women ends life
Anantnag: A 24-year-old girl was found hanging at her home in Khanpora area of Utersoo in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday evening, an official said. An official said that the woman (name withheld) was found hanging on Saturday afternoon by her family members inside her house in Khanpora area. The family rushed her to […]
Rohit Kansal inaugurates power station at Nusoo, Bandipora
BANDIPORA: Principal Secretary, Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal, on Saturday inaugurated 1×10 MVA 33/11 KV station at Nusoo in Bandipora as a part of activities being carried out under Azadi Ka Amrut Mahatsov. He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad, MD, KPDCL Basharat Qayoom, MD JKPDC, Raja Yaqoob, Chief Engineer Projects, CGM […]
