The world of reading
Zubair Ahmad Parray To be ‘literate’ means to be able to read and write correctly, and it is an essential of civilized life, being the base of almost all intellectual occupation. Reading, is therefore, one of the first things children learn to do in school, and perhaps even before schooldays, at their parents’ knee. To […]
Govt approves 18 Cr BDMP for Marwah forest division
SRINAGAR: Government has approved Bio Diversity Management Plan (BDMP) worth Rs 18 crore for Marwah Forest Division to be funded by Chenab Valley Power Project (CVPP) under its ‘Environment Management Plan’ component. An order issued in this regard by Commissioner Secretary Forest, Ecology and Environment reads, “Administrative approval is accorded to the implementation of Bio-Diversity […]
JK Police, NIA joint training programme concludes
Srinagar: A week-long joint training programme on capacity building of the Jammu and Kashmir Police with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) concluded here on Saturday, an official said. The aim of the programme was to enhance the skills of investigating officers and make them experts in handling a variety of cases, he added. The programme […]
Woman gives birth to triplets at LD Hospital
Srinagar: A woman from south Kashmir give birth to triplet at Valley’s prime maternity specialty, Lal Ded hospital here in Srinagar city. Medical Superintendent Lal Ded Hospital Dr Shabir Sidiqui said that such incidents are common at this maternity hospital. “A woman even give birth to quintuplets here in the hospital. Today a woman from […]
Two held for alleged role in burglary at Kupwara
Kupwara: Two persons have been arrested by police on Saturday for allegedly committing burglary in Kralpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district earlier this week. A police official said that on receiving a complaint from one Gowhar Ahmad Tanzoo, a resident of Dardsun Kralpora alleging theft of mobile phones and other paraphernalia from his shop […]
HDFC Bank Q1 results: Profit rises 16.1% to Rs 7,730 crore
Mumbai: HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 16.1 per cent year-on-year rise in standalone net profit at Rs 7,729.60 crore compared with Rs 6,658,60 crore in the same quarter last year. HDFC Bank said the second wave of Covid disrupted business activity for close to two-third of the quarter, leading to a drop in efficiency […]
Meticulous estimation, speedy execution of works pivotal for development: Official
Reviews ongoing development works, projects in Anantnag
ANANTNAG: Secretary in Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Rifat Arif, on Saturday maintained that meticulous planning and estimation besides speedy execution of works is pivotal for development of rural areas. Rifat said this while chairing a meeting held to review development and wage employment works undertaken by RDD in Anantnag. The meeting was attended by […]
Toddler crawls into water in Shopian, drowns
Shopian: A one-year-old boy from of a nomad family drowned in Nallah Rambiara in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. They said that the boy son of Mohammad Rafeeq crawled into the river from the tent put up by his family near the water body. By the time family reacted, the boy […]
NIT Srinagar launches ‘Visit to Village’ flagship program
Srinagar: To expose its students, Director National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, Prof. Rakesh Seghal Saturday launched a V2V (Visit to Village) flagship program undertaken by Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship Development (IIED) centre of the Institute. Director NIT Srinagar, Prof. Sehgal said the unique program undertaken by IIED Centre of NIT Srinagar with an objective […]
Police arrests 11 drug peddlers in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Police have arrested eleven drug peddlers in Anantnag and Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that police officials at a checkpoint established at Larkipora intercepted two persons identified as Bashir Ahmed Mir son of Abdul Khaliq Mir resident of Sadoora and Zahoor Ahmed Shah son of […]
