No respite, retail tomato price shoots up further

New Delhi: Consumers continue to see red due to pricier tomatoes as retail prices of the kitchen staple soared up to Rs 162 per kg on Thursday across the country due to tight supplies caused by rainfall in many parts. Among metros, retail tomato prices remained highest at Rs 152 per kg in Kolkata, followed […]
Prioritizing healthcare

The need to have an improved and performing healthcare set up has been felt very badly after the world grappled the deadly covid-19 pandemic. The situation in Jammu and Kashmir too demands that a well performing health care infrastructure is put in place so that people can fall back on the services as and when […]
India’s climate leadership

By: Faheem ul Islam India’s role in addressing the global catastrophe has grown in importance as the globe struggles to tackle the ever-increasing menace of climate change. India is a leader in the fight against climate change thanks to its sizable population, diverse wildlife, and growing economy. India has made impressive progress in adopting renewable […]
Redirecting focus towards positivity

By: Aubaid Ahmad Akhoon Marcel Proust, a French novelist, critic, and essayist, is best known for his seven-volume novel, “In Search of Lost Time” (also known as “Remembrance of Things Past” or “À la recherche du temps perdu”). He once said, “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the […]
POEM: Reality
By: Ulfat Zehra Don’t make a promise that you can’t keep Don’t tell me things that you don’t mean Don’t whisper sweet nothings into my ears that I can’t hear Don’t give me tomorrow and leave me in the past Don’t give me things and then ask me to pay Don’t say you remember me […]
Nine years on, vital bridge in Pulwama awaits completion

Pulwama: Even after a lapse of nine years, a vital bridge on Romshi rivulet in Rohmoo village of Pulwama district is awaiting completion, locals have alleged. They said that the bridge was washed out during 2014 floods and since then people of the area have been facing hardships as authorities failed to complete the bridge […]
DDC Chairperson, Kupwara calls on Lt Governor
SRINAGAR: Irfan Sultan Pandithpori, Chairperson, District Development Council, Kupwara called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan Thursday. The DDC Chairperson, accompanied by the members of DDC Kupwara, submitted a memorandum of demands to the Lt Governor pertaining to developmental issues of the district. Earlier, the members of Sub-Committee of Jammu & Kashmir Cricket […]
Justice Sanjay Dhar visits District Court Complex Kulgam, Munsiff Court Complex Qazigund
Conducts inspection of Courts, takes stock of measures concerning court management
KULGAM: Justice Sanjay Dhar, Judge High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, Administrative Judge District Kulgam, Thursday visited the District Court Complex Kulgam and Munsiff Court Qazigund to review the functioning of the courts. During the visit, the Administrative Judge also took stock of ongoing construction work of the New District Court Complex project […]