How healthy is our air
The air we breathe in plays a vital role in determining our health status and also figures out how healthy we can remain in the near future. Air and its quality has a direct bearing on all the life forms on this planet and that being the reason that concerns about deteriorating air quality has […]
WAVES: India Leading the Way for Global Creative Content Revolution
By: Dharmendra Tewari Creativity has no boundaries. From time immemorial, the creators have been shaping this world. The great Creative ideas, which shaped us as “modern human beings”, across all civilizations, in our long evolutionary journey from the dark ages, pushed creative vision of earlier generations with an aim to improve their future i.e. “Our […]
Heat-waves: A growing public health crisis
By: Dr Satywan Saurabh Heat-waves in India are no longer just a seasonal inconvenience but a serious public health crisis. The frequency and intensity of heat-waves reached record levels in 2024, particularly in northwest India. Extreme temperatures have led to a rise in dehydration, heat stroke, and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, disproportionately affecting the elderly, […]
Advisor to CM meets delegations, individuals; assures prompt action on genuine concerns
SRINAGAR: Continuing government’s commitment to resolve issues of general public, Advisor to Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani, met various delegations and individuals at Chief Minister’s Public Service and Outreach Office, Gupkar here today. The JK Government Employees Joint Consultative Committee led by its Chairman, Aijaz Khan, called on the Advisor and highlighted various issues confronted […]
Police arrested three drug peddlers in Sopore
Srinagar: Police in north Kashmir’s Sopore arrested three drug peddlers and recovered psychotropic substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that a police party at Tarzoo Sopore at a checkpoint established at Krankshivan Colony, intercepted a vehicle (Omni) bearing registration number JK05F-5796 with three persons on board. They have been identified […]
Police attaches property of notorious drug peddler in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police in Anantnag have attached property of a notorious drug peddler under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, further intensifying its crackdown on the drug menace in the district, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that a double-storeyed residential house built over five marlas of land and owned by Peer Iftikar […]
Hirpora Shopian residents demand reopening of Mughal road
Jahangeer Ganaie Shopian: Residents of Hirpora hamlet in south Kashmir’s Shopian district have urged the administration to reopen the historic Mughal Road, citing severe economic hardships due to its continued closure. The road, which connects Shopian to Rajouri and Poonch districts in the Jammu division, remains shut due to winter snowfall, cutting off a vital […]
Family of former BJP MLA Devender Rana meets Union HM
Jammu: The family of former BJP legislator Devender Singh Rana on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Raj Bhawan here, an official said. Rana, 59, passed away at a private hospital in Haryana’s Faridabad in October last year after a prolonged illness, a few weeks after he won Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls […]
Man arrested with 2 kg Ganja, illegal weapon in Jammu
Jammu: Police on Monday arrested a suspected criminal during a routine patrol in Jammu district and seized 2 kg of ganja and an illegal weapon from his possession, officials said. Bhuvan Prasad Kewat, a native of Chhattisgarh, was travelling to Bhagatpur via Ring Road when he tried to flee after seeing the police, but the […]
