How to make your apology more effective
By: Shiri Lev-Ari It can be difficult to find the right words to show you really mean it when you apologise. But there are linguistic cues you can use to get your message across. My recent research suggests that the length of the words that we choose influences how sincere the apology seems. Apologies are […]
Breaking the stereotypes
By: Priyanka Saurabh The Hindi literature world still cannot digest the real independent and enlightened women. They want a female writer of the kind they want. She should write on soft issues, family, society, some psychology, and man-woman relationships. For them, the synonym of modernity or a modern woman is that she can write boldly. […]
Indo-Pak faceoff: CM reviews relief measures, preparedness with DCs of border districts
JAMMU: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday chaired a comprehensive review meeting to assess the ongoing relief measures, evacuation of civilians being undertaken across border districts in the wake of recent cross-border shelling. The meeting was attended by Advisor to the Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani and Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Satish […]
Dy CM reviews border situation, holds meeting with locals, officials at Rajouri
Asks authorities to prioritise civilian safety, security, ensuring swift rehabilitation RAJOURI: In the wake of prevailing situation along the border areas, Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Choudhary, Friday chaired a high level meeting with the district administration and prominent citizens of civil society at Rajouri to discuss public safety and seek suggestions regarding evacuation and rehabilitation […]
Sakeena Itoo, Javed Dar visit frontier district Kupwara
Assess wellbeing of shelling affected families KUPWARA: On the directions of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Cabinet Ministers, Sakeena Itoo and Javid Ahmad Dar Friday visited frontier district Kupwara to assess the situation in view of the cross border shelling in the district. During the visit, the Ministers visited Government Degree College Sogam to assess the […]
Nagrota land scam: ACB registers case against 3 former revenue officials, others
Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday registered a formal case against three former revenue officials for allegedly facilitating the illegal transfer of state land to private individuals in Nagrota area on the outskirts of Jammu city by misusing their official positions, officials said. The accused include Riaz Ahmed — the then Patwari Nagrota — […]
Three cops injured as vehicle turns turtle on Jmu-Sgr in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: Three policemen were injured when a vehicle, part of the escort of a High Court judge, skidded off the road and turned turtle on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district on Friday, officials said. The accident took place in the Wagan-Nachilana area when a Gypsy escorting the judge’s vehicle overturned due to slippery […]
CRPF holds transfers, postpones trainings in view of hostilities with Pak
New Delhi: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has deferred all transfer and posting orders and has postponed training courses for its personnel in view of the escalating military situation with Pakistan, official sources on Friday said. The paramilitary force has also directed more than two dozen of its companies, comprising about 2,400 personnel, to […]
Indo-Pak conflict: Portable modular medical facilities being deployed in JK hospitals
New Delhi: BHISHM cubes, the indigenous portable modular medical facility, are being deployed at prominent hospitals such as AIIMS Jammu and SKIMS Srinagar near India’s border under the government’s Aarogya Maitri project to bolster medical readiness, officials said on Friday. The development comes on the heels of Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Friday […]
Rising travel demand: Northern Railway runs special trains from Jammu, Udhampur to Delhi
New Delhi: The Northern Railway on Friday introduced three special trains from Jammu and Udhampur to New Delhi after noticing increasing demand for travel on this route. “One special train with 12 unreserved and 12 reserved coaches left from Jammu to New Delhi around 10.45 am. The second one, a 20-coach Vande Bharat train, started […]
