Injured cop succumbs
Srinagar, May 13 (PTI) A policeman was shot dead by terrorists at his residence in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Constable Reyaz Ahmad Thokar was shot at in Gudoora in the district this morning, a police spokesman said. The injured cop was rushed to the Army’s 92 base hospital in the city […]
UN holds emergency meeting on Taliban crackdown on women
United Nations, May 13 (AP) The U.N. Security Council held emergency closed consultations Thursday on the Taliban’s latest crackdown on Afghan women as it considered a presidential statement that would express deep concern at its new ban on women leaving home without necessity and wearing head-to-toe clothing when they do go out in public. The […]
SPO shot at by terrorists in Pulwama
Pulwama, May 13: A special police officer was shot at and injured in Gudoora area of Pulwama on Friday morning. An official said that terrorists on Friday morning fired upon a SPO identified as Riyaz Ahmad Thoker son of Ali Mohammad Thoker from Gudoora. He said that the SPO has suffered bullet injuries and has […]
Unparalleled idea
The forest cover across Jammu and Kashmir is depleting fast and ignoring the issue further could have proven catastrophic for the entire region. Though the brazen plunder of forest cover had been witnessed for many years no effort whatsoever was made during the past two decades to help restore it. Since Jammu and Kashmir is […]
Cooperatives: Solution to growing needs
Hema Yadav Cooperatives in India are all poised to witness a rapid transformation since the first cooperative law in India was enacted in 1904. With the new paradigms and changing contours of having a separate Ministry of Cooperation with Budgetary allocation for Cooperatives a renewed interest has spurted on the cooperative movement in India as […]
Importance of human life
Haroon Rashid Allah (SWT) blessed humans with the distinctive title of “Best of creation”. After honouring him the ranks of superiority, nobility, knowledge and distinction, Allah (SWT) made him to be prostrated by the angels. Allah(SWT) blessed him with the crown of ‘Ahsan-e-Taqweem’ [best of the physical appearance] by blessing him with physical beauty as […]
Kashmir reports one new covid-19 case
Srinagar, May 12: Kashmir reported one new covid-19 case while there was no death due to the pathogen during the past 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that the fresh case was reported from Kupwara, taking the overall tally to 454126—166383 in Jammu and 287743 in Kashmir. There was also no death due […]
AC approves deliverables for the financial year 2022-23
SRINAGAR, MAY 12: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today approved an exhaustive list of developmental deliverables to be achieved in the financial year 2022-23, for all departments. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar […]
BJP to get more RS seats from UP
Lucknow, May 12 (PTI) The BJP is set to increase its members in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, while the BSP and the Congress would be the major losers in the upcoming election to 11 seats of the upper house from the state. Uttar Pradesh sends 31 members to Rajya Sabha. Among the 11 retiring MPs […]
CSC services to be extended to citizens through FPS network
SRINAGAR, MAY 12: In a significant step towards improving public service effectiveness a MoU was signed between the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and CSC e-Governance Services India Limited, to extend all types of CSC and PDS services to the citizens through the network of Fair Price Shops (FPS), here today. […]