The Umbrella
N J Ravi Chander The umbrella, an early invention, evolved over the ages. Though initially designed as a sunshade or parasol, it soon doubled up as a shield during rainy weather. Umbrellas have been around for centuries, as evident in ancient Chinese, Greek and Egyptian art and artifacts. Before their invention, giant leaves or animal […]
Gunfight starts in south Kashmir’s Dooru area
Srinagar, May 10: An encounter started between government forces terrorists in Kreeri area of Dooru in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. Reports said that a joint team of Police and army’s 19RR launched a cordon and search operation in Dooru. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorists […]
Police arrests two maids for duping Lal Bazar family
Srinagar, May 10: In a swift action, Police on Tuesday arrested two maids within hours after the duo duped a Srinagar family by running away with the advance money, police said. The action by police followed a complainant by a resident identified as Muzamil Hayat son of Faiz Ahmad of Lal Bazar Srinagar that the […]
J&K Bank multi—crore scam: CBI Sgr conducts searches at multiple places
Srinagar, May 10: The anti—corruption branch of the CBI Srinagar is carrying out searches at multiple locations at Mumbai, Delhi, Jammu and Srinagar following registration of a case related to purchase of office space of approximately 65000 sqft area by J&K Bank at Mumbai. These searches are being carried out simultaneously by CBI sleuths at […]
Man arrested in Rajouri for sharing sensitive social media post
Jammu, May 10 (PTI) Police have arrested a man for sharing a sensitive photograph on a social media platform in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said here on Tuesday. An information was received through reliable sources that a person named Prem, a resident of Budhal area, has uploaded a sensitive photograph on a social […]
42-year-old woman goes missing from Handwara Forests
Srinagar, May 10: A 42-year-old woman has gone missing from her native forest area in Waderbala of Zachaldara Handwara in frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district since last evening. Fazi Begum, wife of Abdul Majeed Mir, as per her family, had gone to bring back the cattle from the nearby forest area. “She hasn’t returned since”, […]
Heatwave spell forecast from tomorrow
New Delhi, May 10 (PTI) The minimum temperature in the city settled at 28 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, with a fresh spell of heatwave expected to sweep the national capital starting May 11. The relative humidity at 8:30 AM on Tuesday stood at 61 per cent, according to data shared by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country dip to 19,637
New Delhi, May 10 (PTI) With 2,288 new coronavirus infections reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,07,689, while the active cases decreased to 19,637, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,103 with 10 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. […]
Youth found dead in Kulgam orchard
Kulgam, May 10: A youth was found dead on Tuesday inside an orchard in Yaripora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. They said that a youth identified as Shahid Ahmad Mochi son of Mohammad Ashraf Mochi, a resident of Khee was found dead by some locals inside an orchard in Zeban, Yaripora on […]
Road to prosperity
Jammu and Kashmir is among the few regions in the country that was missing on infrastructural development and other key requirements that are needed to provide better services not only to the local residents but others too who visit the place for recreation or to look for work opportunities. The region lacks on high end […]