Woman ends life in Ganderbal
Ganderbal, May 29: A 36-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping into river Sindh in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday. An official said that soon after the lady jumped into river Sindh locals tried to save her, but failed. “After sometime her body was recovered and it was later brought to SDH Kangan for postmortem,” […]
Petrol price crosses Rs 100 a litre in Mumbai
New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) Petrol price on Saturday crossed the Rs 100-a-litre mark in Mumbai after the 15th increase in fuel prices this month. Petrol price was increased by 26 paise per litre and diesel by 28 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. The increase – 15th this […]
Ladakh records two more Covid-related deaths, 124 new cases
Leh, May 29 (PTI) Ladakh registered two more Covid-related fatalities and 124 fresh cases, taking the union territory’s infection tally to 18,310 and the death toll to 187, officials said on Saturday. The region, which is under partial lockdown till June 7, had recorded over 4,341 coronavirus cases and 44 deaths this month so far, […]
Daily COVID-19 count in India lowest in 45 days
New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) The single day rise in coronavirus cases was recorded at 1,73,790, the lowest in last 45 days, taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,77,29,247, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The daily positivity further declined to 8.36 per cent, remaining below 10 per cent […]
Youth dies in road mishap at Kupwara
Srinagar, 29 May: A youth was killed in a road accident in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district late last evening, officials said on Saturday. Official sources said that the youth identified as Mohammad Ameen Dar (26) of Mir Mohalla Bumhama Kupwara was hit by a vehicle bearing registration number (JK09B-4354) while he was walking near his […]
India hits out at UN General Assembly President for comments on JK
New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) India on Friday hit out at President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir for his comments on Jammu and Kashmir, saying his “misleading and prejudiced” remarks does “great disservice to the office he occupies”. Bozkir, at a press conference in Islamabad along with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi […]
Vaccine, COVID-19 important part of discussions in US: Jaishankar
Washington, May 29 (PTI) Calling COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines as one of the most important aspects of his discussions with top officials of the Biden administration, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said the endeavour is to expand production of vaccines in India with assistance from the United States. Jaishankar, 66, is the first Indian […]
Need to show character
One’s ability and character is put to test in times of adversity. Those who stand by their principles and right conduct emerge victorious at the end even though they may face some hiccups while treading the path of righteousness. The real character of people has been put to test during these testing times when most […]
Hindi Journalism: Voice of Indian Freedom movement
Er. Prabhat Kishore ”Udant Martand” was the first Hindi newspaper published by ShriYugal Kishore Shukla from Kolkata on 30th May, 1826. It was a weekly, which was published every Tuesday and priced Rs 2/- annually. It went on publishing for one year and seven months. The Hindi-speaking Kolkatians took no interest in the magazine, as […]
Letter to Editor
Need for the establishment of Mathematics University Dear sir, There have always been fine intellectuals in India. Great mathematical scientists like Ramanujan and Arya Bhatt belonged to India. They have given India a different identity by researching mathematics. This topic has evolved greatly with time. But still many students are not interested in this topic. […]
