17-yr-old dies of cardiac arrest in Kulgam
Kulgam, Nov 07: A 17-year-old boy died of cardiac arrest in Frisal area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday morning, locals said. Locals and relatives of a boy said that Nasir Hussain Mir (17), son of Mohammad Hussain Mir of Kujjar was at his home when he fell unconscious. “He was shifted to a […]
PM Modi, BJP chief to address party’s national executive meeting
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president JP Nadda will address the party’s national executive meeting on Sunday, which will deliberate upon the upcoming assembly elections in five states, including Uttar Pradesh. The BJP’s national executive meeting, which should be normally held once in three months according to the party’s […]
Report sought from Police over seizing of two-wheelers in Srinagar
Srinagar, Nov 7 (PTI) A court here has sought a report from the Jammu and Kashmir Police over the seizing of two-wheelers in the city here in the wake of militant attacks on civilians last month. The Court of Additional Special Mobile Magistrate (Traffic), Srinagar, asked the police to submit the report within ten days. […]
Twenty-seven new cases of Covid in Ladakh
Leh, Nov 7 (PTI) Ladakh recorded 27 new cases of coronavirus, pushing the overall virus tally to 21,033 and active cases to 114, officials said on Sunday. The Union Territory has so far registered 209 Covid-related deaths — 151 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. The officials […]
Gulmarg, Pahalgam Freezes, night temp rises elsewhere in Valley
Srinagar, Nov 7: Sub-zero temperatures continued in Pahalgam and Gulmarg even as night temperature recorded a slight rise at most places in Kashmir Valley on Sunday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 5.5°C against 5.2°C on the previous night. The temperature is however above 3.7°C for this time of […]
Active COVID-19 cases in country decline to 1,44,845
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) India saw a single-day rise of 10,853 COVID-19 infections, which took the country’s total tally of cases to 3,43,55,536, while active cases have declined to 1,44,845, the lowest in 260 days, according to Union health ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 4,60,791 with 526 more fatalities, […]
Glasgow climate negotiators seek to resolve 4 key challenges
Glasgow, Nov 7 (AP) As this year’s UN climate talks go into their second week, negotiations on key topics are inching forward. Boosted by a few high-profile announcements at the start of the meeting, delegates are upbeat about the prospects for tangible progress in the fight against global warming. Laurent Fabius, the former French foreign […]
Extreme caution alone can help
From the past two months or so covid-19 cases are on the decline in almost all the districts in Jammu and Kashmir except Srinagar. The district has been reporting almost 50 cases on a daily basis since the past many weeks now and the authorities too seem to be baffled by the fact that the […]
The extinct teashops
K S S Pillai Of late, my visits to my native village have become infrequent due to various reasons. As a result, sometimes I feel like Rip Van Winkle, who has just woken up from his 20-year long sleep and finds himself in a strange place. One thing I miss badly is the teashops of […]
What if the secret to success is failure?
Madeeha Farooq ‘Failure is not the opposite of success it is part of success’ There goes an old saying ‘To be a champion, fight one more round’, which is very true. Success comes to those who try and never tire. To be a winner, one has to learn to strive with perseverance, courage and determination. […]