Book review: Parvez Maanous, a revolution in poetic world
Tousif Raza At an early age, I loved to read ghazals. It was a time when we used to have competition of reciting poetry (Bayat Bazi) at school and I lost to my dear friend Junaid Ul Shafi. But my devotion used to grow up instead of diminishing because of this defeat. It was 21st […]
JK reports 143 fresh covid-19 cases, one fatality
Srinagar, Sep 25: Jammu and Kashmir reported 143 new covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Saturday. 35 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 108 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case count to 328881. There was one death due to the virus, […]
Former Hizb militant absconding since 19 years arrested in Kishtwar: Police
Kishtwar, Sep 25: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a former militant of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen who was evading arrest since 19 years in Kishtwar district of Jammu division. Police said that a former Hizb operative who was evading arrest from the last 19 years was held today. A police statement stated that on a specific […]
Action against ‘deadwood’ govt employees on cards in Jammu
Jammu, Sep 25 (PTI) Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer has directed the deputy commissioners to immediately submit a list of deadwood employees of the revenue department to facilitate their removal as per the provisions of the civil service regulations. Jammu and Kashmir administration has started compiling data of deadwood employees to be retired at the […]
Man arrested for killing his brother-in-law in Poonch: Police
Poonch, Sep 25: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday said that it has solved a murder case by arresting a man for killing his brother-in-law in Mendhar sub-division of Poonch district. Sub-Divisional Police Officer Mendhar, Zaheer Jafri said that on June 8 Mohammad Sharik of Gohlad was found dead in a water pond after […]
Five new COVID-19 cases reported in Ladakh: tally reaches 20,776
Leh, Sep 25 (PTI) Five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Ladakh, taking the overall infection tally in the union territory to 20,776, officials said on Saturday. Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. As many as 20,405 […]
JKPM president Javaid Mustafa Mir resigns from party
Budgam, Sep 25: Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) President Javaid Mustafa Mir has resigned from the party on Saturday. Javaid Mustafa Mir, who was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chadoora thrice and was elected as president of JKPM after Shah Faisal, a former bureaucrat left politics on 10 August 2020 quit […]
Biden reiterates US support for India’s permanent seat in UNSC, entry into NSG
Washington, Sep 25 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has reiterated America’s support for india’s permanent membership on a reformed United Nations Security Council and its entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group during his first in-person bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House. President Biden, in his talks with Prime Minister Modi, […]
India logs 29,616 new COVID-19 cases, 290 fatalities
New Delhi, Sep 25 (PTI) India logged 29,616 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of cases to 3,36,24,419, while the active cases rose by 1,280 to reach 3,01,442, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The death toll climbed to 4,46,658 with 290 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The […]
Pakistan is ‘arsonist’ disguising itself as ‘fire-fighter’: India at UNGA
United Nations, Sep 25 (PTI) Pakistan, where terrorists enjoy free pass, is an “arsonist” disguising itself as a “fire-fighter”, and the entire world has suffered because of its policies as the country nurtures terrorists in its backyard, India has said in a blistering retort after Prime Minister Imran Khan raked up the issue of Kashmir […]