Kishtwar Cloud Burst: 5 bodies recovered, 12 persons rescued, two dozen still missing
Jammu, July 28: Bodies of five persons have been recovered while 12 persons have been rescued in injured condition so far in flash floods triggered by cloud burst in Hanzor area of Dachhan in Kishtwar district, officials said on Wednesday. Around 25 to 26 persons are still missing and efforts are afoot with find them, […]
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains hit Himachal; 1 killed, 10 missing
Shimla, Jul 28 (PTI) At least one person was killed while 10 have gone missing as flash floods triggered by incessant rains lashed Himachal Pradesh, a senior disaster management official said on Wednesday. State disaster management director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said that one person was killed and nine went missing in flash floods triggered by […]
Junior engineer held in Doda for accepting bribe
Jammu, July 28 (PTI) The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested a junior engineer of Rural Development department after he was caught red-handed accepting bribe from a person in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said. A complaint was received that one Asif Ahmad Chandel, block development officer of (BDO) Changa; Mansoor Ahmad, Gram […]
MeT issues severe weather advisory
Srinagar, July 28: The MeT department in Srinagar has issued a severe weather advisory on Wednesday morning. At present, it’s cloudy at most place s of JK with thunderstorm and rain at some places of Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi and neighborhood, a statement issued by the department said early morning. It said that widespread intermittent rain […]
Cloudburst triggers flash floods in Kishtwar village, 4 dead several missing
Kishtwar, Jul 28: At least four persons were killed while several people are believed to be missing after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in Honzar locality of Dacchan in Kishtwar on Wednesday. An official said that the flash floods triggered by cloudburst hit a residential area, in which several people went missing. He said that […]
Preservation needs efforts
Last few weeks really provided an opportunity for all of us to ponder over the plight of water bodies in Kashmir Valley especially Srinagar city. The lost water bodies like Anchar Lake, Khushal Sar and Nala Amir Khan were restored by sincere efforts of some environmental activists besides a genuine help from various government officials […]
Taliban: What could its return to power mean for Afghanistan?
Kaweh Kerami The Taliban is typically portrayed as a group of men with beards and turbans, driven by Islamic fundamentalist ideology and responsible for widespread violence. But to understand the group that is poised to return to power in Afghanistan, and what we might expect from its rule, we need a much more nuanced picture. […]
US-Jordanian ties rejuvenated
Asad Mirza Jordanian King Abdullah became the first Arab leader to meet the US President Joe Biden at the White House on July 19. By granting him this honour the new US administration is putting its weight behind Jordan to become the voice of the region and non-gulf Arab nations, once again. As the Jordanian […]
From poverty to Presidency
Rayees Ahmad Kumar It was indeed an extended family but mother was duty bound to prepare bread for the whole family. She would be busy in her household work from dawn to dusk. During the evenings she routinely prepared food for the family members who would gather around the traditional Chula. One day her attention […]
107 fresh covid-19 cases reported across JK
Srinagar, July 27: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 107 new covid-19 cases even as there was no death reported due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said 40 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 67 from Kashmir Valley, taking the case tally to 320866. Providing the […]