India records 2.67 lakh cases, 4529 deaths due to covid on Tuesday
New Delhi, May 19: India reported 2.67 lakh cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. At least 4529 deaths were reported on the same day, the highest so far in a day. The government on Tuesday said that around 200 districts have been reporting a decline in cases for the last two weeks and, after […]
Police arrests rapist in Kulgam
Kulgam, May 19: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday said that they arrested an accused, allegedly involved in raping a minor girl, within an hour after receiving a complaint in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. In a statement a spokesperson said that a girl (Name withheld) aged about 14 years along with her father approached […]
One dead, two injured, six missing in Ramban mishap
Srinagar, May 19: A 22-year-old non-local resident was killed while two others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Chanderkot area in Ramban district. Six persons who were also travelling in the vehicle are still missing, officials said. They said that a vehicle (Innova) bearing registration number HR55J-1678 […]
Young IAS officer Shahid Iqbal hospitalized
Srinagar, May 19: Shahid Iqbal Choudhary (IAS) Secretary to Government Tribal Department has suffered a minor heart attack and has been admitted to a hospital in Jammu, officials said on Wednesday. Shahid, who presently oversees Covid containment measures in Jammu, suffered “Myocardial Infarction” last night and was admitted to Ankur Maitrika Hospital. Confirming the incident, […]
BSF nabs Pakistani national in Samba
Jammu, May 19 (PTI) A Pakistani national was arrested in injured condition after the BSF foiled an infiltration bid along the International Border (IB) in Samba district Tuesday night, officials said. This is the second infiltration attempt in the Samba sector in the past fortnight. Earlier, an intruder was shot dead by BSF along the […]
Speed up vaccinations
The past one week has made the people worrisome as the hype created about the availability of the covid-19 vaccine by the authorities has come down crumbling. It has been almost ten days that no vaccination schedules are being issued. The issue has been so grave that even the most vulnerable section of the society […]
Palestinian-Israel conflict: Is any solution possible
Asad Mirza During the last week hundreds of Palestinian protesters have been wounded in clashes with Israeli police and more than 197 are dead in Gaza and 10 in Israel, 42 were killed in the early hours of 17 May only, after the Israeli rocket attacks and bombarding by Israeli planes on Palestinian settlements in […]
Career opportunities in Film Direction
Vijay Garg A Day in the Life of a Film Director “What I really want to do is direct.” If this applies to you, read on. Directors turn a script into a movie. They are responsible for the quality of the final product and its success. In most cases, directors work on films far longer […]
Letter to the Editor
Brightening lives It is a laudable move by the women self-help groups in Uttar Pradesh to manufacture solar lamps and distribute them to children in rural areas of the state at a reasonably low cost with the help of the state government and the CSR Fund. The solar lamps are being made available to the […]
Standing with those who defend Masjidi Al Aqsa
Dr Sheikh Arshid Ahmad Al-Aqsa violence: Why Palestinians sacrifice themselves to defend the prestige of all Muslim Brotherhood as the Masjidi Al-Aqsa is the holy site in Jerusalem which has laid down the spiritual foundation of all Muslim Ummah. The important and historical landmark has turned into battlefield and oftentimes the Palestinians clash with Israeli […]