Cop injured after hit by unknown vehicle at check post in Kathua
Jammu, April 01: A sub-inspector rank officer of Jammu and Kashmir police who is posted as Police Post incharge Marheen in Kathua district was critically injured after he was knocked down by an unknown vehicle at a police naka late last night. Senior superintendent of police Kathua, RC Kotwal said that SI Vikas Sharma, who […]
Two officials among 9 chargesheeted by ACB
Jammu, Apr1 (PTI) Two senior government officials, one of whom had retired from service, have been chargesheeted by the ACB in Reasi district along with seven contractors for executing works at a cost of over Rs 2.53 crore without inviting any tenders. The officials had executed 162 works without inviting tenders during financial year 2010-11, […]
Polling begins for 30 seats in second phase of Bengal
Nandigram/Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) Polling began at 7 am on Thursday for 30 constituencies, including the high-profile Nandigram seat, in the second phase of the West Bengal assembly elections amid tight security, officials said. Voting is underway with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols in nine seats each in Purba and Paschim Medinipur districts, eight in Bankura […]
PM urges people to vote in large numbers
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to vote in large numbers in the second phase of assembly polls in Assam and West Bengal to strengthen the festival of democracy. Polling began at 7 am for 30 constituencies, including the high-profile Nandigram seat, in West Bengal and 39 seats in […]
Curbing discrimination
Discrimination against the fairer sex has been witnessing a surge despite various tall claims by the incumbent government and the measures taken over the years. The hard fact is that mere statements have not worked as the action on ground was reported missing. Due to this reason India has slipped 28 places to rank 140th […]
A pleasant surprise
K S S Pillai Lying awake at night, half-listening to the chorus of insects, I often think of those who had been my friends at different times. Like the seven-year-old boy who had frantically cut his new pencil into two with a rusted blade and given me the portion with an eraser at the end. […]
Medicinal plants in Kashmir
Abrar Yousuf Mir Human society depends on numerous Bio-Resources, amongst which plants play an important role providing food, clothing, timber, fuel, medicine and so on. In fact humans have been using plants since ages to cure different ailments and of the total 297,000–510,000 plant species found worldwide and about 70,000 (ca. 10–18%) are believed to […]
Bipolar Disorder: Effective treatment methodologies
Dr.Samant Darshi What is Bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder characterized by the presence of episodes of significant disturbance in an individual’s mood and activity level. It is marked by the presence of sustained mood disturbances. A patient with Bipolar disorder can experience a severe depressive episode, mild-moderate depressive episode, hypomania or mania […]
Catch the Rain campaign
Vinod Dixit Prime Minister, Narendra Modi recently launched the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign has come as savoir for the regions which are water deficient. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Union Minister of Jal Shakti and the Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh to implement the Ken Betwa […]
Darbar to move on 30th April 2021
JAMMU, MARCH 31: While chairing a high-level meeting to review the preparations for summer darbar move 2021, the Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam informed that there will be a substantial reduction in the transportation of records during the bi-annual shifting of capital from Jammu to Srinagar on 30th April 2021. It was informed that […]