LPG price hike figures in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) The steep hike in domestic cooking gas price figured in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with a CPI(M) MP saying it has put an intolerable burden on the common people already suffering from general price rise. Raising the issue through a zero-hour mention, Jharna Das Baidya said subsidised and non-subsidised LPG […]
Altaf Bukhari threatens agitation over sand extraction contract allotments
Srinagar, Mar 17: Expressing serious concern over the shortage of construction material in J&K which has pushed almost 5 lakh people on the verge of starvation, J&K Apni Party chief Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari Wednesday urged the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to roll back the sand extraction order and give contracts of extraction and other […]
COVID-19:India records highest single-day spike this year
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) India recorded 28,903 new coronavirus infections, the highest so far this year, taking the COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,59,044 with 188 new fatalities, the highest in around two months, the data updated at 8 am […]
J&K UT’s budget to be presented in Parliament today
Srinagar, Mar 17: Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory’s budget is set to be presented in the Parliament on Wednesday, official sources said. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the budget estimates for 2021- 22 and revised estimates for 2020-21 in Lok Sabha today, they added. This will be the second time when […]
Admin orders major reshuffle, several DDC’s transferred
Srinagar, Mar 17: Jammu & Kashmir government on Tuesday effected transfers at administrative secretary-level. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department, Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to the Government, Science & Technology Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Social Welfare Department, is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of […]
Bloom expected
It is almost after a break of 19 months that some activity is being witnessed in the tourism sector. Though the trend that has been witnessed during the first three months of the year have made the tourism players to believe that the season will be quite fruitful. It is after a lengthy lull that […]
Muslims in a Whirlpool
Asad Mirza It seems as if the forces inimical to the Indian Muslims have made it a strategy to challenge the community on one issue or the other in a sustained manner. Moreover, these challenges are thrown mostly when the political scenario at the central or state level is hot due to the elections. Beginning […]
Colours spell life!
Desh Bir The two contrary colours that we are wont to think of are black and white. The light that nature has given to us is white light and it contains in itself an amalgam of seven colours. Absence of natural light automatically scripts darkness which stands for the black color. We often talk of […]
The will to decide
Mohammad Rizwan One cannot imagine how rapidly have humans progressed in recent times. There is rarely any field where one can get stuck. Be it in medical sciences or transportation or modern machinery, there is rarely any field we have not conquered. Everything is at the fingertips of a person. Whether you need medicines or […]
Extrapulmonary TB affecting spinal cord can be life threatening
Dr. Satnam Singh Chhabra It is a common notion that tuberculosis affects the pulmonary system (lungs), but very few people are aware that the life-threatening ailment is also known to affect other parts of the body than the lungs alone. As per the recent medical statistics, around 12-15% of the total TB patients in India […]