Indonesia bus plunges into a ravine, killing 27 pilgrims
Jakarta, Mar 11 (AP) A tourist bus plunged into a ravine on Indonesia’s main island of Java after its brakes apparently malfunctioned, killing at least 27 people and injuring 39 others, police and rescuers said Thursday. The bus was carrying a group of Islamic junior high school students, teachers and parents from the West Java […]
US expands sanctions to family of Myanmar’s coup leader
Washington, Mar 11 (AP) The United States announced sanctions Wednesday on two family members of Myanmar’s commander in chief, beefing up US financial penalties in response to the military’s five-week-old coup and its deadly ongoing crackdown on protesters. The new measures, set by the Treasury Department, target adult children of army Gen. Min Aung Hlaing […]
Two minors ‘kidnapped’ in Shopian, recovered; accused arrested
Srinagar, Mar 11: Two minor cousins who were allegedly kidnapped in Shopian district of south Kashmir have been recovered within 12 hours, officials said. Soon after the duo, both aged about 14 years, went missing, officials said that a case FIR (No. 21/2021) under section 363 IPC (kidnapping) was registered in police station Zainapora Shopian. […]
Food safety
Most of the diseases and illnesses we are faced with are a directly related to the food we consume. We all consume food to survive. In today’s world when everyone is hard pressed for time we have taken an easy route to get the food we consume by visiting food outlets or eateries so that […]
A temporary visitor
K S S Pillai I have studiously avoided keeping domestic animals or pets. While in the village, I was advised to keep a cow, which, in addition to being a revered animal, would provide us with pure milk. I had politely turned down the suggestion. Then the virtues of keeping a pet, be it a […]
Demanding Dowry is Un-Islamic
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Recently the suicide of Muslim woman Aisha, a married daughter of Ahmedabad Gujarat because of the fact that her father couldn’t afford a huge dowry on her marriage, raised many questions among social circles. Her video went viral on all social networking sites. Newspapers and magazines made it their main news story […]
Lord Shiva: The Symbol of Universal Consciousness
Lalit Garg Mahashivaratri is celebrated on the Chaturdashi of the Krishna Paksha of Phalgun month, a religious festival of Hindus, which is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Mahadev i.e. Shiva, the principal deity of Hinduism. This is the occasion of union with Shiva. On this day, ‘Shivlinga’ emerged at midnight. That is why this […]
Three more covid-19 deaths, 97 fresh cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Mar 10: Three more persons succumbed to novel coronavirus even as 97 fresh infections, including 20 travellers, were reported in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that 81 covid-19 cases were reported from Kashmir Valley while 16 were from Jammu division, taking the total case tally […]
Gunfight breaks out in Bijbehara south Kashmir
Anantnag, Mar 10: A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces at Kandipora village of Bijbehara belt in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. An official said that a joint team of Police, army’s 3 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the […]
Leaders greet Kashmiri Pandits on Mahashivratri
Srinagar, Mar 10 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir political leaders, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, extended their greetings to Kashmiri Pandits on the festival of Mahashivratri on Wednesday. Abdullah, who is also the National Conference (NC) vice-president, tweeted, “Herath mubarak to Kashmiri Pandits everywhere. Have a blessed day.” Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]