The winds of change
K S S Pillai When I take a stroll down the memory lane, the first place that comes to my mind is Mannar, my native village in Kerala. Like other places, it has undergone extensive changes over the years. The only landmark that remains untouched seems to be the Shiva temple, which used to be […]
Nature a soothing companion
N J Ravi Chander British horticulturist Gertrude Jekyll once said that the love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies. Gardening has always been one of my favourite pastimes, and I must count myself lucky to be born in an era when Bengaluru had parks, gardens and empty spaces galore, earning it […]
The deciding factor of success
Manoj K Jha UPSC is a well known examination body famous for conducting Civil Services Exam every year. The complexity of its syllabus makes it one of the toughest examinations of the country. Every aspirant of UPSC finds the difficulty in gauging precise and exact syllabus of exam. The problem gets even more amplified when […]
Youth injured in Sonwar firing incident
Srinagar, Feb 17: A 22-year-old youth was on Wednesday evening injured in a firing incident in Sonwar area of Srinagar, official sources said. Official sources said that a civilian identified as Aakash Mehra, son of Ramesh Kumar Mehra was injured after suspected militants fired some shots near the Krishna Dhaba in Sonwar area here. They […]
34 travellers among 84 fresh covid-19 cases in JK
Srinagar, Feb 17: Jammu and Kashmir reported 84 new covid-19 cases, 34 of them travellers, even as no death took place due the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said 11 cases were from Jammu Division and 73 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case tally to 125547. Providing district-wise […]
Two Armymen injured in road accident, hospitalised
Jammu, Feb 17 (PTI) Two Army personnel were injured on Wednesday when the vehicle they were travelling in fell down from a bridge in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Army vehicle broke the bridge’s railing after its driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed it into the dry river bed […]
Hizb Militant associates arrested in Tral, IED material recovered
Srinagar, February 17: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Awantipora. In a statement police said that, acting on specific information of militant movement, Awantipora Police along with 42 RR and 180 BN CRPF launched search operation in village Batagund and […]
Cabinet nod to juvenile justice law amendments
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015, increasing the role of district magistrates and additional district magistrates. Addressing the media on the Cabinet decision, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani said in every district, the district magistrate and […]
Gold plunges Rs 717; silver declines Rs 1,274
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) Gold in the national capital plunged Rs 717 to Rs 46,102 per 10 gram on Wednesday in line with decline in global precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 46,819 per 10 gram. Silver also declined Rs 1,274 to Rs […]
Train services to resume partially from Monday in JK
Srinagar, Feb 17: The train services will resume partially in Jammu and Kashmir from Banihal to Baramulla on 22 February (Monday). Chief Area Manager railways, Saqib Yousuf said that the train services will resume partially from 22 February. Chief Area manager has also written a letter to SSP/GRP/Srinagar to inform his office whether they have […]