Letter to the Editor
Reduce road accidents Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has called for all-round efforts by all stakeholders to ensure that deaths due to road accidents are reduced by 50 per cent by 2025. He stated that we stand at the number one position in road accidents in the world. As per the government’s data, approximately 1.5 lakh […]
An open letter to my teachers
Bashir Ahmad Dar Respected Teachers, I write this letter to you to acknowledge your selfless service to mankind and to bring into your kind notice the gruesome worries confronting me day in and day out. It is an established reality and I reckon that you are the creator, designer and director of heart, mind and […]
Book Review: ‘Urdu Ki Asri Sadaien’
Rayees Ahmad Kumar The book “Urdu Ki Asri Sadaien” written by Ghulam Nabi Kumar is his second compilation after “Qadeem wa Jadeed Adbiyaat ” which has been published by Educational Publishing House Delhi. This book comprises of 368 pages and has been dedicated by Ghulam Nabi Kumar to his teachers viz Prof Irtiza Kareem, Dr […]
PM should take COVID vaccine shot in public: LS member
New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) DMK member Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take a COVID vaccine shot in public as such a move will give confidence to people since many are not trusting the vaccine. Participating in the discussion on Union Budget 2021-22 in Lok Sabha, he also said that […]
Three detained over alleged molestation bid
Srinagar, Feb 10: Three persons have been detained by police in Chewa area of Bandipora district over accusations of molestation and making of an abduction bid on a local girl on Wednesday afternoon. Reports said that situation went awry in the area after three persons on board a vehicle tried to molest and made bid […]
No civilian aware of move to abrogate Article 370: Govt to RS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) The government on Wednesday denied that civilians, including a journalist, were privy to information related to the abrogation of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The Central government got the approval of Parliament on August 5, 2019 for the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of […]
Petrol, diesel prices at fresh highs as rates up for 2nd straight day
New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday scaled new highs in the country as rates were hiked for the second day in a row. Petrol price was hiked by 30 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise a litre, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. The increase […]
Army shoots ‘intruder’ near LoC in Uri: Police
Srinagar, Feb 10 (PTI) The Army shot dead an intruder near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Wednesday. Army troopers killed an intruder near the LoC at Dulanja in Uri in north Kashmir on Tuesday night, a police official said. He identified the intruder […]
Rescue operation to locate 25-35 workers trapped inside Tapovan tunnel continues
Joshimath (U’khand), Feb 10 (PTI) Rescuers from multiple agencies like the ITBP, NDRF and Army continued their operation on Wednesday to penetrate deeper through tonnes of silt to reach out to workers trapped inside the Tapovan tunnel as the toll in the Uttarakhand flash floods has mounted to 32 with over 170 missing. The centre of […]
JKNPP president resigns from party membership
Jammu, Feb 10 (PTI) In a setback to the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), its president and former legislator Balwant Singh Mankotia on Wednesday announced his resignation from the basic membership of the party. Mankotia, a two-time former MLA from Udhampur constituency, was on February 6 re-elected as party president, a post which […]