42kgs of Charas recovered from house in Anantnag
Srinagar, Jan 16: Police on Saturday said that 42Kgs of Charas were recovered from a residential house at Bonpora, Tukhan in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “On specific information, a Police Party headed by SDPO Bijbehara along with Executive Magistrate Bijbehara raided a residential house of Bilal Ahmed Dar at Bonpora, Tulkhan. During searches, officers were […]
5 militant ‘associates’ held in Tral: Police
Srinagar, Jan 16: Five persons were arrested for pasting threat posters in Seer and Batagund villages of Tral area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Saturday. “On 13 January 2021 some threat posters of the (militant) outfit were found pasted in Seer and Batagund villages of Tral area,” a police spokesperson said in […]
Bailey Bridge trial run ends, Jammu-Srinagar Highway likely to reopen
Srinagar, Jan 16: The Srinagar-Jammu highway is likely to be opened for traffic after six days of closure as trial run on the Bailey bridge was completed on Saturday afternoon. The thoroughfare, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, was closed at 6:20 p.m. on January 10 after the retaining wall […]
Two sustain injuries as load carrier rolls into Jhelum
Bandipora, Jan 16: Two persons were injured after a load carrier they were travelling in plunged into a river Jhelum near Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Reports said that a Bandipora -bound Tata mobile bearing registration number (JK15A 5193) met with an accident after the driver purportedly lost control over the vehicle […]
PM launches India’s vaccination drive against COVID-19
New Delhi/Srinagar, Jan 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive and asserted that the made-in-India vaccines being rolled out will ensure a “decisive victory” for the country over the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing the nation ahead of the launch, Modi reminded people that two doses of vaccine are very important […]
The freeze continues as Sgr records minus 8.2°C
Srinagar, Jan 16: Kashmir Valley continued to freeze as the mercury plummeted to minus 8.2°C in Srinagar, a couple of notches below the season’s coldest temperature on January 14, the chilliest night recorded in more than 25 years. Also, dense fog engulfed Srinagar and other parts of the Valley for the second day in running, […]
WhatsApp delays new privacy policy by three months amid severe criticism
Houston, Jan 16 (PTI) WhatsApp announced delaying by three months the implementation of a new privacy policy that has faced massive backlash with tens of millions of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Signal and Telegram. The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8, the Facebook-owned company […]
Scientists develop rapid blood test to identify patients at highest risk of severe COVID-19
Washington, Jan 16 (PTI) Scientists have developed a rapid blood test that can predict within a day of hospitalisation which patients with COVID-19 are at the highest risk of severe complications or death, an advance that may help identify those who may best benefit from specific investigational treatments. The test, described in the journal JCI […]
Covid effects
During the times of pandemic the handicrafts sector has been one of the worse hit as the demand for products, not only in India but worldwide decreased to an all time low. This resulted into loses worth crores and joblessness for thousands of artisan, craftsmen and small time traders. The situation not only gave rise […]
Need for moral education
Sheikh Aatif With all the unexpected things happening in 2020 since the outbreak of corona virus the lives of people were at stake all over the world but corona was not the only cause of death for few people in Kashmir. In our valley we witnessed a number of cases where human lives were taken […]