Woman killed in hit-and-run case at Anantnag
Anantnag, Oct 07: A 68-year-old woman was killed in a road accident in Brariangan area of Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday morning. A police official said that Saja Begum, wife of Muhammad Akram Bhat from Brariangan was critically injured after a motorcyclist hit her in the village. She was rushed to SKIMS […]
Ladakh records 79 new COVID-19 cases; 50 patients cured
Leh, Oct 7 (PTI) The Union Territory of Ladakh reported 79 new coronavirus cases, taking the cumulative figure to 4720, an official bulletin said on Wednesday. With 50 more patients cured of the disease, the number of active cases in the region stands at 1195 904 in Leh district and 291 in Kargil district, the […]
Pak violates ceasefire in Uri sector
Srinagar, Oct 7 (PTI) Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday by firing mortars. The Indian Army gave a befitting response to the ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops. “Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along LoC in Uri Sector, Baramulla district today morning […]
COVID-19: 72,049 new cases take India’s virus tally to 67,57,131
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 67.57 lakh with 72,049 new cases in a day, while 57,44,693 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 85.02 per cent on Wednesday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 67,57,131, while the […]
2016 US presidential polls: Trump orders declassification of documents
Washington, Oct 7 (PTI) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered total declassification of all the documents related to the alleged interference of Russia in the 2016 presidential elections, which he described as a hoax. I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in […]
Shopian gunfight: Two militants killed, search continue
Shopian, Oct 07: Two militants have been killed in a night long encounter between government forces and militants at Sugan village of Zainapora belt in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A senior police official said that two unidentified militant have been killed while as search operation is on in the area. He added that militants were […]
Collective rebuff
Mobile telephone connectivity is one issue which still needs lot of improvement across Jammu and Kashmir especially in rural areas. This being the reason that the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha during his visit to Kupwara assured the people in Machil that mobile towers will be installed in the frontier Machil area to provide mobile telephony […]
Social evils do no good
Syed Mustafa Ahmad
There are many evils prevalent in our society. Some of them are attached with it since time immemorial. But some have recently been acquired by our society. The evils prevalent in our society are: dowry, drug addiction, domestic violence, female foeticide, female infanticide, illegal abortions, corruption, gender inequality, racism, human trafficking, casteism, poverty, food adulteration, […]
Renal Complications witness rise amid COVID-19
Dr Sudeep Singh Sachdev Hitting the Nation as well as globally, the COVID pandemic continues to be a growing health crisis day-by-day. With over six months of the crisis, the geriatric population has been recorded to be affected the most and the age factor poses an extreme threat to mortality and rate of infection. Even […]
Dribbling to success
N J Ravi Chander During the school summer vacations back in the 1970s my younger sibling N J Prasanna Kumar and I frequented an old, monkey-top house on Standage Road, Fraser Town, Bengaluru, just behind the street where we lived. Two families, including hockey Olympian Rajgopal, resided here. The house had a solid wooden door […]