Minor’s body fished out from river Jhelum in Uri
Baramulla, Aug 06: The body of a 10-year-old boy was fished out on Thursday afternoon, a day after he drowned in the river Jhelum in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An official said that the boy was accompanied by some of his friends when he drowned in the river yesterday while taking a […]
India rejects China’s attempt to raise Kashmir issue at UNSC
New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) India on Thursday hit out at China for making yet another attempt to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council, saying it “firmly” rejects Beijing’s “interference” in the country’s internal affairs. “We have noted that China initiated a discussion in the UN Security Council on issues pertaining to […]
Over 56,000 COVID-19 cases in country in single day
New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) India saw a single day increase of 56,282 COVID-19 cases taking the country’s virus tally to 19,64,536, while the recoveries have surged to 13,28,336, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 40,699 with 904 new fatalities being reported in 24-hours, the data […]
BJP Sarpanch shot dead in Qazigund
Srinagar, Aug 6: Suspected militants on Thursday shot dead a BJP Sarpanch at Vessu village in Qazigund block of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources said that the militants fired upon the Sarpanch identified as Sajad Ahmad Khanday near his residence at Vessu. Soon after the attack the militants fled from the area leaving him […]
Manoj Sinha, a former minister was a three time MP
New Delhi, Aug 6: Former union minister and senior BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh, Manoj Sinha, will be taking over as the new Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, a Rashtrapati Bhawan spokesman said. The 61-year-old Sinha was born on July 1, 1959 in Mohanpura of Ghazipur district of eastern UP and has been actively […]
Manoj Sinha to be the new Lt Guv of J&K as Murmu quits
New Delhi, Aug 6: Hours after Gireesh Chandra Murmu resigned from the post, Manoj Sinha is set to become the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, according to an statement by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Ram Nath Kovind accepted Murmu’s resignation on Thursday. Murmu had taken oath as the first L-G Jammu & Kashmir […]
Infant mortality, still a concern
The Government had formulated a comprehensive action plan to reduce the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to a single digit by the year 2020 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. This decision was announced two years back but as of now the situation on infant mortality is alarming. In a place like Kashmir where healthcare […]
Hiroshima incident through a historical perspective
The use of atomic weapons by USA in war against Japan was a great wrong against humanity
Rayees Ahmad Kumar On August 6, 1945, one atomic bomb reduced most of Hiroshima to rubble. Some 200,000 people died in the initial blast and from the ensuing effects of radiation. Three days later, Nagasaki faced the same nuclear fire. After the bomb fell, Hiroshima was full of miraculous accounts of services restored—water, electricity, street […]
3 more posts of Secretary to the Government created for the JK Administrative Service
SRINAGAR, August 05: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded sanction to the creation of three posts of Secretary to the Government in the Super Time Scale of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service. The creation of these posts will be helpful in assigning charges of […]