Admin designates 11 PIOs, 23 APIOs under RTI Act in Jammu, Kashmir Medical Colleges
Srinagar, Jul 29: Lieutanant General led administration on Tuesday designated eleven Public Information Officers and twenty-three Assistant Public Information Officers under Right to Information Act (2005) for several medical colleges across Jammu and Kashmir. An order in this regard, issued by by Atal Dullo, Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Department reads that “In terms […]
57% of Mumbai slum population has developed antibodies: Study
Mumbai, Jul 29 (PTI) A sero-surveillance study done in Mumbai has revealed that 57 per cent of slum population and 16 per cent of non-slum residents in three civic wards had developed antibodies, indicating many people would already be affected by COVID-19 than the official tally suggests. The sero-surveillance had started on June 3 and […]
Taking on covid-19
Fighting the war against corona has been quite an uphill task. Both in Jammu and as well in Kashmir the administration is trying certain options to get over the crisis but the measures are proving to be too little and too late as well. One such issue that was otherwise overlooked rather ignored by the […]
The sacrifice: Virtues and Importance
The history of sacrifice is as old as human history but the sacrifice that the Muslim Ummah makes every year is a memorial to Hazrat Ibrahim (RA) and Hazrat Ishmael (RA)
Adnan Shafi Eid-ul-Adha is the celebration of sacrifice, and it is significant for two rationales. First, during Eid-ul-Adha we remember the spirit of Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) and how he was willing to sacrifice the person he loved the most because it was Allah’s command which he had to obey no matter what! […]
Infiltration bid foiled in Nowshehra sector, one militant killed
Jammu, July 28: A militant was killed when a group of five militants tried to sneak into this side of the fence opposite to Kalal area of Nowshehra sector of Rajouri district, security officials said Tuesday. The official sources said that a movement of five militants was seen in Samhani Bagsar area opposite to Kalal […]
Senior NC leader Ruhullah Mehdi resigns
Srinagar, Jul 28 (PTI) Senior National Conference leader Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday tendered his resignation as the chief spokesman of the party following apparent differences with the leadership over its course of action in the wake of abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. “I have sent across my resignation from the post of Chief […]
COVID-19: Medico among nine patients die in JK, toll reaches 337
Srinagar, July 28: Nine more patients including a doctor have died in Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, thus taking the toll of deaths due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 337. Officials said that nine patients who died include a 60-year-old woman from Nowhatta Srinagar, a 62-year-old man from Batamaloo Srinagar, a 59-year-old man […]
Chapter on Tipu Sultan dropped from class 7 textbook in K’taka
Bengaluru, Jul 28 (PTI) The chapter on controversial 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and his father Haider Ali are among those that have been dropped from the class 7 social science textbook,following the Karnataka government’s decision to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the chapters on Tipu have been retained […]
Eid-ul-Adha: Only essential services shops to open for two days from tomorrow in Sgr
Srinagar, July 28: Essential services shops will open for two days on 29 and 30 July with strict adherence to notified COVID-19 preventive guidelines in Srinagar. The two-day relaxation in lockdown has been given in view of the Eid festival later this week. The shops dealing in essential services and commodities will open from 9 […]