Drawing girls towards education
Our beliefs, customs and other irrelevant thoughts hamper girl child’s education
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Education is as important for a boy as to a girl. Without education, both the boys and girls are at loss. It is a universal fact that the nations that has invested in education have achieved remarkable progress. In the developing country like India, this mindset has not yet been achieved. In […]
Admin to conduct COVID-19 test of all migrant labourers: Div Com
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday said that all incoming migrant laborers shall undergo Covid-19 testing in respective districts from July 23, Thursday. Div Com said this while chairing a weekly Covid-19 review meeting to take stock of the situation and arrangements put in place for effective containment of deadly virus. He said […]
COVID-19: No Amaranth Yatra this year: Government
Srinagar, July 21: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu, Chairman of the Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), presided over 39th Board meeting of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board today in which the Board members participated virtually through video conference to discuss the conduct of the Yatra 2020. The meeting was attended by B.V.R. Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Bipul Pathak, […]
NCERT adds scrapping of Art 370 to Class 12 textbook, drops portion on separatist politics in JK
New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) The NCERT has revised a chapter in its Class 12 political science textbook to drop a paragraph on separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir and to add a brief mention of scrapping of its special status last year. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revised the […]
Mentally challenged woman bitten by dogs in Kupwara, suffers critical injuries
Kupwara: A mentally challenged woman, often seen wandering in and around main town, in this north Kashmir’s district was critically injured after being bitten by stray dogs this afternoon. The woman however was “left unattended” for almost three hours after being spotted beneath Regipora bridge in the outskirts of the town. Eyewitnesses said that the […]
Amid rains forces start search operation in Sopore village
Bilal Ahmad Sopore, July 21: Forces on Tuesday launched a search and cordon operation in Bomai area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that a joint team of army’s 22 RR, SOG of JK police and CRPF cordoned off Bomai area of Sopore and conducted house to house searches […]
Saudi Arabia confirms scaled-down Haj pilgrimage start date
Riyadh: July 21 (AFP): This year’s Haj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia battles a coronavirus surge, will begin on July 29, authorities said Monday. Some 2.5 million people from all over the world usually participate in the ritual that takes place over several days, […]
Rahul lists alleged ‘attempt to topple’ govt in Rajasthan among govt’s ‘achievements’ in COVID-era
New Delhi, Jul 21 (PTI) Taking a dig at the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday listed the alleged “attempt to topple” the government in Rajasthan and the “Namaste Trump” event as among the Centre’s “achievements” in the COVID-19 era. In a sarcastic tweet in Hindi, he said due to such “achievements” of […]
Lightening kills three nomads, dozens of cattle
Poonch, July 21: Three nomads were killed while dozens of their cattle also perished by lightning at Gumsar village of Poonch district. Officials said that the incident took place in the intervening night of Monday- Tuesday. They said the lightning hit a seasonal Dhok in Gumsar, leaving three nomads dead on the spot who belong […]