Indigo to operate daily direct Srinagar-Bengaluru flights
Advisor welcomes, says Govt keen to increase tourist inflow from South India
Jammu: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Tuesday welcomed the decision of Indigo Airlines to operate daily direct flights between Srinagar and Bengaluru from February 15 next month. In his message, Ganai, who is in-charge of the Tourism Department, said direct flights from Bengaluru to Srinagar on daily basis will give a huge fillip […]
Snowy weather to return on Jan 31 evening: MeT
Drass shivers as mercury plunges to minus 31.4 deg C
Srinagar: The local Meteorological department on Monday forecasted a fresh snow spell across the Valley from Jan 30 evening, saying that a Western Disturbance (WD) would likely affect the Valley from February 04. Deputy Director Meteorological department (MeT), Mukhtar Ahmad said that the Valley would experience a fresh snowfall from Jan 30 evening to Jan […]
Why can’t we have a better connectivity
Imagine being dependent on one road link for remaining connected to the rest of the world and that road link getting blocked for days together. And this happening over the years and years now, with no end in sight. The dependence on one road link for all the needs-be it transportation, travel and trade is […]
Robotic Surgery a boon for Kidney Patients
By Dr. Anant Kumar With the advancements made in the field of renal transplantation, surgeries have become minimally invasive and ensure better patient comfort. Advent of Robot assisted surgeries has ensured better management of intra-operative complications and has become better and safer. More complex cases are being performed with great precision and minimal blood loss. […]
Aasifa narrating her ordeal from heavenly abode
By Faizan Bashir I had been very contented living together with my parents. I used to take horses to woods to graze them. I was a grown-up child with pure heart. I was never getting bent out of shape to parents for petty things. I had very good friends who often played games with me. […]
‘Pak not to attend Kolkata book fair due to visa issues’
Kolkata: Six publishers of Pakistan had evinced interest in participating in the 43rd International Kolkata Book Fair to be inaugurated on Thursday, but they would not be able to do it because of visa issues, organisers said here Monday. A total of 26 countries from across the world will be attending the book fair which will […]
NHM employees stage rally in support of their demands
Jammu: Hundreds of striking National Health Mission (NHM) employees Monday took out a rally in Jammu in support of their various demands, including regularisation of their services. The employees who are on strike for the past fortnight assembled at the Exhibition ground here and later took out a rally, raising slogans against the governor administration […]
Absconding rape accused held
Jammu: On the run for three years, a man accused of rape was finally arrested here, the police said on Monday. Mohammad Hussain of Jammu’s Sidhra locality was held in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, they said. “He was evading arrest for the last three years after committing the crime,” a police officer said, adding that […]
New Delhi should engage all stakeholders to end militancy: NC
Jammu: The National Conference Monday said New Delhi should take steps to end the three-decade-old militancy in Jammu and Kashmir by taking effective steps of engaging all stakeholders. “We hope that New Delhi will take steps to end the three-decade-old unrest and militancy in J&K by taking effective steps of engaging all stakeholders, including our […]
‘Overenthusiastic’ police officer took decision on barring journalists from R-Day event in Srinagar: Officials
Srinagar: An “overenthusiastic” officer in the security wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police took the decision to bar some journalists with adverse reports against them from attending the Republic Day function here, leading to a chaos, officials said on Monday. After preliminary enquiry, it was found that the officer of the additional superintendent of police-rank prepared […]
