British PM May wins confidence vote
London, Jan 17 (PTI) Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May won a confidence vote on Wednesday and averted a general election, a day after her government suffered a historic parliamentary defeat over her Brexit divorce deal with the European Union. Her government won by 325 votes to 306 – a majority of 19. Labour leader Jeremy […]
India-Pakistan armies exchange gunfire in Poonch
Jammu: India and Pakistan armies on Thursday exchanged gunfire along Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu division. An official said that small arms firing exchange erupted at LoC in Poonch sector after ceasefire violation by Pakistani army who fired upon forward posts on Thursday morning’. The firing started between 03 AM to […]
Another failure of PDD
It seems that the Power Development Departments (PDD) tryst with failure is destined to be its prospect. Just when the department had offered dreams and promises to the people of the valley about the improvement in power availability after the commissioning of Alesteng grid, everything went awry. The Alesteng grid which was scheduled to be […]
Welcome failure! There is nothing to be afraid of failures
BY JAVAID JAFRI Every failure is your next opportunity. Failure is the mother of all success. If you have never failed in your life you have never lived and learned. Just remember that failure is simply an opportunity to begin again with more intelligence. It is probably one of the aspects in life most people […]
Education system needs serious reforms
By Suhail Amaan Mir Yes, education system must be seriously reformed. Instead of paying such high amount of fees in schools, students are not getting the adequate and proper knowledge required at a particular age. We have to provide proper education from the starting to the end so that students can easily qualify themselves for […]
Wild Life has been ignored for long now
By Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Hunting and killing of animals has become a form of recreation. Murdering humans is considered a crime. But killing and wiping out an entire genre is hardly given consideration. Hunting has tradition and the support of very powerful people on its side and with their influence hunting has been left untouched […]
PM Modi to visit JK next month
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to visit Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay foundation stones of various projects including one for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, a BJP spokesman said Wednesday. The prime minister will also address a public rally during his visit, the spokesman said. He said senior […]
Man wanted in rash driving case arrested after 12 years
Jammu: A man, wanted in a rash driving case, was arrested Wednesday after over a 12-year-long hunt in Jammu divisions Samba district, police said. Harmeet Singh, a resident of the Rajbagh area of Kathua district, was arrested by a police party from the Mansar Morh area in Samba, a police spokesman said. Singh was wanted […]
Militants offer gun salute to their associate in Shopian
Shopian: Panic created Chillipora village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday when over 20 armed militants emerged at the grave yard of recently killed Al-Badar militant Shakeel Ahmed Dar and offered gun salute to him, reports saiD. Shakeel along with top militant commander Zeenat-ul-Islam was killed in a gun battle at Khatpora area of […]
