Two dead, one rescued alive, 6 others injured in Ramban landslide
Jammu, May 17:The death toll in a massive landslide at Seri area of Ramban on Srinagar-Jammu national highway last evening reached two while as six people received injuries, officials said. They said that the massive landslide hit the two soil cutters, trucks and private vehicles at Seri, Ramban on the highway last evening when two […]
Media and society needs to work together
The media provides a constructive outlet for the citizens to not only to criticize the policies of the government but also to provide alternative suggestions and ideas
Syed Mustafa Ahmad Abraham Lincoln once said that let people know the facts and the country will be safe. It is this vision of the legendary Abraham Lincoln that makes the role of the media in the present world, worthy. The media plays a stellar role in a democracy. It functions as the eyes and […]
Mother is the most beautiful blessing for us
She is the sign of unbound and incomparable joy, where every one of us is feeling safe and secure and under her custody
Eijaz Mir The word mother is the sweetest word among all the vocabularies existing in any form of language and diction. Mother is love, care and sympathy, precious feeling and a sense of joy forever. She is humble, sober and a hub for rejoicing souls, a bond of love which gives relief to all human […]
Govt schedules COVID special trains to pick up stranded JK residents from Karnataka, Gujarat, AP, Teleangana
JAMMU, MAY 16: The government has scheduled several COVID special trains to bring back the residents of Jammu and Kashmir, stranded in various other states due to lockdown, to relieve those unfortunate people of their hardships they are facing because of the global pandemic. For the stranded people in Karnatka, the administration has arranged train […]
Massive landslide damages several heavy vehicles near Ramban
Srinagar, May 16: A massive land slide has hit the Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Seri in Ramban on Saturday afternoon. Reports said that the landslide hit a convot of vehicles which was crossing the landslide probe area near Seri Ramban. Two JCB machines, three trucks and two Tata mobile vehicles are still trapped under the […]
71 year old elderly person dies of Covid-19
Srinagar, May 16: An elderly patient tested positive for Covid-19 after his death at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura Srinagar today. “The man died in the hospital at around 8 in the morning. He was feeling uneasiness and breathlessness. After his death, we collected his samples, and he tested positive. The patient has […]
Minor found dead in Sopore village
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore, May 16: A year 10 old boy was found dead at his home in Tujar Sharief village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday evening. Reports said that a 10 year old boy identified as Mursaleen Ahmad Lone son of Reyaz Ahmad of Tujjar Sharief Sopore was found dead under […]
Ladakh students to get 5 % quota in NIT-Srinagar reserved seats
Leh, May 16 (PTI) Five per cent of all reserved seats in under-graduate programmes of Srinagar National Institute of Technology will be earmarked for students of Ladakh Union Territory, an officials statement said on Saturday. The Ladakh students would be accorded quota from within all reserved seats of the NIT-Srinagar from academic sessions 2020-21, it […]
Admin to use drones to check deforestation, timber smuggling
PULWAMA, MAY 16: In a first District Administration Pulwama today pressed the services of drone to have an aerial view of the deforested area along with tracing the trails of illegal timber smuggling. It is worthwhile to mention that administration in Pulwama has procured a hi-tech drone to keep a check on illegal mining, illegal […]