Announce ceasefire during Ramzan, Mehbooba to centre, militants
Srinagar, May 4 (PTI) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday appealed the Centre and the militants to announce ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir for the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan so that the “people get some relief”. “The month of Ramzan is starting after a couple of days and so, I appeal the Government of India […]
Kejriwal slapped during roadshow in Moti Nagar, Delhi
New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during a roadshow in Moti Nagar in New Delhi constituency. Police said the man has been taken into the custody and an investigation into the matter is underway. Kejriwal was atop an open jeep when a man wearing a red t-shirt […]
Ex-bureaucrats come together to mentor civil services aspirants in JK
Jammu, May 4 (PTI) Former bureaucrats of Jammu and Kashmir, including ex-chief secretary and Director General of Police, have come together to mentor civil services aspirants in the winter capital. These ex-bureaucrats plan to provide free “civil services motivation, counselling and guidance” to the aspirants through their organisation ‘Future Bureaucrats’. Over 40 youths from the state […]
Three Palestinians killed in Gaza after army says soldiers wounded
Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) May 4 (AFP) Three Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, were killed by Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip Friday, authorities in the enclave said, after Israel said two of its soldiers were wounded in a shooting on the border. One of the Palestinians was shot dead during clashes along the frontier […]
FBI arrests Pakistani-American at airport for links to JeM, ISIS
Washington, May 4 (PTI) A 35-year-old Pakistani-American national has been arrested by the FBI on his arrival from Pakistan for being in contact with two UN-proscribed terror groups the Islamic State and the JeM. Waqar Ul-Hassan, a naturalised US citizen who moved to America at the age of 15, was arrested at the Charlotte Douglas International […]
Rahul accuses govt of compromising in dealing with terrorism
New Delhi, May 4 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP-led government on Saturday of compromising in dealing with the challenge of terrorism and cited the release Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar during the NDA rule. Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, he said, if voted to power, his party will adopt a […]
Planning deficit
The School education department in Kashmir it seems wants to be in news and for wrong reasons always. Though the department generated lot of heat and debate by announcing a new time table for the schools in summer zone in this week alone, it had to eat its words and cancel it order on the […]
Plantar Fasciitis can be the reason behind pain in your heels
Dr Pradeep Moonot A 40-year-old woman had been complaining of pain in her heels for over a year. She used to wake up with the stabbing sharp pain at the bottom of centre of her heels. The pain usually returned after long periods of standing or after she moved from a seated position. The lady […]
24 girl students injured as excursion bus meets accident in South Kashmir
Srinagar, May 3: Twenty four girl students were injured after a school excursion bus met with an accident in Siligam area of Ashmuqam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday evening. Reports said that a school excursion Bus bearing registration Number JK03-2711 of Government High School Dudhkul Kokernag, that was carrying students and staff of the […]
Two arrested for stabbing barber in Reasi
Jammu, May 3 (PTI) Two suspected criminals were arrested Friday for stabbing a barber after a brawl over some issue in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said. The arrested duo — Deepak Kumar alias Kali (an auto driver) and Varun Kumar alias Kaka — stabbed the barber Balbir Singh in his shop with a sharp-edged […]