Cop, civilian dead due to electric short circuit in Poonch
Poonch, April 23: A police constable and a civilian died due to short circuit of 33KV transformer at Chungan chroon area of Mendhar in Poonch district on Tuesday morning. Reports said that a constable (Follower) in JK police identified as Faiz son of Mohammad Sharif age 40 year and a civilian Mohammad Shabir son of […]
Bad omen for tourism
The spring season is almost heading to an end in Kashmir and summer is approaching fast with the day time temperatures also touching nearly 27 Degrees Celsius. However, tourism activity is not picking up to the expectations that the industry in particular and the people in general have. This year we have had to witness […]
The perils of corruption: Our state is considered one of the corruption hubs of our country
Mushtaq Hurra All forms of corruption leave a nation or a society crippled and barren. It shakes its basic foundations and concrete shafts of morality and ethics. It impregnates the minds of individuals with the vices of greed, lust and avarice which lead to a mad race of money and wealth. It leaves a society […]
Empowering rural women: Women used to command acute power and importance in our ancient culture
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had once said, “You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women”. The crucial role that women and girls play in ensuring the sustainability of rural households and communities, improving rural livelihoods and overall wellbeing has been increasingly recognized. Women account for […]
Triple Talaaq, Section 497, Sabrimala and the Indian women
It is high time we all should stand up against the jingoism in favour of men or women. Let us all be ‘equal’
Kanchan Basu In last few years the Judiciary and the Government have made several attempts to gradually pass the ‘Baton’ over to Women. Be the fact that we had for the first time in Indian History a full time Lady Defence Minister in Nirmala Sitharaman or the fact that we had the first lady Advocate […]
Fielding Pragya Sadvi is not shocking, but painful
While nominating Sadhvi Pragya as party candidate, the BJP did not think about the kind of message this would send
Meer Abass By fielding Sadhvi Pragya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants people to believe that she and other accused arrested in various blast cases were ‘framed in fabricated cases’ and that ‘saffron terror’ is a myth. But while doing so the, BJP has undermined the fact that Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur still remains a […]
Two persons from South Kashmir booked under PSA, shifted to Kot Bhalwal jail
Srinagar, April 22: Police have booked two more persons under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and shifted them to Kot Bhalwal Jail in Jammu. Official sources said that Mohammad Yousuf Chopan son of Mohammad Ramzan Chopan and Suhail Salam Sheikh son of Abdul Salam Sheikh, both residents of Midoora […]
Modi, Mufti used threat of nuclear annihilation as some sort of PUBG game: Omar
Srinagar, Apr 22 (PTI) NC leader Omar Abdullah Monday said the threat of nuclear annihilation was not like a PUBG game where one can hit the reset button to restore normal life, as he criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti for their remarks. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was reacting […]
Iran denounces ‘illegal’ US sanctions as oil waivers end
Tehran, Apr 22 (AFP) Iran denounced US sanctions on its oil sector as “illegal” Monday after the United States announced it will no longer grant exemptions to Tehran’s oil customers. “Since the sanctions in question are principally illegal, the Islamic Republic of Iran did not and does not attach any value or credibility to the waivers,” […]