PDD: A miserable failure
It’s summer season in Kashmir and the people fail to come to terms with the power curtailment schedule that has been announced in November last by the Power Development Department (PDD). The PDD department in Kashmir is still implementing the 6 to 16 hour power cuts ranging from area to area. As per the schedule […]
The Scourge of Poverty!
By Peer Faizan Bashir Countless people are moribund just by the consequences of absolute poverty; the future of children is being devastated just by the same factor, and there is hardly a facet of life that is left untouched by this scourge. We, in the modern era, must find solutions for the overwhelming number of […]
Behind the scenes of married men
By Mohammad Safi One side, he has his parents, his siblings and on the other side he has his newly wedded wife and the expected children, the balance required to clutch every one of them has to be precisely fair and needs a sense of egalitarianism. Provocations can come from any side but the more […]
CBI arrests two I-T officers for taking bribe
New Delhi, Mar 29 (PTI) The CBI has arrested two Income Tax officers for allegedly receiving bribe of Rs 40,000, officials said Friday. The officers were allegedly demanding the bribe for giving favours to an assessee for the assessment year 2016-17, they said. The CBI laid a trap and arrested the accused, both posted in […]
Man injured after shot at by gunmen in Tral
Srinagar, March 29): A man was injured after being shot at by suspected militants at Nowpora village of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday evening. Reports said that the masked gunmen believed to be militants fired upon the man Naseer Ahmad Ganie son of late Bashir Ahmad Ganie outside his home at Nowpora […]
President KCCI meets Governor
Jammu: Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad, President Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Ahmad apprised Governor about the Tourism scenario in Kashmir and made several suggestions for enhancing tourist footfall, inviting investment in health care sector; various issues relating to Cross LoC Trade, land bank for […]
Baby girl abandoned at JVC Hospital
Srinagar: Police Friday sough the help of general public in tracing parents of an infant girl abandoned in JVC Hospital. Chief Medical Officer JVC Srinagar informed Police Post Bemina that an infant girl was found on bed No 13 on 19/03/2019. The infant girl is presently in ICU Unit of JVC, where doctors are taking […]
No decision taken on opening of Sharda temple corridor: Pakistan
Islamabad, Mar 29 (PTI) Pakistan has said no decision has been taken so far on the opening of the Sharda temple corridor for Hindu pilgrims from India and asserted that there should be “a positive atmosphere” for taking such steps. Earlier in the week, quoting sources in Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Express Tribune […]
Trade talks with China going ‘very well’: Trump
Washington, Mar 29 (PTI) Trade talks with China are progressing “very well”, US President Donald Trump said, as top negotiators from the two countries Thursday began meetings to resolve their tariff war. US trade negotiators arrived in Beijing on Thursday and the talks began with a working dinner.The meetings will last the entire day Friday. […]
Encounter in Budgam leaves two militants dead, 5 army men injured
Srinagar, March 29: Two militants were reported killed in an gunfight between government forces and militants in Sutoo Kalan area of Chatergam in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, police sources said. They said that two bodies have been recovered from the encounter site at Sutsoo Kalan during an encounter that started in the wee hours of […]