5 killed, 31 injured as bus falls into deep gorge in Udhampur
Srinagar: Five passengers including a woman died and 31 others were injured after a vehicle they were traveling in met with an accident in Udhampur district on Friday late night. Reports said that the bus bearing registration number ( JK02BR-5503) skidded off the road and fell down into a deep gorge near Chaner area of […]
Imran Khan was in Lahore to ensure ‘smooth’ handing over of Indian pilot: Sources
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was present in Lahore to oversee the ‘smooth’ handing over captured Indian Air Force pilot to India at the Wagah border on Friday, official sources said. Khan arrived in Lahore on Friday afternoon, a couple of hours before IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was brought to the Wagah border […]
Saudi Arabia revokes citizenship of Hamza bin Laden
Dubai: Saudi Arabia announced that it had revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader who has become an increasingly prominent figure in the terror network. There was no immediate explanation why the royal decree stripping his citizenship, signed in November, was only becoming public now. However, the announcement […]
Winter vacations for schools, colleges extended till March 10
Srinagar: The divisional administration has extended the winter vacation of schools and colleges in Kashmir till March 10. An official said the decision to extend the winter vacation has been taken in view of the prevailing inclement weather in Kashmir. “The class work in all schools upto higher secondary and degree colleges of Kashmir will […]
LoC flare-up: Woman, her two siblings killed during shelling in Poonch
Poonch: Two siblings and their mother were killed while as four others including an army major and a soldier were injured as India and Pakistan troops continued shelling at Salootri in Krishna Ghati area of Poonch district of Jammu. Incharge Police Post Jhullas, Sub-Inspector Rasheed Kasana said that two siblings– Mohammad Faizan (5), and Shabnum […]
Move that needs to be reciprocated
After a little war hiatus Islamabad on Thursday announced to release the captured Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from its custody. Though the war mongering news channels in Delhi claimed that the IAF fighter pilot was released due to the stand adopted by India, but given how such acts progress and lead […]
Rote Learning!
Faizan Bashir Education is regarded to be the most important thing in life. Parents get their children admitted in schools. However, what the children are taught by teachers at times ruins their careers. It happens in the case of rote learning that some teachers practice in schools. The day a student gets admitted in the […]
Finally, IAF pilot returns home as PaK authorities hand him over
Wagah/Attari, Mar 1 (PTI) Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman returned home from Pakistan on Friday to a hero’s welcome, two days after he was captured following a dogfight when his MiG 21 was shot down. Pakistani officials handed over Varthaman to Indian officials, including from the IAF, at the Attari-Wagah Border. However, the […]
SAC approves inclusion of 66 villages in the list of Backward Areas
JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved inclusion of 66 villages in the list of Backward Areas, thereby fulfilling the long pending demand of these areas. Pertinent to mention that the Jammu and Kashmir State Commission for Backward Classes established under Jammu and Kashmir State […]
Absorption of 34 faculty members in the new GMCs by way of lateral entry approved
JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the proposal of the Health and Medical Education Department regarding one time absorption by way of lateral entry of 34 faculty members of Government Medical Colleges and Senior Consultants/Consultants of Health Department in the new Government Medical Colleges […]