7 MC employees suspended in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: Acting upon the complaint about the absence of employees from duties during working hours, Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Ganderbal Shafqat Iqbal on Tuesday suspended seven employees of Municipal Committee (MC) Ganderbal till further orders. For smooth functioning of government departments and prompt deliverance of services to the people, the district administration is acting […]
Qureshi rings Mirwaiz, discusses Kashmir issue
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday telephoned Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and discussed with him Islamabad’s efforts to highlight the Kashmir issue. Though there was no immediate reaction from the Ministry of External Affairs but Qureshi’s move may not go down well with India, which maintains that Kashmir is a bilateral issue and […]
Shah Faesal closes phase-I of crowd-funding call, thanks people
Says received over-whelming support
Srinagar: Former IAS topper, Shah Faesal who recently resigned from the country’s elite service to join politics on Tuesday said that the crowd-funding phase one has been closed, saying that the details of funds received and utilization will be shared shortly. In a facebook post Shah Faesal said thousands of people have made small contributions, […]
Indigo to operate daily direct Srinagar-Bengaluru flights
Advisor welcomes, says Govt keen to increase tourist inflow from South India
Jammu: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Tuesday welcomed the decision of Indigo Airlines to operate daily direct flights between Srinagar and Bengaluru from February 15 next month. In his message, Ganai, who is in-charge of the Tourism Department, said direct flights from Bengaluru to Srinagar on daily basis will give a huge fillip […]
Snowy weather to return on Jan 31 evening: MeT
Drass shivers as mercury plunges to minus 31.4 deg C
Srinagar: The local Meteorological department on Monday forecasted a fresh snow spell across the Valley from Jan 30 evening, saying that a Western Disturbance (WD) would likely affect the Valley from February 04. Deputy Director Meteorological department (MeT), Mukhtar Ahmad said that the Valley would experience a fresh snowfall from Jan 30 evening to Jan […]
Why can’t we have a better connectivity
Imagine being dependent on one road link for remaining connected to the rest of the world and that road link getting blocked for days together. And this happening over the years and years now, with no end in sight. The dependence on one road link for all the needs-be it transportation, travel and trade is […]
Robotic Surgery a boon for Kidney Patients
By Dr. Anant Kumar With the advancements made in the field of renal transplantation, surgeries have become minimally invasive and ensure better patient comfort. Advent of Robot assisted surgeries has ensured better management of intra-operative complications and has become better and safer. More complex cases are being performed with great precision and minimal blood loss. […]
Aasifa narrating her ordeal from heavenly abode
By Faizan Bashir I had been very contented living together with my parents. I used to take horses to woods to graze them. I was a grown-up child with pure heart. I was never getting bent out of shape to parents for petty things. I had very good friends who often played games with me. […]
‘Pak not to attend Kolkata book fair due to visa issues’
Kolkata: Six publishers of Pakistan had evinced interest in participating in the 43rd International Kolkata Book Fair to be inaugurated on Thursday, but they would not be able to do it because of visa issues, organisers said here Monday. A total of 26 countries from across the world will be attending the book fair which will […]
NHM employees stage rally in support of their demands
Jammu: Hundreds of striking National Health Mission (NHM) employees Monday took out a rally in Jammu in support of their various demands, including regularisation of their services. The employees who are on strike for the past fortnight assembled at the Exhibition ground here and later took out a rally, raising slogans against the governor administration […]