CRPF Assistant Commandant hailing from Uri dies in Jharkhand
Srinagar: An Assistant Commandant hailing from Uri and who works with the CRPF from died of ‘electrocution’ at Jharkhand, official sources said on Tuesday. They said that the Commandant Jeelani Khan (29) of Nanzgam, Boniyar Uri, posted with 157 Battalion died inside CRPF camp at Arki in Khunti district on Monday evening. An official of […]
42 arrested in UP’s Muzaffarnagar district in drive against illegal arms
Muzaffarnagar, Jan 1 (PTI) As many as 42 people have been arrested in a drive against illegal arms in this district, police said here on Tuesday. Also, a large number of arms have been recovered following raids at illegal weapons manufacturing units in the district, they said. According to SSP Sudhir Kumar, the drive was […]
Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan dies at 81
Toronto/Mumbai, Jan 1 (PTI) Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passed away due to prolonged illness at the age of 81 on December 31, his son Sarfaraz confirmed. Khan was admitted to a hospital in Canada and his son confirmed that his last rites will be conducted in the country. “My dad has left us. He passed away […]
Night temp settles at minus 4.2 degrees C in Sgr
Srinagar: Srinagar recorded minus 4.2 degree Celsius, Pahalgam minus 4.9 degree Celsius and Gulmarg minus 4.2 degree Celsius as the minimum temperature on Tuesday. Leh recorded minus 14.6 degree Celsius and it was minus 17.3 degree Celsius in Kargil. The night’s lowest temperature in Jammu city was 5.5 degrees Celsius. Besides, Katra recorded 7.2 degrees […]
School children in Gujrat to yell ‘Jai Hind’, ‘Jai Bharat’ to mark their attendance
Ahmedabad: School children in Gujarat will holler “Jai Hind” and “Jai Bharat” instead of customary “Present” during the daily roll call to register attendance from today, ie January 1, 2019. According to a notification by Directorate of Primary Education and Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), students of Classes 1 to 12 in […]
Visible loopholes
Sunday yet again provided a grim reminder to the security establishment, especially the police that it has miserably failed to check the loopholes that have been affecting it as a malaise since the past few years. Two incidents within a short span of 100 days have left the police establishment baffled as two similar incidents […]
Challenge called life……
Faizan Bashir We often show lackadaisical approach towards our ambition — especially students, so are used to count excuses and loiter thereof. And, in the long run, contrition becomes our part. What of those who have met horrible tragedies, yet called by the titles given upon them. Are you privileged enough to do wonders then? […]
Malik recalls sacrifices of Prof Wani on his anniversary
Says Jamia Masjid’s desecration unacceptable
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday recalled the services and sacrifices of legendary Shaheed-I-Daanish Professor Abdul Ahmad Wani on his anniversary, saying that struggle nurtured by the sacred blood of persons like Prof Wani cannot be suppressed by any ‘tyranny or oppression’. “Shaheed-I-Daanish Professor Abdul Ahmad Wani was […]
Subsidised LPG price cut by Rs 5.91; non-subsidised rate reduced by Rs 120.50
New Delhi: Domestic cooking gas (LPG) price was cut by Rs 5.91 per cylinder Monday, the second straight reduction in a month’s time due to tax impact on reduced market rate of the fuel. A 14.2-kg subsidised LPG cylinder will cost Rs 494.99 in the national capital from midnight tonight as against Rs 500.90 currently, […]
With 586 killings, 2018 proved to be deadliest during the last decade in Kashmir: Report
Srinagar: 2018 was the deadliest in last decade with 586 people killed in different incidents of violence in Kashmir Valley, Association of Parents Of Disappeared Persons and Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) said in a joint report released here on Monday. “The year 2018 was the deadliest year of the last decade in […]