Author Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54h Jnanpith award
New Delhi: Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year’s Jnanpith Award, a literary award given to an author for “outstanding contribution towards literature”, Bharatiya Jnanpith announced Friday. “Amitav Ghosh is a path-breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where the past […]
PM Modi’s foreign trips cost taxpayers more than Rs 2,000 crore
IAIN MARLOW New Delhi: The cost of Modi’s 84 foreign trips includes the maintenance of Air India One & setting up a secure hotline. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hectic travel schedule over the past four-and-a-half years cost Indian taxpayers about $280 million as he made 84 trips around the world, according to India’s […]
India Pakistan armies exchange gunfire
Jammu: India and Pakistan armies on Thursday exchanged gunfire along line of control in Poonch district of Jammu division. According to officials Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked firing in the wee hours on Thursday by targeting the Indian positions and violating the ceasefire in Kerni Sector. “Light weapons and small arms were fired by the […]
Winter vagaries
Come winter and hospitals in Kashmir witness a surge in the number of patients who come with all types of respiratory ailments and complications. Though most of these patients are treated at the peripheries and other private healthcare facilities in most parts of the state, still one hospital which has to bear with this seasonal […]
NC youth-wing vouches to help youth realize their dreams
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Youth National Conference on Thursday asserted that the youth of Kashmir is getting estranged due to the atmosphere of despondency and fear in absence of any reconciliation and employment prospects. Addressing Youth National Conference meet at party headquarters Nawa-e-Subh, district president Srinagar Khalid Rathore said, “The governance deficit, deteriorating development scenario […]
Governor Malik likely to recommend President’s rule in J&K from Dec 20
Srinagar: Governor Satya Pal Malik is set to recommend President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir in his report to the Ministry of Home Affairs, said officials. If so happens, J&K will be coming under the President’s rule after a span of 28 years According to a report in The Indian Express, government officials said they […]
Haji Hayat bereaved
Srinagar: Chief Editor, ‘Kashmir Reader’ Haji Hayat was bereaved after his mother passed away at her Pampore residence on Thursday afternoon, she was 80. The departed soul will be remembered for her generosity and philanthropist nature. She was well known in the entire locality for her generous nature and empathy for the neighbors. Kashmir Vision […]
HC stays online sale of drugs, prescribed medicines
New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has stayed the sale of drugs and prescribed medicines on the internet by online pharmacies. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao passed the interim order on a plea seeking a ban on “illegal” sale of drugs and medicines online. The court […]
Another jolt to PDP, Raja Aijaz resigns says party ‘failed’ on ground
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former IGP Crime Raja Aijaz Ali on Thursday tendered his resignation to party president Mehbooba Mufti, saying therein that “the party leadership has failed to deliver on the ground, maintain the political space and stick to the ideology for which the party was known.” Talking to a local […]