Fresh batch of over 6,000 pilgrims embark on Amarnath Yatra from Jammu
Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) A fresh batch of 6,365 pilgrims, including 1,499 women and 441 children, left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to join the ongoing annual Amarnath Yatra in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, which included 135 sadhus and sadhvis, left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam […]
Terror recruitment case: CIK raids underway at 10 locations in Valley
Srinagar, Jul 19: The Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police is conducting searches at ten locations across four districts in the Valley. An official said that the raids are part of an ongoing investigation into a terror-crime case linked to a terrorist sleeper cell and recruitment module handled by Jaish commander Abdullah […]
Alarming rise in Cancer cases across Kashmir sparks health crisis concerns
Young adults among growing victims By: Our Special Correspondent Srinagar: Cancer is emerging as a major public health challenge in Kashmir, with an increasing number of cases being reported annually across the Valley. Recent data from tertiary healthcare centres, including Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), suggests that over 4,000 new cases are diagnosed each […]
Amarnath Yatra resumes after daylong suspension
Srinagar: The annual Amarnath Yatra resumed on Friday after remaining suspended for a day due to bad weather, while over 16,000 pilgrims had darshan at the holy cave on Friday, officials said. An official said that the Yatra had been halted on Thursday following relentless rains, which triggered landslides along the routes, posing a threat […]
The Forgotten Purpose of Education
By: Dr Aftab jan Once upon a time, education was a means of character-building, a sacred pursuit to understand the world, oneself, and the Creator. Today, education has lost its soul. It has become a commercial hub, a factory of degrees and competition, a race to nowhere. We wake our children before the sun rises, […]
Fast Internet, Slower Minds
By: Sahil Bilal The time it takes to read this sentence, you could have scrolled through half a dozen posts, skimmed a news headline, or liked a meme. Our world moves at breakneck speed, wired by fiber-optic cables and 5G towers that deliver information faster than we can blink. The internet, once a clunky novelty, […]
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, Regional Translation Quality Concerns Big Tech companies continue to deliver flawed translations for Indian regional languages like Hindi, Marathi,Kannada, Malyalam,Tamil and Telugu despite claiming AI progress. Their systems regularly produce tone deaf, contextually wrong and culturally offensive outputs. This isn’t just sloppy tech, its irresponsible deployment at scale. Misleading translations in bios, […]