Libraries can shape our future
Syed Mustafa Ahmad There is no doubt about the usefulness of books. It is an undeniable fact that books have always played a significant role in the genuine development of humankind. The motivation behind the essay I am about to write on the role of libraries is an interview with the world-renowned academic and novelist […]
Teacher has the most ‘uncomfortable’ job
Dr. Priyanka Saurabh Some beliefs become so deeply ingrained in society that they are accepted as truth beyond question. “A teacher’s job is the most comfortable”—this statement is one such social belief, one that people often repeat without stopping to consider the profound lack of understanding and neglect that lies behind it. The life of […]
Mathematics Never Ends: Why Erdős Was Right about Infinity
Dr. Reyaz Ahmad “Mathematics is the only infinite human activity,” the legendary problem-poser Paul Erdős once said. Humanity might someday “learn everything in physics or biology,” he argued, but we will never find out everything in mathematics—because mathematics, at its core, is infinite. Even “numbers themselves are infinite.” At first glance, this sounds like poetic […]
Police stop Congress ‘Lok Bhawan Chalo’ march in Jammu, several detained
Jammu: Scores of Congress activists, including AICC General Secretary Syed Naseer Hussain and Pradesh Congress Chief Tariq Hameed Karra, were detained as police on Saturday stopped a proposed march to Lok Bhawan here, officials said. The police took action after hundreds of Congress activists gathered at the Maharaja Hari Singh park and started marching in […]
BJP leaders pay tribute to 40 CRPF personnel killed in Pulwama terror attack
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Saturday paid floral tributes to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in a terror attack in Pulwama district on this day in 2019. On the seventh anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, senior leaders and workers of the party visited Lethpora, the spot of the attack, […]
Farooq Abdullah participates in former minister’s funeral prayer
Srinagar: National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday participated in the funeral prayers of his party colleague and former minister Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad Shah in Kulgam district. Abdullah, accompanied by party leaders and MLAs, joined mourners in Shah’s last rites, who passed away in Jammu on Friday. While paying tributes to Shah, Abdullah said the […]
Over 6.5 kg heroin dropped by drone from Pakistan seized along IB
Jammu: A major cross-border narcotics smuggling attempt was foiled along the International Border on Saturday with the seizure of over 6.5 kg of heroin worth over Rs 40 crore in the R S Pura sector here, officials said. The contraband was recovered during a joint operation of the 165th battalion of Border Security Force (BSF) […]
Srinagar infrastructure projects to ease traffic congestion: DC Sgr
Srinagar: Stating that the Government of India is funding multiple infrastructure projects in Srinagar to improve traffic flow, connectivity and urban facilities, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Akshay Labroo on Saturday said that work on several key projects, including vehicular underpasses, a foot overbridge, and the city ring road, will begin very soon. The DC said the […]