DEO Samba briefs media abot election preparedness
SAMBA: District Election Officer (DEO) Samba, Abhishek Sharma Thursday briefed the media about preparedness for Lok Sabha Elections-2024 scheduled in the district on 26th April 2024. Speaking at a press conference here in Mini Secretariat, the DEO said that necessary circulars detailing the enforcement of Model Code of Conduct to maintain the sanctity of electoral […]
16.23 lakh voters eligible to vote in 4-Udhampur PC
23637 PwDs, 403 centenarians to exercise their franchise JAMMU: The 4-Udhampur Parliamentary Constituency is all set to go to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, being held on April 19, with a total of 16.23 lakh voters including 8.45 lakh male and 7.77 lakh female electorates eligible to vote and participate in […]
MD Mission Vatsalya inspects facilities in CCIs at Ramban
RAMBAN: Mission Director, Mission Vatsalya, Harvinder Kour Thursday visited a district Ramban to inspect facilities available at various Child Care institutions (CCI) like CCI Boys (Palaash), CCI Girls (Parisha) and Specialized Adoption Agency ( Phulwadi) here. The Mission Director inspected facilities like Medical facilities, libraries, counselling room facilities, recreational facilities as well as other facilities […]
Final batch of 343 polling teams leave for designated polling stations in Kishtwar
KISHTWAR: In the final leg of preparations for Lok Sabha elections, the last batch of 343 polling parties (including 113 poll parties for 48- Inderwal,136 for 49- Kishtwar and 94 for 50-Paddar,Nagseni Constituencies) left for designated polling stations, here Thursday. Under the meticulous supervision of District Election Officer (DEO),; Dr. Devansh Yadav, the district Election […]
No more a shadow war
By: Javed Ali For decades, Iran and Israel have been engaged in a “shadow war.” Falling short of direct military confrontation, this conflict has been characterized by war through other means – through proxies, cyber attacks, economic sanctions and fiery rhetoric. Events over the last few weeks in the Middle East have, however, changed the […]
MeT predicts more rains at most places in J&K
Srinagar: The weather department here has forecast “widespread light to moderate rain and thunders” on April 18 and 19 even as night temperatures recorded a rise at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. “On April 18-19, generally cloudy weather with light to moderate rain and light snow over higher reaches is expected at […]
Return to nature
By: K S S Pillai With modern technologies turning the entire world into a ‘global village’, many changes have taken place in our lives, particularly in our food habits. Those called local foods have given place to Manchurian, Pizzas, Burgers and Noodles that were available only in some foreign countries till a few years ago. […]
Hope for Hemophilia patients
By: Dr. Vikas Dua Hemophilia meaning love (philia) of blood (hemo) has been referred to as the disease of the kings,” as is often described in the descent of Queen Victoria of England. Haemophilia affects 1 in 10000 live births. The disease is of two kinds-Hemophilia A and B. Hemophilia A is more prevalent (80% […]
Police attaches property of notorious drug peddler in Shopian
Srinagar: In continuation its unwavering efforts to eradicate the Menace of Drugs from the society, Police in Shopian attached property (Double story residential house worth Rs. 25 lacs) measuring 1769.635 Sqft belonging to notorious drug peddler Mahjabeen Banoo wife of Farooq Ahmad Najar resident of Stadium Colony Batapora Shopian constructed over Shamilat Section 5 land […]
