Minister inaugurates Sports Week at GMC Jammu
Jammu: Minster for Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat Wednesday inaugurated a Sports Week at Government Medical College Jammu organised by its Sports Committee. Addressing the students on the opening event, the Minister said that Sports not only helps to build physical stamina but also helps inculcate discipline, determination to win and willpower. Bali Bhagat […]
Editorial: State’s healthcare needs some care
Srinagar: Peripheral healthcare system in the state is literally functioning in shambles, with mushrooming of healthcare facilities in terms of infrastructure being stressed on over the past few decades now. The creation of infrastructure may seem that the healthcare system in the state is improving, and this is the impression that is being given the […]
Govt suspends Tehsildar Dooru
Srinagar: Taking cognizance of an incident wherein Tehsildar Dooru was supposed to unfurl the national flag on Republic Day but the official had reportedly assigned the job to a patwari, Government Wednesday ordered suspension of the said official and has also ordered an inquiry into the matter. “Shri Muzaffar Ahmad Malik, Tehsildar Dooru is placed […]
3 Army personnel among 6 injured in mine blast along LoC
Jammu: Three Army personnel were among six people injured this evening in a mine explosion along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, an official said. An Army team was engaged in a security clearance operation along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Sundarban Sector when a mine exploded, a senior Army officer […]
CM gives documents for gas agency to pellet victim Insha
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today handed over documents for a gas agency to Insha Mushtaq who lost her eyesight due to pellets fired by security forces in the 2016 summer agitation in Kashmir. Mehbooba handed over the documents to Insha at her official residence in Jammu, officials said. Insha, who hails […]
Dubai Ports’ chairman calls on Chief Minister
JAMMU: The Chairman & CEO of Dubai Ports’, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem called on the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here today. Mr. Sulayem, alongwith with his team of executives, is in the State to explore possibilities of investment in the State. During the meeting, Mr. Sulayem briefed the Chief Minister about his idea of setting […]
SMHS Hospital Attack: Govt says investigations on
JAMMU: Minister for Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri today informed the House that FIR No: 8/28 US 302,224 RPC and 7/27 IA Act has been registered in Police Station Karan Nagar Srinagar regarding the militant attack on a police party in SMHS Hospital and investigation has been taken up. Giving details, the Minister […]
Another Kashmiri student assaulted in Haryana
Srinagar: A Kashmiri student was assaulted by a group of locals at Ambala area of Haryana on Wednesday, barely four days after two students from Rajouri district were beaten to pulp in the north Indian state. Reports said that a student of B.Sc Radiology namely Mudasir Ahmad, a resident, of Soura Srinagar suffered injuries after a group […]
J-K situation has worsened, says Cong in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: The issue of the daring escape of an arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant from a Srinagar hospital was raised in the Rajya Sabha today, with the Congress saying the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has worsened. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Leader of Opposition and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said […]
2 soldiers killed, 3 injured in attack by militants in Pak
Islamabad: Two Pakistan Army soldiers were killed and three others injured when militants targetted a military vehicle in northwestern tribal region in a late night attack, officials said today. The attack occurred in Idak village of North Waziristan, which is one of seven tribal districts along the volatile Afghan border. Earlier today, an IED explosion […]
