MADRID: Real Madrid and Portugal’s football star Cristiano Ronaldo has turned to Facebook to raise awareness of the plight of Syrian children. Ronaldo posted on his Facebook page the photo of a Syrian refugee boy wearing his jersey, writing: “Ahmed, 16, is a Syrian refugee. He dreams of becoming a footballer. Save the Children and […]
Dear editor Fresh snowfall has yet again exposed the tall claims of the government. Damaged power transmission lines, blockade of Jammu-Srinagar highway, stranded passengers, rule of hoarders, waterlogged streets continue to mock at the administration. An effective drainage system in the times of scientific and developmental age remains a distant dream. Our land is known […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Thursday said it rushed its men and machinery to clear key roads in the city in the wake of heavy snowfall and has cleared snow from important destinations and installations like hospitals, ration depots, banks, offices religious places and other important institutions. “The snow clearance, which was started on […]
MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar is among the three greats to have emerged as the leading contenders for ESPNcricinfo’s Cricketer of the Generation award, even as the Indian’s long-time fierce rival from the West Indies Brian Lara missed out on a place in the final three. Australian spin legend Shane Warne and the recently-retired South African great […]
JAMMU: As a part of its Civic Action Programme, Jammu and Kashmir Police(JKP) is organizing week long Youth Promotional Coaching Camp for boys in the last weak of March here at winter capital in which more than 400 youth, drawn from poor pockets and far-flung areas of the State, would be participating. This was revealed […]
Hyderabad: In a mid-air scare, “incorrect” input by Pakistan’s air traffic control to a Mumbai-bound Air India Dreamliner plane from London led it to come close to another aircraft, prompting a sharp reaction from India. The Mumbai-bound Air India flight AI-130 from London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday escaped a near-miss incident after the Karachi Air […]
New Delhi: Favouring self-regulation by media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said some aberrations had crept into the “fiercely independent” journalism and it should itself find ways to remove them. “Vibrant and fiercely independent media in our country is an asset for all of us. It has served us well in disseminating information, educating […]
Normal life remained disrupted for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as authorities failed to clear roads and interior lanes, especially in Srinagar. Despite the Met office’s timely forecast of heavy snowfall across Kashmir, the administration woke up only too late, and that too to clear merely some main roads. People in several areas were […]
NEW DELHI: Heeding to years of pleas and protests by differently-abled people, government has finally come out with detailed rules governing their air travel by making it clear that no airline would refuse to fly them. Airlines and airports have been asked to provide all required facilities and assistance to meet the needs of the […]
POONCH: Manjit singh volleyball club Wednesday honoured, reputed actor and anchor Pardeep Khanna of Poonch district for his contribution in various fields of life. Speaking on the occasion chairman of the club, Mohammed Tariq Khan said that the contribution of Pardeep Khanna is unparallel as he has contributed a lot for society in areas of […]