Jammu: A woman and her daughter were charred to death in a fire at their residence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. Posha Devi (50) and Neetu Bala (25) were trapped inside their kutcha house in Manzgam-Tagood village in Chhatroo area when the fire broke out around […]
Jammu: Two men were killed and two injured when an oil tanker skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said on Wednesday. The tanker was on its way to Dugga from Reasi and the accident occurred at Karka late on Tuesday night when the driver […]
Jammu: A leopard was captured by the wildlife department on Wednesday after hectic efforts lasting over six hours in a village in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The leopard ventured into Pranoo village from the nearby forest around 8.30 am and was noticed by some local labourers working on construction of a […]
Srinagar: A two-day international webinar-cum-seminar commenced at the University of Kashmir on Wednesday. The event titled ‘Pandemics and Narcotics: A Religious Perspective’ has been organised by Shah-I-Hamadan Institute of Islamic Studies (SHIIS). Dean of Academic Affairs Prof Shabir A Bhat, who presided over the inaugural session as chief guest, discussed how pandemics have time and […]
Renowned sociologist Prof Anand Kumar delivers keynote address at inaugural session Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad Wednesday inaugurated a lecture series on Sociology and Pandemic. The online lecture series titled ‘re-configuring sociology in times of pandemic: a roadmap ahead’ has been organised by the Department of Sociology. In his presidential address, Prof […]
Srinagar: To commemorate World Health Day, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir Wednesday organised ‘One Health Hackathon’ at the Faculty Outreach Centre, Shuhama campus. The hackathon was organised by the university’s Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVSc) under the World Bank-ICAR funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) for the institutional development of SKUAST-K. […]
SRINAGAR: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Srinagar, under the aegis of J&K, Legal Services Authority and under the guidance of Chairman DLSA/Principal District & Sessions Judge, Srinagar, Mohammad Akram Chowdhary observed the, ‘World Health Day’ at District Court Complex Mominabad here. The World Health Day was organised with focus on the current year’s theme, […]
JAMMU: To mark World Health Day, 2 J&K Girls BN, NCC Cadets of Government College for Women, Parade Ground, Jammu organised one day medical awareness camp on the campus. Dr. Jitender Gupta (MO) delivered an awareness lecture about “how and why to protect ourselves?” A team of paramedics of Gover nment Ayurvedic Hospital was also […]
New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high since the outbreak of the pandemic with over 1.15 lakh new infections being reported in a span of 24 hours, pushing the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,28,01,785, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The single-day rise […]
DOMJUR: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the BJP is confident of winning 63 to 68 seats in the first three phases of elections held in West Bengal so far. Polling has been completed in 91 of the 294 assembly seats in the state, which will see five more phases of elections. […]