Man commits suicide in Sopore

Baramulla: A man commited suicide in apple town Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said. The police received an information that a family of Mahrajpora Sopore found their son identified as Azad Ahmad hanging inside his room on Tuesday morning when after they opened the door of his room. The family shift […]

3 persons arrested for harrassing minor at Khrew

PAMPORE: Police Station Khrew arrested three persons for harrassing a minor girl who is a student of 9th Class. The arrested persons namely Irfan Ahmad Najar,Tawseef Ahmad Joo both resident of Wuyan and Mudasir Ashraf resident of Chandhara have been stalking and harassing the said minor girl for last one month. After the girl disclosed […]

Three drug peddlers arrested in Handwara

Handwara: Police in Handwara has arrested three drug peddlers and recovered heriona nd charas from their possession. Based on reliable information, check pont was set up at Ganapora crossing in the jurisdiction of Police Station Kralgund. During checking one person namely Danish Farooq Mir was apprehended and during his personal search 50 gms of Heroin […]

Ex Servicemen from Kashmir hail new Domicile policy

SRINAGAR: In a meeting ESM Association Kashmir, welcomed the New Domicile Policy/ Certificate promulgated recentlyannounced by GoI. The Chairman said that it is a landmark and historic Rredemption of the 70 years long pending anomaly which denied domicile to all people of J&K. He further said that the new domicile policy/act will benefit all especially […]

Pregnancy: A time to be strong, healthy and wise

Pregnancy: A time to be strong, healthy and wise

Farheen Sabah ‘Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom.’ Harriette Hartigan It’s a universal fact that we have all come into existence inside the body of a woman. As Adrienne Rich says, ‘We are all […]

Brazil surpasses US in daily coronavirus death toll

Brazil surpasses US in daily coronavirus death toll

Sao Paulo: Brazil daily coronavirus deaths were higher than fatalities in the United States for the first time over the last 24 hours, according to the country’s Health Ministry. Brazil registered 807 deaths over the last 24 hours, whereas 620 died in the United States. Brazil has the second-worst outbreak in the world, with 374,898 […]

RDA condemns assault against doctor

Srinagar: The Resident Doctors Association at Government Medical College Srinagar and associated hospitals has condemned the alleged thrashing of a senior cardiologist by a J&K police officer. In  a statement issued Monday,  RDA spokeperson termed the incident as unfortunate at a time when the whole medical fraternity was working tirelessly and risking their lives in […]

Govt deploys officers to assist Coronavirus mitigation efforts

SRINAGAR: The government in an effort to ensure effective COVID-19 mitigation measures, has deployed Deputy Secretary, Power Development Department, Malik Waseem Ahmad, Deputy Secretary, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Suhail-ul-Islam, Deputy Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sartaj Hussain Madni and Under Secretary, Home Department, Abdul Rashid Raina with Deputy Commissioner Srinagar for assisting in […]

Two minor girls die in drowning incident in Srinagar outskirts

Srinagar: Two minor died girls died and three rescued in Zewan area of Panthachowk in Srinagar outskirts on Monday evening. SHO police station Pantha Chowk told Kashmir Reader that five minor girls drowned in stangnant rainwater at Dakteng quarries at Zewan area of Srinagar. Of them, two died and three were rescued by locals and […]

Srinagar Admin orders complete lockdown till May 31

Srinagar Admin orders complete lockdown till May 31

Srinagar: The district administration Srinagar on Saturday ordered complete lockdown across the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir till May 31. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr Shahid Choudhary said that the restrictions are already in place from past few months to contain the deadly virus from spreading. “People across the Srinagar district cooperated with the […]