Neonatal deaths: 36 Paediatricians left to cater the entire peripheries in Valley

Srinagar: With increasing deaths of neonates being reported in the state, the government has failed miserably to enhance the number of doctors in this vital sector. “There are only 36 Paediatricians taking care of the child care health system in peripheries. These doctors too prefer referring patients to Srinagar and are attending to the ailments […]

Slain militant’s brother kidnapped, thrashed

Pulwama: Unidentified masked gunmen on Sunday night abducted Muhammad Arif Malik the brother of a slain Lashkar-e-Taiba Commander from his shop in Litter area of Pulwama. The abducted youth was later set free in an injured condition. Arif Ahmad Malik, brother of former Lashker commander Pintoo Malik and son of late Gulam Hassan Malik resident […]

Police denies reports of spike in Kashmiris joining militant ranks

  Jammu: Director General of police S P Vaid today downplayed reports that there has been a sharp spike in the number of young Kashmiris joining militant groups this year, saying militancy was not on the rise and the situation in the state was fast returning to normal. PTI had reported yesterday that there has […]

IPS officer faces ‘explanation’ for regretting militant killings 

Jammu: Government is seeking an explanation from a young IPS officer for his recent speech in which he reportedly termed the killing of Kashmiri militants “our collective failure”, DGP S P Vaid said today. At an event to mark the ninth anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, SSP Shailendra Kumar Mishra, who is posted as […]

Minister for transparent services delivery in Revenue Deptt

Budgam: Minister for Revenue Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, Abdul Rehman Veeri stressed on prompt service deliverance and maintaining transparency in the working of the department. The Minister was speaking at ‘ Mehjoor day’ organised by the All J&K Patwari Association in Budgam. The Patwari association had also organised a blood donation camp in association with […]

JKTDC begins 10 day HARISA festival

  Jammu: J&K Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) today organized Harisa Festival ‘A winter cuisine of Kashmir’ to give a novel experience of Kashmiri traditional cuisine to Jammuites and to tourists. Managing Director JKTDC, Anjum Gupta inaugurated the 10 day festival which is being organized by JKTDC to bring the taste of Kashmiri traditional winter cuisine […]

Growers off for training-cum-exposure visit

  Srinagar: With an aim to provide exposure to the growers, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today flagged off a group of growers representing different districts for training-cum-exposure visit to Division of Foriculture, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi. On the occasion, Director Floriculture and other concerned officials of the department were present. The tour is […]

Ganga participates in Christmas, Gurpurab celebrations

Jammu: Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander Parkash Ganga extended his wishes to people of Jammu, on the auspicious occasion of Christmas and Gurpurab. The Minister attended Christmas celebrations organized at Christian Colony, Bari Brahmana by Christian Welfare Association. He asserted that state government is following the development mantra of centre government “Sabka Sath Sabka […]

Social Media is a powerful platform for Dawah

Since my childhood I was very much interested in Dawah (invitation towards Islam). But one thing was missing: a good platform. In 2009, my dream came true when I first time logged in to social media platform Facebook. It gave me a great opportunity to reach to non- Muslims. By the grace of Allah, the […]

Editorial: Follow rules for reprimand

Srinagar: Though for wrong reasons most of the time, teachers have been in the news in our state. During the past two weeks the teaching community has been on the receiving end for not performing their teaching assignments- but for various other reasons.  A couple of days back a sub-divisional magistrate allegedly thrashed and made […]