Srinagar: “Life cannot stop, we have to move on,” said Ramesh Mehra, the owner of popular food joint Krishna Dhaba here, on Tuesday as he returned to work nearly two months after his son was shot dead by militants. Mehra’s world came crashing down on February 17 when his son, Akash, was shot at by […]
Washington: President Joe Biden has decided to leave American troops in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline negotiated with the Taliban by the Trump administration, and has set the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks as the new goal, US officials said Tuesday. Biden has been hinting for weeks that he was going to […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir saw another grim day of burgeoning Covid-19 caseload as 991 fresh cases were reported on Monday, though fortunately no Covid-related death was reported in the last 24 hours. The official Covid bulletin said that the new cases included 492 from Kashmir Division and 499 from Jammu Division. Srinagar district continued to […]
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday re-launched Android based Mobile application named as “DAK-HELPDESK” amid significant surge in covid positive cases in the ongoing second wave of Covid-19. The application can be downloaded from “jkdak.in” through Google. “The application can be downloaded by people across the region who need online medical consultations either telephonically […]
Anantnag: Amid the raging pandemic in Kashmir, almost the entire staff of the Microbiology department of Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here, went on a day-long picnic to Pahalgam, leaving the functioning of the department to a couple of junior paramedics. The Microbiology department takes care of the diagnostic part of the hospital. As the […]
Doda: Six passengers, including three women, were killed and four others critically injured after a minibus skidded off the road and broke into two parts before falling into a river near Doda district on Monday, police said. The incident took place on the Thathri-Gandoh road near Piyakul village, 42 km from Doda, they said. A […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Monday that the administration will soon unveil a new film policy aimed at bringing back the golden film era to J&K. Addressing a two day tourism promotion event, “Tapping the Potential of Kashmir: Another Day in Paradise”, he said that Jammu & Kashmir has a great tourism potential […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said her party will continue to struggle for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and asserted that India and Pakistan will have to sit across the dialogue table for the resolution of all outstanding issues, including Kashmir. “We will continue with our struggle for the restoration […]
Srinagar: Five years ago one of the pillars of an iron bridge in Nambla village in border town Uri was damaged by floods in the stream it stood over. Since then, the authorities are yet to take any steps for its repair. Villagers of Nambla say that it was after a lot of efforts by […]
Shopian: Though a lot of things are being touted by the government in the name of empowerment and education of girls, the government girls’ higher secondary school in Shopian is a study in contrast. Despite being the lone girls’ higher secondary school in the entire district, it has never received the attention of higher authorities […]