Government committed to make women self reliant: Abdul Haq
PULWAMA Minister for Rural Development Panchayat Raj, Law and Justice, Abdul Haq today said the government is committed to strengthen women Self Help Groups (SHGs) by providing every possible assistance to them aimed at eradicating rural poverty and to achieve overall development of rural economy. Minister said this while reviewing the functioning of State Rural […]
Mehbooba expresses grief over deaths in Thatri cloudburst
SRINAGAR Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the tragic death of six persons in a cloudburst which hit the Thatri area of Doda district early this morning. Mehbooba Mufti has directed the District administration to intensify rescue and rehabilitation operations, provide adequate hospital treatment to the injured and make arrangements […]
Ram Nath Kovind new president of India
New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Ram Nath Kovind was on Thursday elected as the new President of India, securing a massive margin over his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rival Meira Kumar in a straight fight. In an electoral college of 4,986 voters with a vote value of 10,98,903, Kovind got 2,930 votes carrying […]
Bus accident at Himachal claims 15 lives.
Fifteen persons were killed and an equal number injured when a private bus carrying them fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district on Thursday, an official said. The accident occurred near Khaneri in Rampur, some 140 km from here. The bus with 35 passengers on board was on its way from Rekong Peo […]
China rejects talks with India,demand withdrawal from Doklam
China on Thursday reiterated that it won’t talk to India until New Delhi withdraws troops from Doklam where both armies have been locked in a stand-off for more than a month. China has repeatedly said the withdrawal of troops from Doklam was the precondition for any “meaningful dialogue” with India over the festering border row […]
Two injured in mysterious explosion in south Kashmir.
Two youth were injured in a mysterious explosion in Bahmnoo village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. Reports said that an explosive device went off in Bahmnoo village, resulting in injuries to two persons. The blast took place at the site of July 3 gunfight in which three militants were killed and five houses […]
KEG seeks PCI reinvestment in its credibility in J&K
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) suggested a visiting sub-committee of the Press Council of India (PCI) to reinvest in its efforts seriously so that its credibility in J&K is restored. One way of salvaging the credibility would be to revisit its 1991 report “Crisis and Credibility” that was a bid to undermine and subvert the […]
After massive clashes at Zainapora, police register case and arrest driver
Srinagar: Police on Thursday registered a case FIR against No 41/2017 under sections 279, 304 A in Police Station Zainapora in south Kashmir’s Shopian district against the troopers of 55 RR for crushing a nine year old girl to death, sources said.After registering the case police has arrested the accused driver. Zeeshan Farooq, a resident […]
Dozens injured as Zainapora protests swell
Latest news from the Zainapora Shopian said that protests have swelled in protest against the killing of minor girl by the speedy vehicle of army. Reports said more and more people are joining the protests while police and security forces have sealed many roads and have resorted to teargas shelling and firing in air.
Woman her grandson washed away in Kishtiwar
An elderly woman and her grandson were washed away in flash floods at Chichi area of Kishtiwar on thrusday police and witnesses said. They said that the due were grazing their sheep at Hydal Mill areas when the flash floods hit them. Their bodies were yet to be retrieved.
