JAMMU — In Jammu and Kashmir, nearly 33 lakh individual golden cards have been issued by the authorities since 2020 under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), reveals official data. As per the official figures under Sehat scheme, 33.70 lakh health-golden or Sehat-cards have been issued to individuals in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides, in J&K […]
Bol ki lub azad hein tayre Sheikh Mudasir Muneer When the mobile phone was launched in India, predominantly in Kashmir, it was weened that angels were born on earth and people used it with great enthusiasm. Systematically, mobile phones moved from affluent to average and then to the penurious. Nowadays you can’t see a herdsman […]
SRINAGAR — Amid fresh snowfall, Army on Tuesday said it rescued at least 14 civilians, who had got stuck after twin avalanches hit Tanghdar-Chowkibal highway of Kupwara district in north Kashmir. The avalanches, triggered by snow on Tuesday morning, blocked Tangdhar-Chowkibal road and 14 civilians including a child were stranded along with their vehicles. “Army’s […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley including Srinagar received light rains while some plains and higher reaches had light to moderate snowfall since overnight, officials said on Tuesday. Amid cloud cover, the night mercury increased across J&K and Ladakh with only three weather stations set up by the meteorological department here recording below sub-zero temperature. A meteorological […]
JAMMU — A man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl from Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. While the 14-year-old girl was rescued from the house of her abductor in Poonch district, the accused was arrested from a locality in Jammu within three weeks of the incident, […]
KABUL — Two earthquakes rattled Afghanistan’s western Badghis province along the border with Turkmenistan on Monday afternoon, killing at least 22 people, a local official said. There were fears the death toll could rise further as the first rescuers reached some of the remote villages struck by the temblors in what is one of Afghanistan’s […]
NEW DELHI — India reports 2,38,018 fresh cases of Covid-19, positive cases of coronavirus declined as 20,071 less cases are reported on Tuesday as compared to reported figures of January 17, positivity rate today falls to 14.43 per cent in a day. Recovery rate stands at 94.09 per cent as total of 1,57,421 recoveries were […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday found himself at the receiving end of an intense social media ridicule after a teleprompter malfunction appeared to leave him confused, stammering before forcing him briefly halt his public address at the World Economic Forum. Though Klaus Schwab the founder and Executive Chairman of the World […]
SRINAGAR — Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board (JKSSB), Khalid Jahangir on Monday said that the examinations scheduled to be held till January 22, will be conducted, as per the schedule and that almost 12,000 posts will be advertised soon. The SSB chairman said that there has been no decision regarding the postponement […]
RAJOURI — Three persons were killed while another was injured in a road accident that took place at Khawas in Rajouri district. Police told that in a late evening accident that took place at Bhella village road of Khawas, a tipper vehicle bearing registration number JK11A-6087 plunged into a roadside gorge. Four persons including the […]