GI tagging: KCCI welcomes AC’s decision
Srinagar: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc), President, Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad Monday welcomed the decision of the Administrative Council to transfer the administrative control of the Craft Development Institute (CDI) to the Industries and Commerce Department for promoting GI tagging of J&K arts and crafts. “The decision is welcome as it is aimed at […]
ACB arrests Patwari in Kulgam for accepting bribe
Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau J&K on Monday arrested a Patwari for allegedly demanding and accepting Rs 3,500 bribe in Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. An ACB spokesman, in a statement issued here today, said that the accused Mohammad Abbas, Patwari HalqaKewa, Qazigund, as per the complainant, was demanding bribe of Rs. 3500 for providing […]
Div Com Kashmir chairs meeting for installation of smart meters
“Act against those who create hindrances in the process”
Srinagar: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole on Monday chaired a meeting regarding installation of smart meters in Srinagar City, here. The meeting was attended by MD KPDCL, SP headquarter, ADC Srinagar, CE KPDCL, SE O&M Circle 2nd Srinagar, CEO, IT&C, Executive Directors Division 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, DGM RECPDCL, Executive […]
Last date for Haj-2022 application forms extended to Feb 15
Srinagar: The authorities today said that the last date for submission of online Haj application forms for Haj–2022 has been extended up to 15th February, 2022. They said that only those applicants who possess machine readable valid Indian International Passports issued on or before 15th February, 2022 and valid up to 31st December, 2022 will […]
IGP reviews security situation in Sopore
Visits family of cop killed in Anantnag
Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar on Monday visited Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and reviewed security situation there. A police spokesman said that IGP held a review meeting that attended by senior officers of Army and Police wherein IGP Kashmir instructed Sopore Police to generate actionable inputs and conduct anti-militancy […]
Ladakh reports 133 fresh Covid cases
Leh: Ladakh has reported 133 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the virus tally to 25,869 while the active cases in the union territory have come down to 1,212, officials said. The union territory has recorded 224 Covid-related deaths — 165 in Leh and 59 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, they […]
Drug peddler booked under PSA in Kathua
Jammu: An alleged interstate drug peddler was arrested and booked under the union territory’s stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kathua district here on Monday, police said. Rupesh Kumar alias Bobby is the first accused in a case of drug peddling to be arrested under PSA in Kathua this year and the fifth since last […]
POSTCARDS AND POSSIBILITIES
By: ANITA KARWAL When you acknowledge uncertainty, yet through an exploratory and creative process you think up of various possibilities, even project and predict the likelihoods of an unknown future, you are future thinking. You may speculate that students of a school education system that is sometimes targeted for being based on rote-learning, cannot possibly […]
India’s Central Asian Outreach
India renews efforts to reset its ties with CARs, in view of their crucial location and for boosting bilateral trade.
India’s ties with Central Asia can be traced back to the ancient Silk Road, along which goods, people, and ideas flowed. Geographically Central Asia has been at the intersection of crucial political and economic transformations for centuries. While the dissolution of the Silk Road limited exchanges, there is a renewed effort to reconnect India with […]
The Indian republic is robust and thriving.
During the last seven decades, the Constitution has provided integrity and stability, but it is our people who have kept the republic alive.
By: Nirmala Sitharaman A republic is made robust and kept alive by its people. In its current form, the Indian republic marks 73 years of maintaining a dynamic balance. This is often strained by the pushes and pulls of forces reflecting the plurality and diversity that India is known for. It is to the credit […]