Increase in Covid-19 cases
Covid-19 is once again in the news as there has been slight increase in fresh cases.Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, like other parts of the country, has been reporting increased cases of Covid-19 from past more than a week. This has come as a grim reminder that the virus is very much here, ready […]
Kashmir – the crime hub
Man kills a girl in Budgam district and chops her body. An alleged drug edit son kills his mother in Sopore. A father strangulates his nine-year-old daughter and then slits her throat in Kupwara district. These are not the scenes from some Hollywood crime thriller but the real stories of a land that in recent […]
Education of minorities
The stoppage of Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) for minority students last year has raised concern among the minorities that it will fetter the the educational growth of students and will halt their entry into higher degrees – MPhil and PhD. Though continuation of MANF would have added sophistication in the higher education for minority […]
Terror hits again
A day after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha handed over a government job appointment letter to Suneeta Pandith, wife of Suneel Pandith, a Kashmiri Pandit who was shot dead by terrorists in Chotipora area of Shopian on August 16 last year, one more Kashmiri Hindu fell to the bullets of terrorists on Sunday.Sanjay Sharma, who worked […]
Listen to the people
In the latest edition of ‘LG’s Mulaqat’, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with the people and heard their grievances and reviewed the action taken on the grievances of the applicants by the concerned Administrative Secretaries, Deputy Commissioners and other senior officers. LG asserted that the prime objective of his administration is quality grievance disposal, constant […]
Remembering Bapu
December 30 is the day when Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi or Bapu, was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse. Gandhi, the father of nation, was assassinated because he and his politics stood for love, humanity, fraternity and equality. He was a true Hindu who believed in the true philosophy of […]
Unsafe roads of UT
Five persons, including a woman, were killed and fifteen others injured after a mini-bus plunged into a gorge in Sila village in Kathua district on Friday night.From Lieutenant Governor to politicians expressed shock over the unfortunate accident. Such kind of reports are published in newspapers almost on daily basis. There is hardly any day when […]
Eradicating corruption
Corruption is the menace that hampers the progress and development of any society in the world. When the corrupt practices become a normal, the society as a whole is destined to fail economically and rot morally. Deserving get neglected and those not deserving are benefitted thus disturbing the equilibrium of the society. Corruption breeds injustice […]
Reviving silk industry
The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved an ambitious project worth Rs 91 crore envisaging revival and revitalization of the silk industry in the UT through technological interventions.The project which contains end-to-end interventions, right from the availability of mulberry leaves to better seed and worm production and finally, augmentation of reeling facilities shall double the […]
Tackling cyber crimes
Cybercrime might be a new thing to Kashmir, but the world has been grappling with this for quite a long time. Over the years, developed societies like that of Europeans and Westerners have succeeded to curb the cybercrime menace to a large extent by bringing tougher laws into practice. Also, these countries have developed enough […]
