My mother the sparrow: Lessons from a humble mother

My mother the sparrow: Lessons from a humble mother

My mother is a sparrow. Humble, small. Muted of colour and quick to dart away for cover at attention. She fades into the underbrush with a flit of a wing, a whisper of a rustle … then nothing, leaving in her wake just a feeling of warmth at catching in action something so typically below […]

‘Don’t think Kapil bhai understood what I was saying’: Shoaib Akhtar explains why he wants India vs Pakistan match

‘Don’t think Kapil bhai understood what I was saying’: Shoaib Akhtar explains why he wants India vs Pakistan match

Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar believes an India vs Pakistan encounter will help raise money at a time when the world was locked down owing to the coronavirus pandemic. This response came after former India captain Kapil Dev said India has enough money and that, they do not need to play Pakistan to generate funds. […]

Migrant workers returning home could spread coronavirus in India, Pakistan and Bangladeh: World Bank

Migrant workers returning home could spread coronavirus in India, Pakistan and Bangladeh: World Bank

The World Bank on Sunday said migrant workers returning home could become vectors carrying the coronavirus to unaffected states and villages and that preliminary findings indicated in India many outmigration areas are likely to have COVID-19 cases. In its biannual regional report, the World Bank said South Asia is one of the highest population density […]

COVID19: 65 prisoners released in J&K

COVID19: 65 prisoners released in J&K

ixty-five prisoners, including 22 who were arrested under Public Safety Act (PSA), were released to decongest jails across Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The information was given by the director general of prisons in a written report submitted to the division bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court here. The bench, […]

More Covid cases in Ladakh

More Covid cases in Ladakh

Srinagar: Authorities in the Union Territory of Ladakh are struggling to break the cycle of Covid-19, but are worried now as more cases are emerging from the already declared Choshot Yokma village containment area. Though the area has been sealed now, authorities want to go for door-to-door testing. One more person has tested positive for Covid-19 […]

Cyber police Kashmir zone took cognizance of hatred video posted on social media

Cyber police Kashmir zone took cognizance of hatred video posted on social media

Latest News COVID-19 Enforce 24×7 strict lock down: Advisor Baseer Khan to DCs Cyber police Kashmir zone took cognizance of hatred video posted on social media FIR registered 22 KNS By : KNS |   Srinagar, Publish Date: Saturday, April 11, 2020 9:50:32 PM | Updated Date : Saturday, April 11, 2020 9:50:32 PM Srinagar,April 11 (KNS): Cyber Police Station Kashmir on Saturday […]

Use social media for circulation of authentic Covid19 related information: Dr Sehrish to people

Use social media for circulation of authentic Covid19 related information: Dr Sehrish to people

Srinagar, Apr 11 (KNS): Director Department of Information & Public Relations Dr Sehrish Asgar on Saturday advised social media users to play thier role in circulation of authentic news which would cement efforts of administration to battle Covid19 in J&K. She appealed people to come out of their homes only in case of exigency. Talking […]

J&K High court stays cutting down distinctive 16-20 million Russian poplar trees

J&K High court stays cutting down distinctive 16-20 million Russian poplar trees

Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed its own 2015 order  directing the civil administration to cut down Russian Poplar trees in the newly created union territory. Authorities had begun cutting down the trees stating that the pollen generated from the female variety could act as a carrier of the Covid-19 virus. The court […]