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💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELH: SC partially recalls directions in March 20, 2018 verdict which virtually diluted provision of arrest under SC/ST Act. SC says struggle of SC/ST people for equality is still not over in country. SC/ST people still face untouchability, abuse and are being socially outcast said SC. (agencies) The post SC partially recalls directions in Mar 20, 2018 verdict which virtually diluted provision of arrest under SC/ST Act appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The CBI is carrying out searches at 11 locations in Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in connection with illegal sand mining leases given in Saharanpur, officials said on Tuesday. The move comes after the agency registered a fresh FIR in connection with allocation of leases in Saharanpur, they said. The CBI teams are conducting searches at around 11 locations including Saharanpur, Dehradun and Lucknow at the premises of the accused in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of sand mining leases at Saharanpur. (agencies) The post Illegal sand mining leases: CBI searches at 11 locations in UP, Uttarakhand appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 Sir, India needs a new culture of opposition politics. In a democracy, opposition is supposed to play the role of a corrective role in the conduct of governance. ‘Corrective’ implies that it has to constructively intervene to correct the course. But unfortunately, opposition now means blind opposition to whatever the Government or the ruling party does. Opposition now means a certain antagonism bordering on hatred. It is, however, heartening to see that some of the younger elements in Congress are showing the courage to express their support to certain actions of the Government that they feel are good and in national interest, irrespective of the stand taken by their party on those issues. So we have had Jyotiraditya Scindia supporting the abrogation of the special status to Jammu & Kashmir, saying it was long overdue. The latest in the series is former Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora, who hailed the Modi-Trump show Howdy Modi at Houston as ‘a momentous firs...

💻Jk News info 📰 Sir, We, the people of J&K, have been witnessing a mushrooming rise of private schools to complement the vacuum created due utter failure of Government schools up to secondary level. This sector has been exploited by private enterprises due to easy scope of making money with almost no control by any government agency. It is actually a failure of our Government to manage education system at comparable standards that compels poor parents to knock the door of privately owned education centers and get victimized in a hope to provide good education for their children. These privately owned schools functioning both in urban and rural areas are run by the proprietors at their own terms and conditions. They exploit both parents and teachers apparently due to lack of good government schools and prevalent unemployment. It is really hard for parents to spare capitation fee at the time of admission and also a heavy monthly fee to educate their children besides other allied e...

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💻Jk News info 📰 A K Arora Today is international day of Elders. Like many other international days being celebrated all over the globe, this day is celebrated to introspect as to what we have done or we are doing for the elders. Times have shown that this day is probably one of the least glorified day.It is nothing but our apathy. Being an international day it is also celebrated to moblise action for the welfare of the senior citizens. Any citizen of India who is more than 60 years old is a senior citizen. According to census 2011 at present there shall be nearly 11 crore elders in India and the number is likely to grow to 17 crores by the year 2026. It is estimated that by the year 2050 the number of senior citizens shall be more than the youngsters. The day is celebrated in various countries in different ways such as :- Grand parents day is celebrated in United States and Canada, Respect Day for the aged in Japan Double ninth festival in China and similarly in other countries o...

💻Jk News info 📰 WASHINGTON : Asserting India’s non-partisan stand to domestic American politics, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the term “Abki Baar Trump Sarkaar” in the Houston rally, merely referring to what US President Donald Trump had said to endear himself to the Indian American community during his presidential campaign. Currently on a three-day trip to Washington DC, Jaishankar strongly refuted the notion that the prime minister used the phrase to endorse Trump’s candidature for his 2020 re-election campaign. “No, he did not say that,” the minister said when asked during a news conference with Indian journalists about the implication of the prime minister purportedly using the slogan in his Houston address. “I think, please, look very carefully at what the prime minister said. My recollection of what the prime minister said was that candidate Trump had used this (“Ab Ki Baar Trump Sarkaar”). So PM is talking about th...

💻Jk News info 📰 Dimple Sharma Why would you allow your family to suffer for the greed of a few? Why would you let your future generations choke under the propaganda of a handful of pseudo-environmentalists? Why won’t you support a great leader for a noble cause? If you feel unable to answer these simple questions, then you should re-think on your commitment to support the ban on the use of single use plastic. Plastic is one thing that has penetrated deep into our social setup. It has undoubtedly resulted in an expanded market for selected few and availability of products for a large portion of the population. But at the same time it has also eroded our value system. This is how! In order to maintain our petty convenience, we decided to compromise with the the very basis of our existence, the Mother Nature. How could we even imagine a safe and prosperous future for our next generation when we have vehemently decided to demolish our very homes? Time and again, we have heard voices ...

💻Jk News info 📰 Dr Mandeep Kaur 1st October is celebrated as the International Day for Elderly People each year which was first established at 14th of December in the year 1990 by the United Nations General Assembly. It was started celebrating for the first time on October 1st in the year 1991 to aware the people about issues which affects the elders as well as to appreciate their contribution towards the society. Adequate nutrition is a vital factor in promoting the health and wellbeing of the aged. Inadequate nutrition may contribute to an accelerated physical and mental degeneration. Poor oral health can be a detrimental factor to nutritional status and health. Disorders of the oral cavity have contributed to poor eating habits in the elderly. Loose painful teeth or ill-fitting dentures may result in a reduced desire or ability to eat. A compromised nutritional status, in turn can further undermine the integrity of the oral cavity are closely interrelated, diet and nutrition sho...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for his “Abki Baar Trump Sarkar” remark at the “Howdy, Modi!” event, saying it reflected his “incompetence”, which had caused serious problems with the Democrats for India. He thanked External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for “covering up” Modi’s “incompetence” and urged him to teach the prime minister “a little bit about diplomacy”. “Thank you Mr Jaishankar for covering up our PM’s incompetence. His fawning endorsement caused serious problems with the Democrats for India. I hope it gets ironed out with your intervention. While you’re at it, do teach him a little bit about diplomacy,” Gandhi wrote on Twitter. He tagged a news report with his tweet, quoting Jaishankar as saying that what the prime minister had said at the “Howdy, Modi!” event in Houston recently should not be misinterpreted. Jaishankar said India had adopted a non-partisan stand to domestic American politic...

💻Jk News info 📰 It is a mystery as to why Pahari speaking people of Jammu and Kashmir have been deprived of getting the facility of 3 per cent reservation despite the fact that the J&K Reservation (Amendment) Bill was duly passed by both the houses of the legislature in February last year. Governor has already given his assent to the Bill in January this year nearly more than eight months back, but as many as eleven months after it having gone through the process of the Legislative Assembly. As a mandatory process, it should have been followed by issuing of Statutory Rules and Orders (SRO) to make it effective. In other words, the long wait by these hitherto neglected sections of the society, mostly living in hilly and difficult areas of Rajouri, Poonch, Baramulla and Kupwara districts of Jammu and Kashmir is continuing unabatedly since the process of the facility of reservation is, for the time being, left in deep freezer. The question, however, is as to why and how long? Mired...

💻Jk News info 📰 JAMMU : The Pakistan Army on Tuesday targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district with mortar shells and small arms firing, an official said. The Indian Army retaliated and heavy exchange of fire was still going on when last reports were received, a defence spokesman said. “Today at about 0745 hours, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing of small arms and shelling with mortars in Shahpur and Kirni sectors of district Poonch”, the spokesman said. Six persons were injured in the shelling by Pakistani troops in Poonch on Sunday. According to officials, Pakistan violated the ceasefire over 2,000 times along the LoC this year, leaving 21 people dead and scores of others injured. India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan to ask its forces to adhere to the 2003 ceasefire understanding and maintain peace and tranquillity along the LoC and the International Border. (agencies) The post Pak lobs mortars at forward posts i...

💻Jk News info 📰 Why should Ayurved be subjected to an inferior or second class type treatment from the Government when the avowed policy of the Government is to treat at parity and with equal attention, all branches and ways of treatment of human diseases. Measures taken with half baked and half planned manner never bring about the desired results. The same is true of setting up of Government Ayurved College at Jammu in the year 2017 with intake capacity of 50 students as this college is still not fully operative being run on internal arrangement basis. It is continuing to be in that state even on date despite the third batch of 50 students is about to start within a few days to study the Indian medicinal way of treatment. Should the Government be very eager to attend to the requirements of the existing Medical Colleges and even about the proposed new five ones in Kathua, Rajouri, Baramulla and Anantnag respectively with preferred zeal when in the newly opening colleges, even the fi...

💻Jk News info 📰 BALASORE: India on Monday successfully test fired a land-attack version of Brahmos supersonic missile from Chandipur coast in Odisha’s Balasore district. The test met all flight parameters, said a source in the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO). The missile, with a strike range of 290km, can be fired from land as well as sea-based platforms, he said. On March 11, 2017 the first extended version of the missile, which had strike range of 450 km, was successfully tested, the source added. BrahMos is a joint venture between the DRDO and the NPOM of Russia. (AGENCIES) The post Land-attack version of BrahMos missile successfully test-fired appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday launched a mini SUV S-PRESSO priced between Rs 3.69 lakh and Rs 4.91 lakh (ex-showroom). The new model, which is based on the company’s fifth generation HEARTECT platform, comes with a BS-VI compliant one-litre petrol engine with a claimed fuel efficiency of 21.7 km per litre. S-PRESSO comes equipped with both manual and auto gear shift (AGS) transmission options. “Today, compact is the natural choice of India’s car customers. At the same time, today is the age of disruptions. We realised that entry level compact segment needs a fresh design language,” MSI Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kenichi Ayukawa told reporters here. The company’s engineers and designers have created this new mini SUV which is aggressive on the outside and comes with bold and dynamic interiors, he added. “Nothing like this has ever been attempted before, on a vehicle in this segment. It connects wi...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat government to give within two weeks Rs 50 lakh compensation, a job and an accommodation of choice to Bilkis Bano, who was gang raped when she was five months pregnant during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Gujarat government as to why it has not given the compensation, job and accommodation to Bilkis despite the apex court’s April 23 order. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the state, told the bench that compensation of Rs 50 lakh was not provided in the victim compensation scheme of Gujarat and they would also file a plea seeking review of the top court’s April order. “Should we note in the order that the compensation has been ordered keeping in view the peculiar facts of the case,” the bench, also comprising justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer, observed and asked the state government to give the compensation, job and accommodation to Bilkis wi...

💻Jk News info 📰 HOUSTON: Researchers have found a key molecule that helps bacteria living in the guts of mammals to influence the body’s process behind the absorption of dietary fat. The findings, published in the journal Science, may help understand the root causes of obesity in affluent countries, and malnutrition in impoverished countries. The researchers, including those from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the US, found a key molecule involved in synchronising the absorption of nutrients in the gut with our body’s natural clock that lets one’s cells perceive the day-night cycle. They found that the beneficial microbes in the gut wind up the body’s biological clock, or circadian rhythm, by activating a protein called histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) which is made by cells lining the gut. These cells, the researchers said, act as intermediaries between bacteria that aid in the digestion of food, and proteins that play a role in absorption of nutrients. The...

💻Jk News info 📰 MUMBAI: Rani Mukerji-fronted cop-drama “Mardaani 2” is slated to be released on December 13. The movie, backed by Yash Raj Films, is written and directed by Gopi Puthran. It will see Rani reprise the role of cop Shivani Shivaji Roy. “This Navratri, good will triumph over evil. Mark the date. #Mardaani2onDecember13 #RaniMukerji #GopiPuthran @Mardaani2,” the post on YRF’s official Twitter account read on Monday. The production banner also shared a 30 second-long teaser of the movie on the microblogging site. It is a sequel to 2014 critically-acclaimed hit “Mardaani”, which was directed by Pradeep Sarkar. The production house is starting the “Mardaani” franchise with the project. (agencies) The post Rani Mukerji’s ‘Mardaani 2’ to release on December 13 appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 MELBOURNE: Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell believes Test cricket is threatened not just by the rising popularity of T20s but also climate change, something that the boards around the globe need to pay serious attention. “Closer inspection of the five-day game indicates there are some serious challenges ahead. Two of the biggest concerns are the effect of the T20 game and climate change on the longer version,” Chappell wrote in his column for ‘ESPNCricinfo’ website. Sharing his concerns about the future of Test cricket, Chappell said: “The effects of climate change on the game are a major concern, and the solutions rely on decisive action being taken by some annoyingly reticent politicians. “For starters, drastic increases in temperature will add to the health dangers for players. There’s nothing more frustrating than a game delayed by rain, but imagine if players are off the field because the sun burns too brightly.” The former captain, who has battled skin ...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday alleged that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh is stopping her party’s march in support of the law student who has accused Swami Chinmayanand of rape and arresting its leaders. The opposition party added on its official Twitter handle that district borders in Shahjahanpur have been blocked from all sides and Congress leaders such as Jitin Prasada detained. The party said the protest march has been blocked by UP Police. “The criminals in UP have the protection of the government so they can intimidate the rape victim,” Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi. “The UP BJP government wants to suppress the voice seeking justice for daughter of Shahjahanpur. The padyatra is being stopped. Our workers and leaders are being arrested. What is there to be afraid of?” the Congress general secretary in-charge UP East said. The student was on Wednesday arrested on charges of extortion and sent to 14 days judicia...

💻Jk News info 📰 CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the IITians were making Brand India globally stronger. Delivering his address at the 56th convocation of the IIT-Madras here  after distributing awards and certificates, he said that there was  confidence in the abilities in the young people of India. “During my visit to the U.S., in our discussions there was one thread  common. It was optimism about New India.. The confidence in the  abilities of the young people of India”, he said. Stating that the Indian community has made a mark for itself all  over the world, especially in science, technology and innovation. Mr Modi said ”who is powering this? Lot of them are your IIT seniors. You are making Brand India stronger globally.” “The number of IIT graduates in UPSC will surprise both you and  me. You are making India a more developed place”, he added. ”Go to the corporate world, you will see many many who studied  in IIT. You are...

💻Jk News info 📰 RANCHI: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said that Jharkhand possesses not only 40 per cent of the country’s minerals but also has substantial human resources. The President was addressing the 33rd convocation of the Ranchi University here. “I can say to Chief Minister Raghubar Das that your state is full of natural resources. It also has one of the largest human resource repositories,” Kovind said, congratulating about 3,000 students who were awarded degrees at the convocation. He recalled the role of Birsa Munda who spearheaded an uprising against the British in the Chota Nagpur region in the early 19th century. “Birsa Munda, whom we refer to as ‘Bhagwaan’, was one of the greatest freedom fighters from this region, and a source of inspiration not only for Jharkhand but for the entire nation. He also recalled the contributions of other tribal icons like Sidho-Kanho, Jatra Tana Bhagat and Chand-Bhairov, and appreciated the role of Tana Bhagats, who followed t...

💻Jk News info 📰 SHAHJAHANPUR (UP): About 80 Congress workers were arrested on Monday while holding a public meeting ahead of a march they had planned in support of the student who has accused BJP’s former Union minister Chinmayanand of rape, police said. Accusing the Uttar Pradesh Police of blocking the march, the Congress said its leaders, including former Union minister Jitin Prasad, were detained. District borders of Shahjahanpur have been blocked from all sides, the opposition party added on its official Twitter handle. Party leaders have planned a 180-km march from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow. According to Superintendent of Police (city) Dinesh Tripathi, Congress workers were holding a meeting in front of the party office at a time when prohibitory orders were promulgated in the city and 80 of them have been arrested. “They had not taken any permission from the administration. After arrest, they have been taken to Police Lines,” Tripathi said. Police sources claimed that Prasad...

💻Jk News info 📰 AHMEDABAD: The abrogation of Article 370 is a true tribute by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to nearly 35,000 jawans who lost their lives fighting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday. The steps taken by the government will bring ever- lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir and enable it to head towards development, Shah said here after inspecting a parade of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) on its 27th Raising Day. “I believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid the most befitting tribute to 35,000 martyred jawans (in Kashmir) by abrogating Articles 370 and 35A,” he said. “The situation was such that our jawans were losing their lives in Jammu and Kashmir for so many years. This situation was there for 70 years, but nobody had the courage or even paid attention to rectify the situation,” he said. Shah thanked Modi for the decision to abrogate Article 370 from the “stage of CRPF” (whose personnel are deployed in Kashmir). “I wan...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday referred a batch of petitions challenging abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir to its Constitution bench which would hear the matters from Tuesday. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi referred the pleas, which also raised issues of alleged restrictions imposed on movement of journalists in Kashmir as well as petitions claiming illegal detention of minors in the Valley, to its five-judge bench. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by justice N V Ramana will hear the matters related to the Kashmir issue from Tuesday. The post Abrogation of Article 370: SC refers batch of pleas to Constitution bench, hearing from Oct 1 appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to further entertain Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko’s plea seeking production of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah before it and said the MDMK leader can challenge the detention order under the Public Safety Act. “He (Abdullah) is under detention under the Public Safety Act,” a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi told Vaiko’s counsel. Vaiko’s counsel questioned the conduct of Jammu and Kashmir administration and claimed that few minutes before the scheduled hearing in the apex court on September 16, Abdullah was detained under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act. The bench also comprising justices S A Bobde and S A Nazeer said the petitioner can challenge the detention order against Abdullah under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act before the appropriate authority. (agencies) The post SC refuses to further entertain plea for producing Farooq Abdullah appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest ...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: SC says MDMK leader Vaiko can file fresh plea to challenge detention of former J-K CM Farooq Abdullah. (agencies) The post Vaiko can file fresh plea to challenge detention of Farooq Abdullah: SC appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: SC refers batch of pleas on Kashmir issue to its Constitution bench which will hear matters on abrogation of Article 370 from Tuesday. (agencies) The post SC to hear pleas on abrogation of Article 370 from tomorrow appeared first on Jammu Kashmir Latest News | Tourism | Breaking News J&K . News posted by jknewsinfo Click Here Download JK News info Android app from play store

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria on Monday took charge as the 26th chief of the Indian Air Force. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, who retired after 41 years of service in the IAF. Air Marshal Bhadauria was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in June 1980, and has held various command, staff and instructional positions. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF in June 1980 and won the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ for standing first in the overall order of merit. During his nearly four-decade career, Bhadauria commanded a Jaguar squadron and a premier Air Force Station. He devised a method for carrying bombing from the Jaguar aircraft using the Global Positioning System (GPS). This was especially relevant for the bombing role of Jaguar aircraft in Operation Safed Sagar in 1999. Bhadauria also has 4,250 hours of flying experience on 26 types of fig...

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💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: The HRD Ministry has directed the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to come up with an action plan to improve their national and international rankings. Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ had also raised the issue of rankings in the recent meeting of the IIT Council, the highest decision-making body of 23 IITs. “The issue was discussed in the Council meeting. It is important to work on research excellence. The IITs have been asked to work on improving their national and international rankings. For this each, IIT will come up with an action plan,” a senior HRD Ministry official said. The QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) and Times Higher Education (THE), both of which are based in London, are two of the most prominent higher-education surveys in the world. But even the most celebrated Indian institutes – including the IITs and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) – have consistently failed to make it to the top 100 in these lists, w...

💻Jk News info 📰 CHENNAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the world has “great expectations” from India, and asserted his government will lead the country to a path of ‘greatness’ where it will be beneficial to the entire globe. On his first visit to Tamil Nadu after retaining power in this year’s Lok Sabha polls, the Prime Minister reiterated his campaign against single-use plastic. “During my (just concluded) US tour I saw the world has great expectations from India, which is growing. It is the responsibility of all—we will certainly ensure the welfare of India, and swiftly, but we will make it such a great nation that it will be useful for the world,” he said. Making the country great was not the job of the Central government, but that of 130 crore Indians, he said addressing BJP workers at a felicitation function organised by the party at the airport. This was the job of citizens settled in every nook and corner of the country and “whether those who live in city o...

💻Jk News info 📰 NEW DELHI: Delhi may witness scattered rains over the next three-four days which will help reduce humidity and keep air quality within “satisfactory” levels, the weather office said on Monday. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said scattered light rains are expected in the national capital over the next three to four days which will help check humidity and pollution levels. Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather, a private forecaster, said Delhi’s air quality is unlikely to witness a sharp deterioration due to on and off light rain and favourable wind direction. “Until mid-October, there’s no chance of smog from Punjab and Haryana to travel to the Delhi-NCR region as winds are blowing in the opposite direction,” he said. On Monday morning, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recorded the city’s air quality index at 55, which falls in the “satisfactory” category. An AQI between 0 and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 a...

💻Jk News info 📰 Terming terror as the biggest challenge not only to a single country but to the entire world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi , at the most important platform of the World Body, the UN General Assembly, yet again exhorted the world community to get united to fight terrorism. Why he spoke this with emphasis, is to strengthen the immortal principle of ‘live and let live’ and abhorring of violence and spilling of blood to fuel hate , prejudice and discrimination . He sent the message to the world community and shared the information about the great civilization of this country as having never promoted war nor invaded any country but having delivered the message of peace – ‘No Yudh but Budh’. As the leader of the country which has for centuries together preached peace , amity , co-existence and tolerance but unfortunately been a victim of vicious terrorism from Pakistan, Modi invoked humanity and human values for the sake of which terrorism had to be nipped for ever. Gettin...

💻Jk News info 📰 We want to draw the attention towards the level of “efficiency” of the authorities concerned in arranging construction of a new Bus Stand at Samba town which was built for the facilities of passengers as also for orderly parking, arriving and departing of inter-state and local buses to and fro different routes.So far so good, for reasons not known as to why incompetence of the concerned authorities kept haunting it to the extent of rendering it non-functional and hence abandoned. The fallout of this policy of making a thing for a specific purpose and then leaving it unutilized and inert has accentuated the traffic mess and congestion in the busy town and has also been one of the chief reasons of spurt in road accidents . However, the only psychological “relief” from the amount spent on its making could be derived and ‘felt’ by seeing the Bus Stand area put to ‘alternate use’ for playing cricket by the children of the area. Having been built in the year 2008 at a cost...

Amjed Jaaved India’s view is that abrogation of special status and Kashmiris’ hereditary proprietary rights is an internal matter. They harp that Kashmir is an integral part of India. Kashmiris’ struggle to shake off Indian yoke amounts to terrorism. And that its legislative  coup d’état  would be harbinger of peace, amity, and lasting prosperity in Indian-held Kashmir. Pakistan’s view is, unless revocation is withdrawn and curfew lifted, the situation would result in blood bath. There are eight million Kashmiris under clampdown by nine lac Indian troops.  What’s the truth? Terrorists or freedom fighters:  Unlike Kashmir, Bangladesh was not a disputed state like Jammu And Kashmir State. It was an integral part of Pakistan. But, harboured, nurtured, trained and armed Bangladeshi `freedom fighters’ in India’s lexicon. Pakistan calls them `terrorists’.  USA’s gallery of `freedom fighters’ : Noam Chomsky recalls USA sheltered gallery of Latin American terrorists,...