Hima Das became the first Indian athlete to win an international gold for the country. The 18-year-old from Assam won track gold in the 400 metre final in Finland, at Tampere’s World U20 Championships. Yet, a curious section on social media was busy wondering something else — What is Hima Das’ caste? The Google search on Hima Das,…
SRINAGAR, (PTK): The Government has sanctioned Rs 4 Lakh ex-gratia to the next of the kin of those who died due to sudden landslide at Siar Baba Water Fall in Reasi. An immediate relief of Rs 30000 was also provided to the persons injured in the tragic incident. As per the district administration Reasi, 7…
JAMMU: Former Minister and MLA Basholi, Choudhary Lal Singh has pooh-poohed the claim of ex-Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti wherein she had said that if New Delhi breaks up her party, Kashmir situation would return to the 1990s. “How can someone who isn’t convinced with your party would pick up gun and become a militant to…
Music, they say, has the power of lifting the soul. No matter where you are from, what dress you wear, what language you speak, a good tune doesn’t discriminate. The love of music is beyond all manmade borders. A Pakistani man playing a song from the Bollywood hit movie ‘Dhadhkan’ on his rubab is a beautiful example…
SRINAGAR, (PTK): State General Secretry of Pradesh Congress Committee and MLA Bandipora Usman Majid here on today said that SRO 202 is injustice to the highly qualified youth of J&K & it has created frustration and anger among the youth of J&K. Majid said that SRO-202 is an anti-youth and must be revoked at the…
Srinagar: An unknown militant on Monday was killed in an ongoing encounter that raged along the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier Kupwara district. More details awaited. (PTK)
