Minor injured in blast

Excelsior Correspondent DODA, Sept 30: Gunpowder type material exploded here today inflicting minor injuries on a boy in Bhargi area of Gandoh. As per Police, the injured was identified as Vivek Singh, 10, son of…

Fire breaks out at house

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 30: A fire broke out at a residential structure at Pamposh Colony here today. Officials said the fire broke out this afternoon in the one of the rooms of one Roshan…

Let the World care for elderly people

Virender Kumar Gupta vkgupta51@rediffmail.com Elderly population is the treasured strength and valued asset of any society. Nevertheless, getting old is unquestionably a natural phenomenon that fetches both openings and contests. Indeed, advancement in health and…

Ladakh: From celebration to restlessness

Vijay Hashia vijayhashia@hotmail.com Ladakh, has been a politically quiet Himalayan region compared to its neighbour UT Jammu and Kashmir. It has witnessed far less political unrest and cross border insurgency than the decades of conflict…