Dr Samoon reviews status of admissions in Govt Polytechnics
Asks Principals of GPs for 100 percent enrolment SRINAGAR, JULY 27: Principal Secretary Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon today chaired a meeting of officers to review the status of admission in the Government Polytechnic colleges across Jammu and Kashmir. Director Skill Development, Secretary Board of technical Education (BOTE), officers from J&K Board […]
Statehood to J&K to be restored at appropriate time: MoS Home.
The Minister of State for Home Affairs on Wednesday informed the Parliament that statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would be granted at an appropriate time. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, MoS Home, Nityanand Rai, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that delimitation Commission has notified orders […]
Sonia Gandhi appears for third round of questioning at ED
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi appeared for the third round of questioning on Wednesday before the Enforcement Directorate office in connection with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. Mrs Gandhi reached the ED office accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The Congress workers continued to protest at All India Congress […]
We are sticking through these tough times: Nicholas Pooran
After losing yet another ODI series to India, West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran said that the players are ‘hurting’ but he is confident they can turn their fortunes around in the 50-over format. Incidentally, the loss in the second ODI at Port of Spain turned out to be West Indies’ eighth consecutive defeat in the […]
Thousands of cows buried at landfill after deadly heatwave in US
CHICAGO: Top US cattle feeding companies sent 1,000-pound carcasses to a Kansas landfill, where they were flattened by loader machines and mixed with trash, after a June heatwave killed thousands of cows, documents show. Other cattle were buried in unlined graves, a feeding company said. Neither is a typical method for disposing of bodies. But […]
Medical officers
There is a lot of dearth of Medical officers across Jammu and Kashmir while the government is trying to revamp the entire healthcare system. Keeping in need of the health services to be provided to a common man, the government is trying to appoint more Medical officers for this purpose. Recently The Jammu & Kashmir […]
Kulgam Encounter: Army soldier injured, militants likely escaped
An Army soldier was injured during predawn gunfight with militants in Kulgam district of South Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A top police officer told GNS that the encounter ensued after a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon-and-search operation in Baryihard Kathpora area of the district. As the joint team move towards […]
Norwegian Ambassador to India calls on Lt Governor
SRINAGAR, JULY 26: Norwegian ambassador to India HE Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here. During the meeting, the Lt Governor and the Norwegian ambassador held discussion pertaining to healthcare facilities of J&K UT. The meeting also discussed the India-Norway cooperation in Healthcare sector. The Lt […]
To cater to growing tourist footfall, admin making availability of rooms through Home‐Stay initiative: Chief Secretary
Inaugurates Home‐Stay Cluster at JharokhaBagh Manasbal; declares open Manasbal Festival‐2022 Flags off several water sports activities, mountain biking expedition, angling competition etc MANASBAL (GANDERBAL), JULY 26: In order to cater growing footfall of tourists to Kashmir valley, the Administration is committed to make availability of 50,000 rooms for the increasing demand of accommodation through Home‐Stay […]
CS reviews progress of district Capex Budget
Asks DDC’s to achieve saturation in all identified indicators SRINAGAR, JULY 26: Chief Secretary, Dr.Arun Kumar Mehta, today chaired a meeting to review the progress under District Capex Budget 2022-23 in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Administrative Secretaries and all the District Development Commissioners (DDC). While expressing concern at low level of […]