Kejriwal launches ‘Make India No. 1’ mission, calls for focus on education, healthcare
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a national mission to make India the number one country in the world and called on all citizens and political parties to join it. “Providing free education and healthcare to citizens, employment to youths, equal rights and dignity to women and fair price to […]
Delhi HC appoints CoA for Indian Olympic Association; orders to improve ‘ecosystem’ of sports bodies
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday, in accordance with a recent Supreme Court judgement, placed the management of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in the hands of a Committee of Administrators (CoA) in order to enhance the “environment” of sporting bodies and structurally reorganise them. The Indian Olympic Association and any other National Sports Federations […]
Taliban add more compulsory religion classes to Afghan universities’ schedule
KABUL: Afghan university students will have to attend more compulsory Islamic studies classes, education officials said on Tuesday while giving little sign that secondary schools for girls would reopen. Many conservative Afghan clerics in the hardline Islamist Taliban, which swept back into power a year ago, are sceptical of modern education. “We are adding five […]
Time frame
The big focus of J&K administration is to complete all the important projects within the time frame so that the costs do not increase. For this purpose Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary has asked all the wings of his administration to speed up the tendering and evaluation process after administrative approvals so that technical sanction […]
6 semi-decomposed bodies found in two houses in Jammu
Police say preliminary investigation reveals all belong to Kashmir; ‘Have informed their families, cause of death will be known after post-mortem’ Jammu, Aug 17: In a shocking incident, at least six semi-decomposed bodies were found in residential houses in Sidhwa area of Jammu city of Wednesday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer […]
Grenade hurled at CRPF bunker in south Kashmir
Suspected militants lobbed grenade on CRPF BP Bunker in Batpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday evening. A top police officer told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), that militants this evening lobbed a grenade on CRPF BP Bunker which exploded with a bang. In this incident, no loss of life […]
Pr. Secy SDD reviews progress on finalisation of Action Plan for Skill Mapping across J&K
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon today chaired a meeting to review the progress on finalisation of Action Plan for Skill Mapping of edu across Jammu and Kashmir by UNICEF under YuWAAH initiative at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Mission Director Skill Development Mission, Leena […]
Lt Governor visits ITBP personnel injured in tragic road accident near Chandanwari
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today visited Army Hospital Srinagar and enquired about the well-being of ITBP personnel injured in a tragic road accident near Chandanwari. Lt General Amardeep Singh Aujla, GOC 15 Corps was also present. The Lt Governor went around the wards where the injured were receiving treatment, and passed necessary […]
JK reports 217 fresh positive cases, 465736 recovered
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 16: The Government today informed that 217 fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19) have been reported today; 13 from Jammu division and 204 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 474272. Moreover, 614 moreCOVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 129fromJammu division […]
LG Expresses ‘Deep Anguish’ Over Death, Injuries To ITBP Men In Chandanwari Accident
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday expressed “deep anguish” over the death of six personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and injuries to over 30 others near Chandanwari Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “Deeply anguished by the bus accident near Chandanwari in which we have lost our brave ITBP personnel. My condolences to the […]