School Edu Deptt seeks list of Pvt schools functioning on Govt land for implementation of RTE to EWS students
Srinagar : The School Education Department Tuesday sought list of all private schools functioning from government land and ordered its management to compulsorily admit 25 percent of students from weaker section from their catchment areas. Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), in a communique to Chief Education Officers (CEOs) of the region has asked […]
Buoyed Titans aim to nudge ahead in playoff race
“Rohit Sharma, any day, any time,” says Harbhajan Singh on who he would rather bowl to – Rohit or MS Dhoni. “A very difficult batsman to bowl to, a class player in terms of batting skill… If Rohit bats from the beginning to the end, then there is no better player than him.” Rohit has […]
Oilseed crop
Under the National Oilseed Mission, the J & K government has given a lot of incentives to the farmers for the cultivation of mustard oilseed crops. Recently Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, inaugurated Sarson Utsav and launched Kharif Campaign-2023 He highlighted the importance of value addition of oilseed (mustard) saying that the department […]
Sudan evacuations speed up during fighting lull
European nations, China and others from around the world raced to extract thousands of their citizens from Khartoum on Monday during an apparent lull in fierce fighting between the army and a paramilitary force. The sudden eruption of violence between the military and the well-armed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group on April 15 has […]
Div Com Jammu asks DCs to identify land for establishment of Housing colonies in districts
JAMMU, APRIL 24: Divisional Commissioner, Ramesh Kumar on Monday directed Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division to identify suitable land for development of Housing Colonies in their respective districts. He issued these directions while chairing a video conferencing meeting with DCs and concerned officers convened to review the progress achieved in this regard so far. […]
Lt Governor participates in the celebration of National Panchayati Raj Day at Palli, Samba
Addresses Panchayati Raj representatives; Confers awards to the concerned awardees of UT Level Panchayat Awards As powerful agents of Socio-Economic change & engines of rural development, Panchayats are making a significant contribution to the nation building and empowering the citizens to meet the challenge of sustainable development: LG Best performing Panchayats of J&K awarded […]
“Elections can happen any time, we are prepared”: Uddhav Thackeray
With the Uddhav Thackeray faction’s plea, challenging last year’s change of guard in Maharashtra, pending arbitration in the Supreme Court, the former Maharashtra chief minister on Sunday said elections can happen any time and they were “prepared”. Addressing a public meeting in Jalgaon on Sunday, Uddhav, who now heads the Shiv Sena (UBT), said, “Elections […]
RCB recover better than they slip
Ravichandran Ashwin punched the air and jumped in celebration. It was the end of the 15th over and he’d just had Glenn Maxwell caught at backward point. In a 44-ball stay, Maxwell forged a short but intriguing mini-battle against the wily Ashwin, and looked to take him on almost every ball. Switch hits, reverse ramps […]
Foreign states rush to evacuate from Sudan, US and UK pull out diplomats
The United States and the United Kingdom said their armed forces helped staff from both embassies get out of Sudan, but evacuations by some other countries faced problems on Sunday as rival military factions battled in the capital Khartoum. The eruption of fighting eight days ago between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) […]
Developmental scenario
Recently Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar undertook on spot inspection of different developmental works in Srinagar district. While reviewing the ongoing work on flyover at Nowgam crossing, he took stock of the work on 0.85 km span flyover being carried out at a cost of Rs 36.90 crore for which completion timeline has already been set […]