Mirwaiz Umar visits Bohri Kadal, Sgr, expresses solidarity with fire affected, hails Admin, police role
Srinagar Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday visited the Bohri Kadal area of Srinagar to express solidarity with the fire affected families and also with the management of the historic Bazar Masjid that was turned into ashes in the devastating blaze. Mirwaiz hailed the administration and police role and called for collective efforts of […]
Digital Mission
Recently the Secretary, Health & Medical Education, reviewed implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) in Jammu and Kashmir. He emphasized creation of a Project Management Unit under ABDM in the UT. He directed all officers and officials to work hard in order to guarantee that ABDM is fully implemented across the J&K. He directed […]
Gas Cylinder Blast at Kupwara Jail: Injured Inmate Succumbs
SRINAGAR: An inmate from Sopore dies after he was injured in Kupwara jail gas cylinder blast A senior official said that a gas cylinder explosion at Kupwara sub jail on June 19 left nine inmates injured. All were promptly hospitalized, but one inmate, identified as Shahnawaz Ahmad Shah, succumbed to his injuries Monday morning. Shah, […]
Review of projects
Every district of Jammu and Kashmir there is a periodic review being made on ground under CAPEX Budget 2023-24 Recently Deputy Commissioner Samba, chaired a review meeting to assess the physical and financial status of projects taken under the District Capex Plan 2023-24. The meeting was held in meeting Hall of the DC Office, included […]
Amid NEET-UG, UGC-NET row, anti-paper leak law comes into force
Amid massive controversy over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG and UGC-NET examinations, the Centre on Friday notified the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024. The law aims to prevent the use of ‘unfair means’ in job examinations and common entrance tests like NEET-UG and UGC-NET. Passed by Parliament in February 2024, the anti-paper […]
Shai Hope’s 82 fires West Indies to big T20 World Cup win over US
Shai Hope hit a six-studded 82 not out from 39 deliveries as West Indies revived their Super Eight campaign with a thumping nine-wicket win over co-hosts the United States at the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday. Needing a win and a big bump in their net run rate after a loss to England in their […]
Israeli forces step up strikes across Gaza
CAIRO: Israeli forces pounded Rafah and other areas across the Gaza Strip and engaged in close-quarter combat with fighters led by Hamas on Friday. Residents said the Israelis appeared to by trying to complete their capture of Rafah, the city on the enclave’s southern edge that has been the focus of an Israeli assault since […]
Transport Nagar
Recently Divisional Commissioner Jammu who is also Additional Chief Executive Officer JMRDA, on Tuesday conducted on spot inspection of the improvement/upgradation works in the Transport Nagar. He inspected the works being executed for the development of Yards, roads and creation of other amenities. It was informed that maximum works have been completed in Yards, while […]
One Dead, Two Injured After Bike Plunges into Irrigation Canal in Lar Ganderbal
Ganderbal: A 25-year-old youth was killed and two others were injured after the motorbike they were riding skidded on the road and fell into an irrigation canal in the Watlar area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal District late Thursday evening. Officials said the incident occurred near the maternity hospital in Watlar, Ganderbal, when a Pulsar bike […]
Sports camps
Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council is going to open a professional gymnastics academy center at Gindun Rajbagh Srinagar, following the pattern of the gymnastics academy center in Jammu, with the objective of promoting gymnastics as a major sport in the Kashmir region. Talent scouting and camps will be organised to impart gymnastics coaching in the […]