DC Srinagar holds Public Grievance Redressal camp at Gund Hassi Bhat
Inspects on ongoing developmental works in the area SRINAGAR, AUGUST 17: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Wednesday presided over a Public Grievance Redressal Camp at Gund Hassi Bhat area in Shalteng Tehsil of the District to listen to the public grievances and take appraisal of local issues at their door steps as […]
Lt Governor chairs high level meeting to review Sports activities in J&K
Use the power of sports to prevent crime and drug use among youth: LG Make sporting activities more inclusive; Accelerate efforts to promote women athletes: LG to officials 13.75 lakh youth to be engaged in Phase-II of My Youth My Pride SRINAGAR AUGUST 17: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired a high level meeting at […]
MeT predicts scattered light rain in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: Weatherman on Wednesday forecast scattered light rain and thunderstorm over Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours. A meteorological department official said that t more rains were in store in the next few days with isolated to scattered light showers possible on August 18 & 19 and fairly widespread rain on weekend. In last […]
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 […]