Over 10 lakh Kashmir students to don school uniforms after seven months
Schools reopen on Monday after remaining closed since August 2019 Over 10 lakh students of the Kashmir Valley will don their school uniforms for the first time in seven months, as schools will reopen on Monday after a three-month-long winter break and a seven-month-long disruption in the wake of the Centre’s decision to end Jammu […]
Discouraging signals
Recently some media reports quoted figures from Union Tourist Ministry about the dismal performance of tourism sector in Kashmir valley. In the run-up to the decision of the abrogation of Article 370, the Centre issued an advisory asking tourists and Amarnath pilgrims to immediately leave the region. This advisory resulted in huge losses to the […]
DDC Pulwama inaugurates Snow Run at Sangerwani
PULWAMA, FEBRUARY 23: District Youth Services and Sports (DYS&S) Pulwama in collaboration with the district administration today organized a Snow Run here at Sangerwani. District Development Commissioner Pulwama, Dr Raghav Langer, who was chief guest on the occasion, inaugurated the event. As many as 250 students from Sangerwani and adjoining villages participated in the event. […]
Managing Director JPDCL reviews progress of ongoing Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Jammu Managing Director, Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL), Yasha Mudgal on Sunday convened a meeting to review the progress of ongoing Centrally Sponsored Schemes like IPDS, DDUGJY, PMDP (Urban) & PMDP (Rural) schemes in Jammu province. On the occasion, the Managing Director acknowledged that some improvements have been registered in the progress of works […]
Former Minister Usman Majid Quits Congress
Srinagar Former MoS for planning and development in Jammu and Kashmir government and ex-Congress MLA from Bandipora Usman Majid on Sunday resigned from the party. Usman resigned from Congress and held a rally in Bandipora, first in J&K since the abrogation of Art 370. He was quoted by Times Of India as having said that senior leaders […]
Cross-border shelling rages in north Kashmir
Srinagar The armies of India and Pakistan on Saturday late evening exchanged fire along the Line of Control in Keran and Karnah sectors of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official said that the Pakistan army opened by small arms along LoC in Keran and Karnah sectors of Kupwara district. “The soldiers manning the fence also […]
240-250 militants active in Kashmir, says J&K DGP
The number of listed militants in Kashmir has come down to less than 250, while 25 militants were killed by security forces in nearly a dozen operations in the first two months of this year, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh said here on Saturday. He also said there had been confirmation […]
Advisor Khan flags off ten day tour ‘Watan Ko Jano’
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 22: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today flagged off a group of students from across Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories here for a ten day tour ‘Watan Ko Jano’, a youth exchange programme. The tour, being participated by 200 students from different areas of J&K and Ladakh, has been organised by […]
CSIR-IIIM signs Agreement with IndusCann for research on cultivation of Cannabis
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 22- Indian Institute of Integrated Medicine (IIIM), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and IndusCann, a Canada based research organisation on Cannabis, signed Research and Development (R&D) Collaborative Agreement on scientific research on cultivation of cannabis to explore its potential, clinical benefits and other medicinal uses at IIIM here today. The R&D […]