The rebound
Asad Mirza Pakistani government at the moment seems to be in a quandary. The manner in which it wanted to exploit the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has rebounded threatening to reinforce religious fundamentalists inclinations in Pakistan itself. US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan was due to the realisation that religious […]
Admission process in government polytechnics, ITI’s discussed

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr. Asgar Samoon, Thursday held a meeting to review progress on projects taken up under Capex Budget 2021-22 besides reviewing admission process in government polytechnics and ITIs of J&K. The meeting was attended by Director SDD J&K, CE R&B Kashmir, Secretary BOTE J&K, Principals of Government Polytechnics of J&K, […]
Sensitization programme on CAB starts at AS College Sgr
SRINAGAR: A three day sensitization programme on adoption of Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) and vaccination for college principals started at Amar Singh College, here on Thursday. The programme was organised by Divisional Covid Control Room Kashmir (DCCRK), under the directions of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole. The programme shall be held in three segments […]
Implementing RTE-2009: SCERT seeks expert guidance for framing rules, regulations
Implementation of Act mandatorily required in J&K: Prof Pandita
SRINAGAR: The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday invited scores of academicians and experts to participate in a 3-day workshop regarding framing of rules and guidelines for implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The workshop, which is being conducted at Jammu and […]
CUK holds seminar to celebrate teacher’s day
Ganderbal: School of Education (SoE), Central University of Kashmir (CUK), organized a day-long national seminar cum webinar on “Changing Role of Teachers in the Present Scenario,” in Green Campus here Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj Ud Din Mir, remarked that, the fundamental role of a teacher has remained the same despite […]
DC Srinagar reviews progress of DILRMP
Says 100 % scanning of Revenue records done
SRINAGAR: In order to review the progress achieved on the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Thursday chaired a meeting of concerned Officers of Revenue Department at meeting Hall of DC Office Complex, here. The meeting held threadbare discussions on computerization of Land Records including Scanning […]
Tourism Department organises promotional event at Kolkatta
WB Tourism trade fraternity pledges its commitment to JK
SRINAGAR: The J&K Tourism Department organised a promotional event at Kolkatta in which all the prominent heads of travel trade associations, local media and senior officials from the Tourism Department of West Bengal participated. The J&K Tourism Department team was represented by Waseem Raja, Additional Secretary, Tourism and Ambika Bali, Assistant Director, Tourism, Katra and […]
KU figures among top 50 universities in NIRF Ranking-2021
Varsity making remarkable progress in academic excellence: Prof Talat
Srinagar: Continuing its march towards academic excellence, the University of Kashmir has figured among top 50 universities in the all-India ranking of varsities conducted by the Union Ministry of Education under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)-2021. The University has ranked at 48th position among universities assessed under NIRF-2021, with an overall point score of […]
Union Minister for Agriculture, his deputies arrive in Srinagar
Hold interactions with farmers, stakeholders
SRINAGAR: As part of the Government of India’s public outreach programme for Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and two Minister of State held interactions with farmers, horticulturists, agriculture scientists and other stakeholders to get first hand appraisals of numerous welfare schemes and polices being taken in the region. The Minister […]
JK gets 17 DNB, 22 Diploma seats in GMCs and District Hospitals
SRINAGAR: In yet another major milestone for the Health & Medical Department in J&K, National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has approved 39 more seats for Govt. Medical Colleges and District Hospitals of J&K. Out of the 39 sanctioned seats, 17 seats are post MBBS DNB seats and 22 are post MBBS Diploma […]