New Medical Colleges to start admission soon, to aid 400 MBBS seats
SRINAGAR: Health and Medical Education Department is likely to get Letter of Permission (LoP) from Medical Council of India (MCI) for four Medical Colleges viz Government Medical College Anantnag, Baramulla, Kathua and Rajouri to admit 100 MBBS students in each college from the current academic session of 2019-2020. The Government Medical College, Doda is under […]
Governor launches On-line Registration of Yatris for Amarnath Yatra 2019 on pilot basis
Jammu: Governor Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik who is also Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), today launched the On-line Registration facility on pilot basis. The pilot project for On-line Registration of intending pilgrims has been launched on the directions of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board at its 36th Board Meeting held on […]
Man detained near Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan
Jaisalmer,(PTI): A middle-aged man was detained for suspicious activities from near the India-Pakistan international border, said a BSF official Wednesday. He was detained on Tuesday from near Longewala, the BSF official. A team of the BSF detained the man, aged around 45, and handed him over to police for further investigation, BSF DIG MS […]
Hindu, Muslim couples undergo kidney swap transplant in Punjab
Chandigarh, (PTI): For two years, Abdul Aziz, a 53-year-old carpenter from Kashmir, had been on dialysis and was looking for a kidney donor till he found a match hundreds of miles away in Bihar — a Hindu couple who agreed for a ‘swap transplant’. The families of Manjula Devi (42), a housewife from Patna in […]
No. of married girls in India in age group 15-19 yrs down 51 pc since 2000: Report
New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) The number of girls in India in the age group of 15-19 years who are currently married is down 51 per cent since 2000, and the country’s average performance across a set of indicators related to child health, education, labour, marriage and violence has improved, a new report has said.According to […]
Muzaffarnagar riots case: Court acquits 12 people
Muzaffarnagar (UP) (PTI) A local court here has acquitted 12 people due to lack of evidence in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. Additional District Sessions Judge Sanjive Kumar Tiwari acquitted them under sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 (arson) of the IPC on Tuesday in the riots case. According to prosecution, an SIT had filed […]
Do not want to be a minister due to health reasons, Jaitley writes to PM
New Delhi (PTI): Ending all speculations, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he does not want to be a minister in the new BJP government due to health reasons. In the four-paragraph letter, Jaitley said he had orally informed Modi about his desire not to be a part of […]
Kashmiri youth believed to have joined ISIS in 2013 captured in Syria: Report
Srinagar:A Kashmiri youth believed to have joined ISIS, is reportedly in the custody of US-led forces in Syria after hundreds of fighters surrendered in March this year The youth identified as Adil Ahmad Wada is believed to have informed his family — based in the Jawahar Nagar locality of Srinagar — about the development through […]
DGP sanctions welfare relief, loan over Rs.1.74 crore for 187 police personnel
SRINAGAR: Continuing with an aim to provide more and more welfare measures for police personnel and to give financial assistance to meet the urgent needs, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh IPS sanctioned welfare loan in favour of 187 personnel of J&K Police. Welfare relief has also been granted in favour of twelve needy […]
Eight booked for attempting to rape differently-abled woman, killing her son in R’than
Jaipur, (PTI) Eight persons have been booked for allegedly attempting to rape a 28-year-old differently-abled woman and killing her son in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, police said Wednesday. The woman, who worked in a brick kiln owned by four of the accused, lodged an FIR on Monday at the Nadbai police station, they said. She alleged that […]