Govt. for strengthening existing infrastructure, filling vacancies: Education Minister
Srinagar: Minister for Education, Sakeena Itoo Friday said that the Government is focusing on strengthening existing infrastructure in schools and filling vacancies to cater the growing educational needs of students rather than opening new schools. The Minister said this while replying to a clubbed question of Legislators, Mir Saifullah and Farooq Ahmad Shah on upgradation […]
Assembly Proceedings: Secretary tables defection rules in J&K Legislative Assembly
SRINAGAR: Secretary, Legislative Assembly, Manoj Kumar Pandita Friday laid on the Table of the House a copy of “The Members of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (Disqualification on Grounds of Defection) Rules, 2025.”
Assembly session concludes with reflections, appreciation and renewed legislative commitment
SRINAGAR: The legislators on the concluding sitting of the ongoing Assembly session reflected on the proceedings, expressed satisfaction with the overall conduct of business and reaffirmed their commitment to public welfare. Legislative Assembly Speaker, Abdul Rahim Rather invited the Members of the House to share their views, in keeping with the customary tradition of addressing […]
Govt elevates two Senior Engineers as In-Charge Chief Engineers
SRINAGAR: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has ordered the placement of two Superintending Engineers of the Jal Shakti Department as In-charge Chief Engineers. As per the orders issued by Additional Chief Secretary, Jal Shakti, Shaleen Kabra, upon their elevation, Er. Vijay Singh Manhas has been posted as Director Technical, Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction […]
Displaced persons from PoJK granted land ownership rights in JK: Govt
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday said that displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) who settled in the Union Territory decades ago have been granted ownership rights over the land allotted to them. In a written reply to a question by a legislator, the Revenue Department said that displaced persons of […]
Four people injured, one critical as tiles collapse at Chadoora Clock Tower
Budgam: Four persons were injured, one of them critically, after a portion of tiles fell from the Clock Tower in Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. Officials said that soon after the incident, all the injured were shifted to Sub District Hospital (SDH) Chadoora, where doctors referred one critically injured person to […]
Speaker adjourns Assembly sine die
SRINAGAR, OCT: Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday adjourned the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly sine die. In his concluding remarks, the Speaker thanked the members of the House for their cooperation in making the session more productive and meaningful. He described the session as unprecedented, noting that most of the time was devoted to […]
CS administers ‘Unity Pledge’ to officers on eve of National Unity Day
SRINAGAR, OCT 31: On the eve of the 12th National Unity Day, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today administered the ‘Unity Pledge’ to officers and officials of the Civil Secretariat here. The ceremony, aimed at reaffirming the spirit of national integration and collective responsibility. The same was also attended virtually by employees stationed at the Jammu […]
Warfare increasingly becoming non-kinetic, non-contact: Army Chief Gen Dwivedi
New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Friday said warfare is increasingly becoming “non-kinetic and non-contact” and therefore demands a response that requires military strength, intellectual prowess and moral preparedness. In his address at an event held here at Manekshaw Centre to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, […]
School timings to change from tomorrow across Kashmir
Srinagar, Oct 31: Director General School Education Kashmir G N Itoo Friday ordered change in school timing for all government and private schools from November-01. The Director General ordered that the schools falling in the Srinagar municipal limits shall function from 10am to 3Pm. However, the school falling outside the Srinagar municipal limits shall function […]