21 nursing schools to be functional by 2020-21 in JK: H&ME Deptt
SRINAGAR, JULY 08: The Department of Health and Medical Education today informed that 21 centrally-sponsored Auxiliary Nursing & Midwifery and General Nursing & Midwifery Schools shall be made functional by 2020-21 in the State. The Schools have been sanctioned by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the centrally sponsored ‘Strengthening of Nursing Services’ […]
Ensure symmetric pupil-teacher ratio across all schools: DSEK advised
SRINAGAR, JULY 08: Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, today asked the School Education Department to ensure symmetric pupil-teacher ratio across all the schools of the State. He also instructed that all the teaching staff deployed for non-teaching purposes in offices should be reverted back to their original teaching duties. The Advisor made these remarks […]
Security put on alert ahead of shutdown call by separatists in Valley
Srinagar, Jul 8 (PTI) Security has been beefed up in the Valley ahead of the third death anniversary of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on Monday, officials said, as separatists called for a shutdown to mark the day. Wani, once a poster boy of militancy in the Valley, was killed in an encounter with […]
Fourth batch of Hajj pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia
BUDGAM, JULY 7: According to the State Hajj Committee, 304 Hujaj Kiram, comprising of 167 male and 137 females today left for Madina Munawarah, Saudi Arabia in two flights from Srinagar International Airport. The first flight took off at 7:55 am and the second one departed at 09:28 am. The Hajj Pilgrims were see off […]
Won’t allow any body rob state’s identity, integrity and plural ethos: NC
Kupwara, July 7: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Sunday said the party mirrors the aspirations of the people of the state, saying protecting the special position of the state crowns the agenda of the party programme. Party general secretary Haji Ali Muhammad Sagar while addressing a mammoth workers convention at TRC Kupwara said NC is […]
Senior NC leader Shehnaz Ganai quits party
Jammu, Jul 7 (PTI) Senior National Conference leader and former Member of Legislative Council Shehnaz Ganai has resigned from the party. Shehnaz, who hails from border Poonch district, issued a brief statement announcing her disassociation with the NC late on Saturday. She said she was “not feeling comfortable” in the party for the past some […]
People should bear traffic restrictions as it is matter of Amaranath pilgrims’ safety: J&K Guv
Srinagar, Jul 7 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Sunday said the people of Kashmir should bear the restrictions on civilian traffic on a stretch of Srinagar-Jammu National Highway for the Amarnath Yatra as it was a matter of pilgrims’ security. He was visiting the ‘yatri niwas’ at Panthachowk here to take stock […]
BSF launches massive exercise to fortify anti-infiltration grid along Pak border in Punjab, Jammu
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A mega exercise to fortify the ‘anti-infiltration grid’ along the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu has been launched by the BSF, which has mobilised its entire senior field brass, thousands of troops and machinery deployed in these forward areas. The operation, code named ‘Sudarshan’, was launched on July 1 […]
Restriction on civilian vehicles for Amarnath Yatra hampering Kashmir tourism, say stakeholders
Srinagar, Jul 7 (PTI) The restriction on movement of civilian vehicles on Amarnath Yatra routes are hampering tourism in Kashmir Valley during the peak season, people with stakes in the industry said Sunday. The stakeholders raised the concern during an interaction here with Tourism Department Secretary Rigzian Sampheal, who assured them that steps would be […]
Army introducing modifications to keep IED attacks at bay: GOC Northern Command
Srinagar, July 7: Army on Sunday said that it was carrying out a large number of “changes and modifications” to keep at bay the attempts by militants to carry out to use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) against the forces. “IEDs is only a method by which the (militants) carry out destruction of the security forces or […]