Dr Darakhshan reviews upgradation projects of Barah Sadaat Shrine at Tailbal
Srinagar: Chairperson J&K Waqf Board, Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi visited the Barah Sadaat Shrine at Tailbal on Saturday and reviewed the upgradation projects to be taken up by J&K Waqf Board soon. Andrabi paid obeisance at the shrine and interacted with the civil society and listened to the suggestions of locals regarding the infrastructure development […]
Quality education, teacher accountability pillars of J&K’s educational reforms: CS
Reviews performance of School Education Department SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Saturday chaired a comprehensive review meeting of the School Education Department to take stock of the teaching scenario and implementation of other education reforms in the Union Territory. The meeting besides Secretary, School Education Department was attended by PD, Samagra Shiksha; Director, School Education, […]
Lt Guv meets CWSN of Jammu Sanskriti School
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday met the Children With Special Needs (CWSN) of Jammu Sanskriti School, Jammu, at Raj Bhawan. The Lieutenant Governor congratulated the talented students on their remarkable performance in sports disciplines like Volleyball and Badminton, at the Special Olympics Bharat’s National Unified Sports Meet held at IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He said […]
Police arrests three drug peddlers in Baramulla, Kulgam
Srinagar: Police arrested three drug peddlers in Baramulla and Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Saturday He said that a police party established a checkpoint at Ferozpora Mahyan Crossing at Tangmarg. During checking, one person identified as Younis Mohammad Bhat son of Gh Mohammad Bhat resident of Reram, Kunzer […]
No proposal to include Sanskrit in school curriculum: DSEK
Clarifies the department has not proposed, approved, or initiated any process for the inclusion of the subject SRINAGAR: School Education Department, Jammu & Kashmir has strongly rebutted the news report published in an English local daily newspaper on 18 July, 2025 with the headline ‘Mandatory subject: Union Education Ministry mulls to introduce Sanskrit in Kashmir […]
Passenger bus overturns near Udhampur, 20 injured
Jammu: At least 20 people were injured after their vehicle met with an accident near Jajjarkotli area of Udhampur district on Saturday. Officials said that a bus bearing registration number JKO2AT-2279 lost its control due to over speeding and turned turtle. 20 people were injured in the mishap and were shifted to GMC Jammu for […]
Police’s counter-intelligence wing detains 10 people in terror-linked case
SRINAGAR, Jul 19 (PTI): The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained 10 people for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications for coordinating, financing and executing terror activities on the instructions of handlers from Pakistan, officials on Saturday said. The detentions were carried out during searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) at multiple […]
Quality education, teacher accountability pillars of J&K’s educational reforms: CS
SRINAGAR, JUL 19: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a comprehensive review meeting of the School Education Department to take stock of the teaching scenario and implementation of other education reforms in the Union Territory. The meeting besides Secretary, School Education Department was attended by PD, Samagra Shiksha; Director, School Education, Kashmir/Jammu; Secretary, JKBOSE and […]
Lieutenant Governor addresses provincial Arya Mahasammelan at Jammu
JAMMU, JUL 19: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today addressed the Provincial Arya Mahasammelan at Baba Jitto Auditorium, SKUAST Jammu. The two-day Mahasammelan is being organised by Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Jammu Kashmir to commemorate 200th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati and 150th anniversary of the founding of Arya Samaj. The Lieutenant Governor paid tributes to […]
Export of handmade products nearly triple in Q1 CFY, cross ₹300 Cr
SRINAGAR, JUL 19: In a major fillip to Kashmir’s famed craft sector, hand-made products worth ₹309.62 Cr have been exported to various overseas destinations in the First Quarter of the current financial year, up from ₹126.90 Cr in the same quarter last year. As per figures made available by the concerned financial institutions, exports have […]
