Amit Shah to chair security review meet on JK
Lt Guv, CS among top officials likely to attend
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to chair a high level meeting in New Delhi to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow, officials said. According to reports, the meeting is scheduled at 11 am in North Block and will be attended among others from J&K by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, […]
JK has lowest fertility rate in country: Health study
Fertility rate on decline since 2015
Srinagar: The National Family Health Survey for 2019-21 has revealed that J&K has lowest fertility in the country and there has been a decline of 0.6 percent fertility rate in J&K since 2015-16 when the last survey was conducted. As per the details of NHFS-5 the fertility rate among uneducated and women belonging to scheduled […]
Student enrolment in Valley’s Govt-run schools records increase: Officials
Srinagar: The student enrolment in government-run-schools in Kashmir has increased by more than 19 percent in the ongoing academic year, reveal official figures. According to the official figures there has been an increase in student enrolment of 19.02 percent in government schools across Kashmir region. The figures reveal that a total of new 1143 dropouts […]
Rains lash Kashmir valley, strong winds reported in several parts
Srinagar: Light rains lashed Kashmir Valley even as night temperature recorded a rise at most places in J&K except Gulmarg and Kokernag on Monday. A meteorological department official here said Srinagar had 0.6mm of rain last night till 0830 hours and recorded a low of 15.4°C against 13.6°C on the previous night. The temperature, he […]
JK govts’ key reforms brought financial structure on progressive path
SRINAGAR: “Key reforms introduced by the Jammu and Kashmir government in its financial structure envisaging added transparency and accountability have brought UT’s fiscal system at par with any other progressive arrangement across the country,” officials said. A departmental official, while elaborating on the subject, maintained that implementation of transformative reforms such as Budget Estimation and […]
JK reports two new covid-19 cases, no death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported two new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the pathogen during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that one case each was reported from Jammu and Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454148—166399 in Jammu and 287749 in Kashmir. There was also […]
DGP sanctions financial assistance for SPOs
Also sanctions special reward for wards of serving police personnel
Srinagar: In continuation to a series of welfare measures for SPOs, the Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh has sanctioned financial assistance of rupees 6.31 lakh in favour of 28 SPOs. He has also sanctioned a special reward of rupees of 1.90 lakh in favour of 19 wards of serving police personnel, a police […]
Protestors in Kupwara seek details of missing Kandi resident
Kupwara: Protesters on Monday blocked Kupwara-Srinagar highway at Natnussa area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, demanding whereabouts of a resident of nearby village of Kandi who is ‘missing’ for four days. Reports said that scores of residents from Kandi Khaas assembled on the highway this afternoon, demanding the whereabouts of missing person Abdul Rasheed Magrey […]
