SEC to visit Kashmir

JAMMU: The State Election Commissioner (SEC) Jammu and Kashmir, K K Sharma will be visiting Kashmir today, an official spokesman said here. He said that the SEC will be reviewing the election related arrangements with Divisional Administration. Briefings by Divisional Commissioner, IGP, DCs who function as District Panchayat Election Officers (DPEOs) are part of agenda […]

Retirement age of teaching faculty in govt colleges may be enhanced

Srinagar: In a significant development, the administration of Jammu & Kashmir has constituted a high-level committee to examine the issue of enhancement of retirement age of teaching faculty in government colleges. The seven-member committee headed by advisor Higher Education Department will examine the need for increasing retirement age beyond 60 years. Other members of the […]

Slide in apple production worries growers

Use of sub-standard pesticides considered as main reason

Srinagar: The apple production in Kashmir has gone down by almost 40 per cent leaving the growers worried across the Valley. Bashir Ahmad, President, Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union (KVFGCDU) said that substandard pesticides have resulted in decrease in the annual apple production by 40 per cent in the Valley. He added in […]

Road closure: Class 10th students fail to appear in exams in Tulail village

Bandipora: Scores of students from Kilshay village of Gurez in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district have demanded re-examination of Social Science subject of 10th standard as they failed to appear in the examinations due to closure of the road that connects them with Tulail Tehsil. The students, who missed their examination on November 15, said that […]

COVID-19 claims two more lives, 608 test positive in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded two deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,624 while as 608 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 105,984. Of the exact number of 105,984 cases, 63,871 are from Kashmir and 42,133 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 608 new […]