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Twin CIIITs coming up in JK

Tata Technologies team meets Lt Governor

SRINAGAR: To strengthen Industry Academia partnership and to bring Quality improvement in Technical education, Government of J&K is establishing two Centers for Invention, Innovation, Incubation & Training (CIIIT) in Jammu & Kashmir in collaboration with Tata Technologies. In connection with the development, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha met with a team from Tata Technologies led by […]

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Rights of Prisoners: J&K SLSA organizes online awareness programme

SRINAGAR: Under the guidance of Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Patron-in-Chief J&K SLSA, Gita Mittal and the supervision of Justice Rajesh Bindal, Executive Chairman, J&K State Legal Services Authority (J&K SLSA) Thursday organized an online awareness programme in association with J&K Judicial Academy and Department of Prisons on the topic, “Rights […]

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Bio Medical Waste Management

JKPCB chairman discusses guidelines with Hospital heads

JAMMU: Chairman, J&K Pollution Control Board (PCB), Sure Chugh, Thursday interacted with the Medical Superintendents of various Government hospitals and discussed the status of Bio-Medical Waste management and implementation of the Polluter Pays Principle of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The Medical Superintendents were apprised about the legal position and the provisions under the Bio […]

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Over 3.8 lakh JK residents brought back to UT amid COVID-19 pandemic

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has so far brought back over 3.89 lakh residents of the Union Territory who were stranded in different parts of the country due to COVID-19restrictions, according to official data. In total, 134 special trains arrived at the Jammu and Udhampur railway stations from different parts of India with about […]

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Exclusion of Punjabi ‘anti-minority’ move: Sikh Body

Srinagar: The All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Wednesday flayed the Centre over the exclusion of Punjabi from the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, describing the move as “anti-minority”. The reaction came hours after the Union cabinet approved a bill, under which Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, […]

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JCO dies in cross border firing

Several structures damaged during shelling in Gurez

Jammu: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed on Wednesday in firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said. Meanwhile, several structures were damaged in cross LoC shelling in Gurez north Kashmir. Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire and opened fire […]

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Lt Guv visits militancy-hit Pulwama, reviews development scenario

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the militancy-hit Pulwama district on Wednesday for reviewing the development scenario and inauguration of several projects, officials said here. Sinha refused to take a helicopter, as has been the practice of top dignitaries in view of security concerns, and drove to Pulwama, the hotbed of militancy in south Kashmir, […]

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14 more succumb to Covid-19 in JK, toll reaches 734

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 14 more covid-19 related deaths in last 24 hours, taking the fatality count due to the pestilence to 733 in J&K. Official sources said that among the deaths, nine were reported from Kashmir Valley and five from Jammu division including three from winter capital of the J&K and one each […]

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Month after burial body of Central Kashmir youth exhumed

Month after burial body of Central Kashmir youth exhumed

Budgam: After the administration permitted the exhumation of the body of a youth who died in the first week of August last month, a team led by Naib Tehsildar in presence of police exhumed the body amid protest in Surisyar Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Pertinently, on 5 August last month, a youth […]

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Over 100 demolitions conducted in last two weeks: SMC

SRINAGAR: Acting on a number of complaints against violators Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has carried out over 100 demolitions for the last fifteen days in various areas across the city. The areas where these illegal constructions were demolished include Hamdania colony Bemina, Hyderpora, Sanatnagar, Rawalpora, Soura, Lal Bazaar, Zakura, Khanyar, Batamaloo, Chanpora, Padshahi Bagh and […]