Set up investment facilitation agency in JK: Parliamentary panel to govt
‘48000 kanals of Govt land feasible for setting up industries, creation of infrastructural facilities’
Srinagar: In a key recommendation, a parliamentary committee has pushed for setting up a separate body for attracting investment in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The department-related standing committee on Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recommended creation of a planning board and investment promotion agency to attract funding from different sectors and […]
Cylinder blast at Budgam: Hundreds attend funeral of deceased youth
Budgam: Amid sobs, thousands of people on Friday night attended the funeral prayer of the youth who was charred to death while rescuing the family who were trapped in the blaze that broke out in a residential house in Wadwan village in Budgam. Notably, a youth identified as Umar Abdullah Malik, was charred to death […]
NIA conducts raids in North Kashmir
One held, mobile phones, documents seized
Baramulla: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday morning conducted a raid in Pattan and Salsooa area of Baramulla district. The team, according to sources was accompanied by police and paramilitary CRPF personnel. The arrived at around 10 am on Saturday and conducted searches of house belonging to the house of Ghulam Muhammad Mir of Palpora […]
Minor dies in Qazigund mishap
Qazigund: A seven-year-old boy was killed after he fell from a tractor in Qazigund area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources said that the kid identified as Muneeb Ahmad Ganie, 07, son of Nazir Ahmad Ganie of Mandhole, got critically injured after he fell from the tractor and got seriously injured in the incident. […]
COVID-19: KU postpones all post-graduation exams till Mar 31
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir University on Saturday decided to postpone all the post-graduation examinations till March 31. The decision has been taken as precautionary measure in wake of the coronavirus epidemic. The varsity as per the officials said that it has postponed all post-graduation exams including internals till March 31, 2020.
Restore 4G internet immediately: PSAJK to govt
Says students being denied right to offline and online education
Srinagar: Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has called on the government to immediately restore the high-speed 4G mobile internet connectivity in Kashmir as students are continuously being denied the right to education, both in offline and online mode. The Association said that it is extremely saddening to see that government doesn’t have […]
Reorganisation act 2019: Kashmiri policemen deputed in Leh, Kargil not relieved
Srinagar: Even after the bifurcation of State of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories scores of policemen hailing from Kashmir Valley are still stuck in Leh and Kargil. There are over 40 police constables from Kashmir Valley who have not been relieved yet. Some of the relatives of these constables said that despite Ladakh […]
