D C Raina is first AG of J&K UT
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Girish Chander Murmu on Friday appointed D C Raina as first Advocate General of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Raina has thrice served as the State’s top most lawyer in the past eleven years. Raina was first appointed as Advocate General in 2008 after PDP withdrew support to Ghulam Nabi […]
After three days of shutdown life returns to normal in Kargil
Kargil: Life returned to normal on Friday in this border district of Ladakh Union Territory (UT) after remaining crippled due to strike for three days. Black-day was observed in Kargil district on Thursday, when R K Mathur took oath of office as first Lt Governor of the UT Ladakh at Leh. A delegation of Kargil […]
Lt Guv for exploring renewable energy resources, boosting Agriculture sector
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu has asserted the need to focus on exploring renewable energy resources to meet the gap between demand and supply of electricity in the newly created created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Murmu, who on Thursday took oath of office at Raj Bhawan in Srinagar, also expressed the need […]
Ex-BDO, 13 others booked for IAY scheme fraud in Budgam
Srinagar: As many as 14 people, including a former Block Development Officer (BDO), Panchayat secretary and Inspector Panchayat, were booked for fraud in Indira AwasYoujana (IAY) scheme in central Kashmir district of Budgam. An official on Friday said that Crime Branch Kashmir presented charge sheet against the 14 accused before the court of special judge […]
Militants behind attack on truckers will be dealt with: DGP
Says attack on apple trucks a direct attack on people
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Police Chief Dilbagh Singh Saturday said that the attack on truckers in South Kashmir’s Shopian district is a direct attack on the people. He said that such attacks are not in the interest of locals as their economy gets heavily affected by such incidents. Dilbagh Singh while talking to reporters at Humhama […]
Youth injured in Bemina clashes, admitted in hospital
Srinagar: A youth suffered injuries after a stone-pelting incident in Bemina area of Srinagar city on Saturday. He was later admitted in a hospital. Locals said that after a Muharam process that was taken out from Dargund area dispersed peacefully, some youth at Hamdania Colony Bemina pelted stones on Forces deployed in the area. During […]
‘Sunday Market’ comes alive with people’s rush everyday
Srinagar: Hundreds of people are thronging the weekly ‘Sunday Market’ that has now turned into a ‘Daily Market’ in present circumstances as Kashmir has been witnessing continuous shutdown since August 5 when the special status of the state was annulled. The street vendors are setting up their stalls to sell their stocks. In the jam […]
Hundreds participated in SAR Geelani’s funeral
Baramulla: The body of former Delhi University teacher SAR Geelani, who died following an alleged cardiac arrest in a Delhi gym was laid to rest in his hometown Baramulla on Saturday. Geelani (50), who was arrested in the 2001 Parliament attack case before being acquitted by the SC, fell unconscious in a gym in South […]
16 new posts of Professors, Associate Professors created for GMC Jmu, Sgr
SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the creation of 16 (sixteen) posts of Professors and Associate Professors in different specialties in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and Government Medical College, (GMC) Srinagar. The posts include one post of Professor each in the […]
Govt approves commencement of DNB courses in Tertiary, District Hospitals
Aims to address shortage of Specialists
SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the start of DNB (Diplomats of National Board) Courses in the Tertiary Level and District Hospitals of the Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed considerable improvement in the health sector over the years. In […]
