Car buyers accuse dealers of charging extra money
Srinagar: Car dealers in Kashmir Valley are charging “hefty sums” from buyers to get their vehicles registered “in total violation of norms”. Regional Transport Office had issued directions to the car dealers to charge a fixed sum as fee for registration and for number plate from buyers of the vehicles, but as per the buyers […]
Amarnath Yatra arrangements reviewed at Nunwan Base Camp
ANANTNAG: The Chief Executive Officer Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, (SASB) Umang Narola Monday chaired a meeting to review the arrangements for the smooth conduct of Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra – 2019 at Nunwan Base Camp. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag Khalid Jahangir, ADC Anantnag, CEO PDA, G.M. Works SASB and other district […]
Hakeem Yaseen reviews arrangements for Urs of Syed Saleh
Urges for foolproof arrangements for smooth Urs celebrations
Budgam: Chairman Peoples Democratic Front (PDF), Hakeem Yaseen who is also head of the Syed Saleh Trust Khansahib on Monday reviewed arrangements for the weeklong celebrations of the annual Urs of Syed Saleh, Khan Sahib in Central district Budgam with the concerned officers of district administration Budgam. The Urs is schedule to commence from June […]
NTA must set-up NEET centers in Kashmir, Ladakh: Tarigami
Srinagar: CPI (M) leader M.Y. Tarigami on Sunday said that the National Testing Agency (NTA) must set up more NEET examination centers in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region as thousands of students have been allotted Centers outside the state. “It becomes very difficult for Kashmiri students to travel to Delhi and other parts of the […]
Congress capable enough to overcome challenges: G A Mir
Srinagar: Congress party is capable enough to overcome the challenges and defeat the “malicious campaign unleashed by the adversaries”, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir has said. While interacting with the party workers at Verinag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Mir said that Congress would also defeat the “conspiracies being hatched against […]
Time ripe to show NC, PDP their ‘right place’: Er Rasheed
Baramulla: AIP President Er Rasheed has said that time was ripe to show NC, PDP and other traditional parties “their right place and make them to pay for their politics of exploitation”. Addressing a day long convention of party workers at Dak-Bungalow Baramulla on Sunday, Rasheed said that NC leadership “cannot always befool Kashmiris, stab […]
NAAC-accredited colleges swelled from 13 to 30: Govt
Clarifies reports on accreditation of Degree Colleges
SRINAGAR: The Department of Higher Education has clarified a news story regarding NAAC accreditation of Degree Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir. “It is clarified that assessment norms of the NAAC have undergone certain changes in recent times under which obtaining higher grades of A and A ++ and also maintaining earlier NAAC gradings of educational […]
Thrashing of doctor in West Bengal
DAK writes to Governor Malik, demands ordinance on incidents involving medicos
Srinagar: In the backdrop of recent thrashing of a doctor in West Bengal, Doctors Association Kashmir has written to Governor Satya Pal Malik demanding ordinance against violence with the doctor community. In a letter addressed to Malik on Sunday, the DAK said that it had been demanding introduction of the ordinance for last two decades. […]
Daylong training, capacity building prog on ‘Empowerment of Senior Citizens’ held
SRINAGAR: Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Judge Jammu and Kashmir High Court Sunday said that Judiciary is committed to protect the rights and welfare of the senior citizens, for which serious efforts will be made to create a better atmosphere in the society for these special people. The initiative for setting up of Ahatay Waqar was […]
