176 residential schools for 15000 girls to come up in JK: Govt

SRINAGAR: The department of School Education Jammu and Kashmir is setting up 176 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs), residential schools, for catering to educational needs of 15,000 girl students of disadvantaged groups of society at elementary level. Principal Secretary School Education, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, informed this during an officers meeting held at Kupwara on […]

More KVs coming up in remote areas: Advisor Sharma

SRINAGAR: To augment the school education infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir, 23 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) would be setup in remote areas of J&K besides several new such Vidalayas have been proposed to the Union Ministry for Human Resource Development. Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma, informed this while chairing a review meeting convened here Monday […]

12 injured in Ganderbal road mishap

Ganderbal : At least 12 persons were injured, three of them critical after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and turned turtle in Baderkund area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday. An official said that a mini bus bearing registration number JK01E-8715 on way from Kangan to Ganderbal skidded off […]

Div Com reviews progress on Z- MORH/ Zojila tunnels

Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Monday chaired a meeting to review pace and progress made on Z- Morh and Zojila tunnels connecting Kashmir with the Ladakh region. At the outset, Executive Director, NHIDCL, gave a detailed PowerPoint Presentation (PPP) of Z-Morh tunnel, construction of approach roads, lanes, protective walls, drains besides the road […]

Jammu feeling marginalized, says NC leader

JAMMU: National Conference (NC) senior leader Devender Singh Rana Monday expressed concern about ignoring genuine aspirations of Jammu region, saying this has generated a feeling of disempowerment and marginalisation among the people. “Over the years, Jammu interest has been bartered notwithstanding the overwhelming support to the self-styled Messiahs of the Duggarland ,” Rana said in […]

Bukhari demands probe in disappearance of three Rajouri laborers

‘Government should pursue investigations impartially to unearth the truth’

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday sought an impartial and time bound probe to unearth the mystery behind the disappearance of three poor labourers of Rajouri district. In a statement issued here, Bukhari urged the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to order a high level probe into the […]

Boy trapped by sudden rise in river rescued

Srinagar: Timely action by police and civilians led to the rescuing of a boy who was taking bath in river Jhelum and got trapped due to the sudden rise of water level in the water body near Poshni Colony in Baramulla district on Monday afternoon. Official sources said that the boy identified as Sahil Ahmed […]