Gulmarg winter games to begin despite advisory to avoid mass gatherings
Srinagar: At a time when Coronavirus is creating fear among general masses and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued advisory banning mass gatherings, the stage is set for the Khelo India Winter Games here in ski-resort Gulmarg. Gulmarg will see large gatherings from March 7 to 11. These games have come under sharp […]
Police solves blind murder case of trucker in 48 hours
Kulgam: Police has solved the blind murder case of a driver in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district and arrested the accused from Jammu. Both the deceased and the accused are from Jammu. Pertinently, police found the dead body of an oil-tanker driver in Khudwani area of Kulgam in mysterious circumstances on Wednesday inside the vehicle. The […]
Would-be-groom goes missing, family files complaint
Srinagar: A would-be-groom is missing from the past one month while the family suspects that he might have been murdered by one who accompanied him. The family members staged a protest in Press Enclave Srinagar demanding arrest of the suspect. Ghulam Nabi Khanday, a resident of Chelian Chonitnar Yousmarg area of Charar-e-Sharif (43) in a […]
Govt directs private hospitals to set up isolation wards
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday chaired a meeting to review preventive measures for Coronavirus (COVID-19) threat which are put in place by line departments in the valley. The meeting was informed that isolation wards have been earmarked in each district hospitals, SKIMS and other Health institutions. Maternity Home, Sanat Nagar, Srinagar […]
Centre zeroes on nominees from JK, Ladakh in MAC
BY: Umar Maqbool Srinagar: Nearly four months after re-organisation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, the Government of India has nominated representatives of J&K and Ladakh Union Territories in the Medical Advisory Council (MAC) of the National Medical Commission, which will replace the Medical Council of India (MCI). The Centre has nominated Dr […]
Valley receives rains, Gulmarg records snowfall
Srinagar: The world famous ski-resort, Gulmarg on Thursday experienced fresh snowfall while as the intermittent rainfall continued across the Valley for the second consecutive day, bringing the temperature further down in Kashmir. The higher reaches including Gulmarg witnessed a fresh snowfall on Thursday while as rains lashed parts of Kashmir including plains throughout the day. […]
Private B.Ed colleges asked to submit internal POT marks by 15th March
Srinagar: The term end examination of B.Ed 3rd and 4th semester batch 2017-19 has already become due but the Internal POT has not been yet conducted by the Private B.Ed Colleges affiliated with the University of Kashmir which according to the Controller of Examinations “has resulted in delay in the conduct of end term examination […]
KPC condemns harassment of video journalists
Srinagar: The Kashmir Press Club has taken a strong note of the harassment of the two video journalists at the hands of police in south Kashmir. Two cameramen Qayoom Khan and Qisar Mir, working for CNN-News 18 and TV9 Bharatvarsh, were stopped by the police from conducting their professional work on March 4 in Pulwama. […]
DGP sanctions scholarships for wards of slain policemen
JAMMU: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh sanctioned scholarship of over 2 lakhs in favour of 25 such school going children whose parents were part of the police force and were killed while on duty. The scholarship of rupees 2.30 lakh for the wards of slain policemen has been sanctioned out of Central Police […]