Editorial: Tourism industry at cross roads
Tourism industry being the mainstay of the state’s economy has been asking for attention from everybody be it the government or the stakeholders involved with this industry. No wonder then that the Chief Minister during a meeting few days back convened with the stakeholders here asked them to pool in resources to negate the false […]
Hizb’s Over Ground Worker (OGW) apprehended
Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested an over ground worker (OGW) of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen from South Kashmir’s Qazigind area. Police officials claimed that the OGW was apprehended by army’s 9 RR on May 26 and was handed over to police station Qazigund on Thursday. The detained OGW has been identified as Shoaib Ahmad Bhat son […]
Govt orders re-constitution of VEC’s
The government has accorded sanction to the re-constitution of Village Education Committees (VEC) which will be headed by Headmaster or Head-teacher of any school functioning in the village. The order to this effect was issued by Secretary School Education Farooq Ahmed Shah, which said two members of Panchayat or Municipal wards including at least one […]
Govt constitutes State Dental Council
Under Section-21 of the Dentists Act-1948, the Government has constituted the Jammu and Kashmir State Dental Council. As per the Government order issued by the Department of Health & Medical Education, Principal Indira Gandhi Government Dental College (IGGDC), Jammu, Principal, Government Dental College (GDC), Srinagar, Dr. Neera Bhargava, Dr. Mohammad Mushtaq, Professor & HoD Ortho […]
LoC firing leaves 1 dead, many injured
Indian and Pakistani troops traded heavy fire on Thursday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir that left a Border Roads Organization (BRO) employee dead while several others including some civilians were injured. “Pakistan Army initiated indiscriminate firing and shelling on our positions on the LoC in Rajouri district’s Naushera sector and […]
Army Chief Chairs top commanders meeting in Srinagar
Army Chief, General Bipin Rawat, today took stock of the security situation after the spike in the cross-LoC firing between Indian and Pakistani troops and the increase in the incidents of militancy across Kashmir. All the seven commanders of Indian Army and the Director General of Military Operation (DGMO) were called in to Srinagar to […]
Two militants die in Sopore gunfight
Photo by Peerzada Waseem
DSEK fails to implement mid-day meal scheme in Valley schools
In what could turn out to be yet another embarrassing situation, the school education department has failed to implement the centrally sponsored scheme- Mid-Day Meal (MDM) despite the scheme being launched a decade ago in the state. The government had to cut a sorry figure in the last Project Approval Board (PAB) meeting convened […]
Cabinet to meet on June 6
The PDP-BJP Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is likely to meet on Tuesday (June 6) in Srinagar, sources said. Sources in the government said that the cabinet will meet in Civil Secretariat on June 6 and will give its nod to new industrial policy which was amended after outrage over the previous […]
Police ‘cracks’ case of a missing cop
Jammu and Kashmir police today claimed to have solved the case of a missing cop, who according to the police has been murdered. Police has arrested a Special Police Officer (SPO) in connection with the case. DIG CKR Ghulam Hassan Bhat during a press briefing at Police Control Room Kashmir, today said that the Special […]