Sheep breeders off for exposure tour
Ganderbal: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Dr. Piyush Singla Wednesday flagged-off a group of 30 sheep breeders of the district for a day-long Exposure visit. The farmers were flagged-off from Mini Secretariat, DC office complex Ganderbal to sheep breeding farm Daksum, Anantanag under Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) scheme. Dr. Abdul Majeed, District Sheep husbandry […]
Union Minister reviews PMAY, PMGSY implementation in J&K
New Delhi: Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar and Minister for Rural Development Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice, Abdul Haq Khan attended a meeting convened here on Wednesday by the Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Mines, Narendra Singh Tomar to discuss implementation of Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (PMAY) and Prime Minister’s Gram […]
LoC flare up: US advises India, Pakistan to sit and sort it out
Washington: India and Pakistan need to sit and talk about their ongoing border tension, the Trump Administration said Wednesday. “We think that both sides would certainly have to sit down and have talks about that,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert told reporters at her daily news conference. She was responding to a question on what […]
India, Israel discuss border security, terror threats
New Delhi: Amid continuing cross-border firing and infiltration from Pakistan, India and Israel have discussed how to ensure foolproof security along the international border by using sophisticated technology, besides enhancing security cooperation, officials said. The two-day meetings of the India-Israel joint steering committee on homeland and public security, which concluded today, also discussed how to […]
Govt announces reduction in airfare for Hajj
New Delhi: The Union government on Wednesday announced a significant reduction in airfares for those going on the Hajj. The reduction will be applicable to passages on Air India, Saudi Airlines and Flynas, an air carrier based in Saudi Arabia, to Jeddah and Medina from 21 airports in India. “It is a major step after […]
Students with shortage of attendance can’t take board exams: Govt
Srinagar: Director School Education Kashmir, Dr. G.N. Itoo Wednesday said that the students with less attendance will not be allowed to sit in the board examinations. Taking serious note of the thin attendance of the students in both the schools, he stressed upon the fact that the students with less attendance in the schools shall […]
Fresh Western Disturbance to affect JK from today: MeT
Srinagar: The weatherman on Wednesday predicted moderate rain and snowfall across Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, saying that a fresh Western Disturbance (WD) is affecting the state and its adjoining areas. Director Meteorological Department said that a fresh western disturbance is affecting J& K and adjoining areas and most likely to affect the state from […]
Mehbooba calls on PM
New Delhi: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, who is in the national capital, called on the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi here on Wednesday evening. During the meeting, the Chief Minister apprised the Prime Minister about the overall situation in the State. She informed the Prime Minister that the people of Jammu & Kashmir have been suffering […]
NIA registers case in Lethpora fidayeen attack
New Delhi: The NIA has registered a case in connection with the fidayeen attack on a CRPF group centre at Awantipura in Pulwama district in which five CRPF personnel were killed. The case has been registered following a directive of the Home Ministry, an official release said. It was registered under various sections of […]
KAS aspirants allege foul play
Srinagar: Scores of candidates who appeared in paper I of their optional- Kashmiri Literature) subject in KAS 2016 Mains examination, on Wednesday complained that authorities in JK Public Service Commission (PSC) had set questions which were not part of the prescribed syllabus for the examination. A group of aggrieved candidates said that out of ten […]