JKDCC for specialized training courses for medical officers
Srinagar: With the state of Jammu and Kashmir facing acute shortage of specialized medicos in healthcare system, the order issued by the health department Rajasthan can come to the rescue of the state in minimizing the crisis of specialists. The order issued by Director Medical and Health Services, Rajasthan comes with a novel idea of […]
Kazan Wushu medallists call on DGP
Jammu: Bronze medallists of 14th World Wushu Championship held at Kazan, Russia Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh and Rajinder Singh alongwith Inspr. Kuldeep Handoo, National Wushu Coach called on DGP, J&K at PHQ here, today. DGP Dr. S.P. Vaid congratulated Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh and Rajinder Singh for bringing laurels to the State. He also congratulated […]
Candidates allege ‘fraudulent’ appointments in RMSA
Srinagar: Belying tall claims of the government to bring transparency in the recruitment system, candidates have accused the authorities of fraudulent selection of vocational trainers in Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). The dejected candidates said the authorities in RMSA had notified eight posts for Baramulla district in travel and tourism management (under RMSA) for vocational […]
Kashmir girl bags gold in Budokan Karate
Srinagar: A girl from Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district has bagged the gold medal in Budokan Karate championship 2017 in Bangalore. Mehreen Jan, daughter of Altaf Banday from Banday Mohalla, Handwara has defeated her rivals and won the gold medal in Budokan Karate championship. Her relatives and friends have congratulated her for shining at […]
Kupwara has three Ministers but health sector continues to remain shabby
Kupwara: Even as the three ministers from Kupwara district have been inducted in the current dispensation, the shortage of infrastructure, staff and other basic facilities in the hospitals here has come under severe criticism by the patients. The claims of the state government to improve the health sector have fallen flat on the ground in […]
Respite in Ladakh, Kashmir shivers
Srinagar: Even as there was a little respite from the intense cold in Ladakh region, mercury further dipped in Kashmir and Jammu regions with Srinagar recording a low of minus 1.9 degrees Celsius – two degrees below normal, Met office said Tuesday. There was a little respite in intense cold gripping frontier region of ladakh. […]
Police recovers kidnapped girl from Punjab
Baramulla: Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday claimed to have arrested a native of Punjab and recovered a minor girl from his possession in Punjab. The man had kidnapped the minor from Batpora-Kunzar area of Baramulla district. The arrest of the abductor and recovery of the kidnapped girl came in the wake of strenuous and […]
Seminar on ‘Women’s role in Urdu literature’ held at GDC Sopore
Sopore: Government Degree College (GDC) Sopore on Tuesday organized a seminar on women’s role in Urdu literature at its auditorium. The seminar titled “Urdu adab ki tashkeel main khawateen ka kirdaar ” was organized in collaboration with NCPUL New Delhi and Kashmir environmental and social organisation at auditorium hall of GDC Sopore. The prominent Urdu […]
Editorial: Official failures and peoples woes
Srinagar: The hapless Kashmiri’s are once again made to grapple for warmth this winter as the Power Development Department (PDD) is tightening its grip to squeeze every bit of life left in the people here. Winter no doubt is a tough period for the people here and whatever resources people have they utilize them to […]
CS leads high level team to Kargil
Kargil: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas on Tuesday led a high level team of officers to Kargil to take stock of the various development works and welfare schemes under implementation in the district besides reviewing the modalities for vacation of the Khurbathang Plateau. Principal Secretary, Home, R.K Goyal, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Rohit Kansal, […]