Re-examination of class 12 Chemistry paper: 5000 students line up for sitting in exams
Srinagar: Barely a week after the state’s education Minister announced re-examination of class 12th Chemistry paper, as many as 5000 students have submitted their applications to the Board of School Education (BOSE) expressing their desire to appear in the examination. The option for holding re-examination of class 12th Chemistry paper was announced by the minister […]
At last this story has a ‘happy ending’
Srinagar: A woman who had come all the way from Indonesia to meet his ‘love of the life’ finally tasted success, after police helped her to trace the man whom she had come to meet. The duo had become friends while chatting on social networking site facebook. “The Kashmiri boyfriend had gone ‘missing’ and his […]
Singapore to help JK in Water Management, Skill, Riverfront Development: FinMin
Jammu: The Singapore Government has offered technical support to J&K Government for capacity building in three key areas of Skill Development, Riverfront Development and Water Management. This was revealed by the Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu on his return from 3-day official visit to Singapore. Dr Drabu said during his visit, he held […]
Joint Secy lauds RDD for effective implementation of MGNREGA in JK
Jammu: For the first time the state is all set to get a record allocation of funds under MGNREGA since the inception of this scheme in the state. The Central Government has appreciated the effective implementation and subsequent creation of durable assets under MGNREGA in the state and has expressed its keenness to provide more […]
Minister for comprehensive development plan for fruit nurseries
Jammu: Minister for Horticulture, Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari today directed officers to draft a comprehensive plan for fruit nurseries detailing parameters for functioning, operational guidelines, management, to ensure maximum benefit to fruit growers, farmers. The Minister said this while addressing a group of farmers from Akhnoor and Chamb area at an event organized by the […]
Tourism deptt organises heritage walk
Srinagar: Celebrating the world Heritage Week, the department of tourism Kashmir in collaboration with The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) organised Heritage Walk for the students who were made aware about prominent heritage and architectural sites of the in downtown. Around 75 students from Kashmir University and Architectural College Bemina participated […]
Minister launches PoS machines in Budgam, Jawahar Nagar
Srinagar: In first of its kind, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali Tuesday launched Point of Sale (PoS) machines at two sale centres at Humana, Budgam and Jawahar Nagar, Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said ‘transparency’ is the benchmark of the present Government. […]
2-day Kargil-Ladakh Tourism Festival innaugurated
Kargil: Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor, Kargil Kacho Ahmad Ali Khan inaugurated the 2-day Kargil-Ladakh Tourism Festival 2017 at Khree Sultan Chow Sports Stadium Bemathang here on Tuesday. The two-day event features multi-ethnic traditional music and dance performances by the folk artists of different ethnic groups of the region including Purgi, Balti, Shina, Dardi besides […]
Parmar excels in Bengaluru Open Golf Championship
Jammu: Bhawani Singh Parmar has finished the Bengaluru Open Golf Championship with yet another level par round. Parmar, hailing from Jammu, finished the Bengaluru Open Golf Championship being played under Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), with a splendid level par round. In the four days championship Bhawani Singh finished with a score of 5 over […]
Editorial: Austerity on papers alone
Srinagar: Just six weeks back the government rolled out slew of measures to promote fiscal discipline in the administration to cut down on expenditure. The move came to ensure utmost economy in organizing conference, seminars, workshop by the Government Departments. The officials were told to organize only such conferences, seminars, workshops etc which are absolutely […]