J&K to have SCERT on the lines of NCERT
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 29: The Administrative Council (AC) which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, gave approval to establishment of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) by merging State Institutes of Education Jammu and Kashmir. SCERT, being the apex academic authority of the UT, is mandated to assist and advice the […]
J&K Bank approves plan to raise Rs 4500 Cr Capital
Srinagar, Aug 29: The Jammu & Kashmir Bank’s Board-of-Directors have approved the bank’s plan to raise capital up to Rs 4500 Cr in the current financial year. During a meeting chaired by the bank’s CMD R K Chhibber at the bank’s headquarters through video conferencing, the board approved the proposal of ‘raising Equity Share Capital […]
Jammu-Srinagar NH cleared for stranded vehicles after four days closure
Banihal/Jammu, Aug 29 (PTI) The 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was cleared for stranded vehicles on Saturday after remaining closed for the past four days due to multiple landslides triggered by incessant rains at a dozen places in Ramban district, officials said. The highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, […]
Pak set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September as COVID-19 situation improves
Islamabad, Aug 29 (PTI) Pakistan is all set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September after a six-month hiatus with the steady improvement in the COVID-19 situation in the country, which recorded just one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Education institutions are closed from March 16 due […]
NC’s political affairs committee meets first time after revocation of special status
Srinagar, Aug 29 (PTI) A meeting of the political affairs committee (PAC) of the National Conference began here on Saturday, the first such gathering of the top decision-making body of the party after the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in August last year. The PAC meeting began at party headquarters Nawa-i-Subah here under […]
BSF detects tunnel along India-Pak border in Jammu
New Delhi/Jammu, Aug 29 (PTI) The Border Security Force (BSF) has detected a tunnel just beneath the India-Pakistan international border fence in Jammu, officials said on Saturday. The force has launched a major search operation in the area to look for other such hidden structures that aid infiltration even as it is analysing the spotted […]
Duo held with contraband in Kupwara
Srinagar, Aug 29: Police on Saturday arrested two alleged drug peddlers from Warsun in Kralpora area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Identifying the duo as Rafiq Ahmad Mir (37) son of Abdul Gani Mir resident of Guzriyal and Altaf Hussain Bhat (32) son of Khazir Mohammad Bhat resident of Panzgam, a police official said that […]
Par panel on IT won’t discuss suspension of internet services in JK
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Days after the Lok Sabha Speaker suggested parliamentary panels to not take up sub judice matters in their meetings, a house committee on information technology dropped the contentious issue of internet services suspension in Jammu and Kashmir from its agenda. However, the panel’s meeting where Facebook has been summoned remains […]
Three militants, army soldier killed in Pulwama gunfight
Srinagar, August 29 : Three militants and an army soldier were killed in an encounter between militants and government forces in Zadoora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday. Official sources said that three militants were killed, whose identity is yet to be ascertained. Official sources further said that one Army trooper received bullet wound, […]
