SKIMS playing vital role in JK’s healthcare sector: Advisor Kumar
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar today said the annual day of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura was a day of commemoration, celebration, thanksgiving and patting each other for the creation of such an institute which has played a tremendous role in filling critical healthcare gaps in the State. K Vijay Kumar […]
Super-50 Coaching: 4661 aspirants appear in screening test across Kashmir
SRINAGAR:Around 4661 aspirants appeared in the screening test for government-run free Super-50 Coaching for Civil Services (KAS/IAS) and Professional Courses(NEET/JEE etc) at various centres across the Kashmir valley today. The coaching is being organized by the Department of School Education. Out of total aspirants who appeared in the test, 3335 appeared for NEET/JEE and 1326 […]
Govt to develop network of STPs to save water bodies
JAMMU: As a long-term strategy to for conservation of prominent water bodies in the State, including Dal Lake, Jhelum, Chenab and Tawi rivers from pollution hazards, and for the restoration of pristine glory of twin capital cities viz; Jammu and Srinagar, the Government will develop Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of adequate capacities. Such STPs will […]
Panchayat Polls-2018: 7959 candidates in fray for Phase-VIII, IX
JAMMU: For the final two phases of the extended 9-Phase Panchayat Polls,7959 candidates are in the fray. Voting and counting for the last two phases will be held on 8th and 11th December. According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra, for penultimate Phase-VIII, 1333 candidates are in the fray for 483 Sarpanch Halqas and 5695 […]
Over 200 Indian Hindus arrive in Pak to attend religious festivities
Lahore, (PTI): Over 200 Indian Hindus arrived here Wednesday to attend festivities in connection with the 310th birth anniversary of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shada Ram Sahib at Mirpur Mathelo in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province. Evacuee Trust Property Board chairman Tariq Wazir greeted the pilgrims at the Wagah Border. “The Pakistani embassy had issued visas to […]
Pak supports peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan: Imran Khan tells US special envoy
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan told America’s special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Wednesday that peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan is in Islamabad’s abiding interest and he will continue to support peace efforts in the war-torn neighbouring country. Khan held talks with Khalilzad, who arrived here on Tuesday to coordinate closely with the Pakistani leadership on […]
Police conducts counselling session for ‘misguided’ youth in Anantnag
Anantnag: The police has conducted a counselling session for the youth who it said were “misguided” by some “unscrupulous elements” in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “Police led by SSP Anantnag Shri Altaf Ahmad Khan JKPS conducted a counselling session for the youth of District Anantnag who had been instigated and misguided by some unscrupulous elements […]
JKSSB reschedules counselling, document verification process of Asstt Store Keeper-cum-Clerk Posts
Srinagar: J&K Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has rescheduled the Counselling-cum-Document verification process of the candidates scheduled on 6th and 7th December 2018, for the posts of Assistant Store Keeper-cum-Clerk (Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Department), Divisional Cadre Kashmir. These posts were advertised vide Notification No: 03 of 2017 (Item No: 001). According to PRO […]
Tell people back home that guns no good: Rawat tells JK students
New: Delhi: Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat Wednesday exhorted girl students from Jammu and Kashmir to work hard and compete for Army’s ‘Super 30’ coaching programme and build their career through good education. He was interacting with 18 girl students from various schools in the Valley, at the South Block here. “There is no other place […]
14-yr-old missing Hajin youth joins Lashkar, picture holding AK-47 goes viral
Srinagar: Gun-wielding picture of a 14-year-old youth from Hajin town in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district has surfaced on the social networking sites. The youth identified as Mudasir Rashid Parray, 14, of Khankah Mohalla, an 11th standard student had gone missing along with another 16-year-old boy Bilal from his home since August 31, after an encounter […]