Parents shouldn’t treat their child’s report card as their visiting card: PM
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it is crucial to instill resilience in children to help them cope with pressures and asserted that parents and teachers should collectively address challenges faced by students. Interacting with students, parents and teachers during his annual Pariksha Pe Charcha programme, the prime minister […]
Ahead of Budget session, govt convenes all-party meeting on Tuesday
New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) The government has called a meeting of floor leaders of different parties in Parliament on Tuesday ahead of the Budget session. It is a customary practice ahead of every session as leaders of different parties highlight the issues they want to raise in Parliament, and the government offers them a […]
Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir; minimum temperature above freezing point at most places
SRINAGAR, Jan 29 (PTI): Many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains on Monday, even as the minimum temperature settled above the freezing point at most places in the valley, officials said. The ski-resorts of Gulmarg and Gurez, and higher reaches of Kupwara in north […]
GoI approves SBM-G Annual Implementation Plan for J&K
NEW DELHI, JAN 28: The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DoDWS), Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, approved the Annual Implementation Plan 2024-25 for Jammu and Kashmir under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), in a meeting convened with the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj J&K. The Annual Implementation Plan was approved in the […]
Minimum temperatures rise in most parts of Kashmir
Srinagar, Jan 28 (PTI) Snowfall in the higher reaches and cloudy skies in the plains pushed the minimum temperatures above the freezing point in most parts of Kashmir on Sunday, officials said here. They said snowfall was reported in Gulmarg, Tangmarg, Gurez, Sonamarg and many areas of Kupwara district. According to the officials, the skies […]
India logs 182 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) India saw a single day rise of 182 new cases of COVID-19, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 1,525, the health ministry said on Sunday. One death has been reported from Kerala in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated […]
BRO achieves breakthrough of 700-meter long Naushera tunnel on Jammu-Poonch highway
Rajouri/Jammu, Jan 28 (PTI) The Border Road Organisation on Sunday achieved a major milestone by breaking through Naushera tunnel on the highly strategic 200 kilometers long stretch which connects Jammu with Poonch border district, officials said. The line and level of the tunnel were precisely achieved during the breakthrough which was executed by conducting a […]
3 drug peddlers arrested in Kishtwar
Jammu, Jan 28 (PTI) Police on Sunday arrested three drug peddlers and recovered “heroin-like substances” in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said. Acting on a specific tip-off, a police team intercepted a vehicle carrying three persons at Malipath area of Kishtwar, they said. The trio was identified as Asif Kabir, Arif Hussain and Tariq, […]
No reserved posts can be de-reserved: Education ministry clarifies on draft UGC guidelines
New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Sunday clarified that no reserved posts can be de-reserved after draft guidelines by the University Grants Commission (UGC) proposed that any vacancy reserved for SC, ST and OBC candidates can be declared unreserved if enough candidates from these categories are not available The ‘Guidelines […]
Government orders massive reshuffle in Police Department
Srinagar, Jan 28: Government of Jammu and Kashmir affected with immediate effect a massive reshuffle in the Police Department in both divisions of the Union Territory. As per an order, Deepak Kumar, IPS, Director Prosecution, J&K, holding additional charge of the posts of Director General, Prisons, J&K and Managing Director, Police Housing Corporation, J&K, is […]