KASOCON2022 concludes at Pahalgam

More than 250 delegates attend the conference

ANANTNAG: North Zone Conference of Indian Association of Surgical Oncology, KASOCON2022 organized by Government Medical College Anantnag successfully concluded at Pahalgam on Saturday. The main agenda of the conference was sharing evidence based updates in the field of Oncology and sensitizing students to take Oncology as a branch and Cancer awareness for the public in […]

Annual Sports Day function held at Pologround sports complex

Secretary Sports Council felicitates the participants

SRINAGAR: J&K Sports Council in collaboration with Delhi Modern Public School, Pampore organized Annual Sports day 2022 at Pologround playfield, Srinagar. More than 1200 School students and parents were present besides staff members of the school and officials of the J&K Sports Council. Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhat Gull presided over the function as the […]

500 students join NSS session on ‘Common Yoga Protocol’ at KU

Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Office of National Service Scheme (NSS) on Saturday organised a session on Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) for students in the varsity’s main campus. More than 500 students from schools, colleges and the University NSS volunteers participated in the early morning session during which the participants were educated about the health benefits of […]

Ladakh reports three fresh COVID-19 cases

Leh: Ladakh’s COVID-19 caseload increased to 28,256 on Saturday as three more people tested positive for the viral disease, officials said. Of the fresh cases, two were detected in Leh and one in Kargil, they said. The death toll remained unchanged at 228. Of these, 168 deaths were reported from Leh and 60 from Kargil. […]

Man killed after hit by vehicle in Budgam

Budgam: A man was killed on Friday late evening after hit by a vehicle in Chadoora area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. However, family members of the deceased held protest and alleged that he was murdered. Family members of the deceased said that, yesterday about 8. 30 pm he was at home when someone called […]

Border population in Kashmir lack basic amenities: BSF IG

Srinagar: A senior Border Security Force (BSF) officer in Kashmir has flagged lack of “basic amenities” such as healthcare, school education and mobile connectivity to the population living in forward areas along the India-Pakistan LoC saying government officials “rarely” visit these remote areas. BSF Inspector General (IG) Raja Babu Singh has shot off a letter […]

Bhadarwahi language course: Army signs MoU with Jammu University

Bhadarwah (J&K): The Army has signed an agreement with the University of Jammu for organising a four-month certificate course in Bhadarwahi language for its troops in order to develop a better understanding between the force and the local population, officials said on Friday. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Col Rajat Parmar, the […]

20 new hostels coming up for tribal students in JK: Admin

Srinagar: Twenty new hostels with an intake capacity of 3,000 tribal students will start functioning from the current financial year in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Friday as the Tribal Affairs Department finalised various proposals for the community at a meeting here. The administration has initiated a process for special projects to focus […]

MC Awantipora president held over bribe charges

Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested the president of Municipal Committee Awantipora in Pulwama district of south Kashmir for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to discharge his official duties, officials said. The ACB received a complaint alleging therein that Bilal Ahmed Bhat, president Municipal Committee Awantipora, is demanding Rs 1,000 for processing […]