Two-day seminar on Urdu Research and Criticism held at KU
Srinagar: The two-day international seminar on ‘Urdu Research and Criticism’ concluded at the University of Kashmir on Thursday. The seminar was organised by the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) with support from the National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL). Prof K M Ikramudin from JNU’s Centre of Indian Languages and Prof Arifa Bushra, […]
DC Srinagar inaugurates mega Employment Mela at Rajbagh
SRINAGAR: In order to provide an appropriate platform to the unemployed educated youth of Srinagar to interact with the Resource persons of various Government Departments regarding the incentivized self-employment schemes, besides prominent private companies, industrial units and corporate houses for training/ placement, the District Administration Srinagar held a mega Employment Fair (Mela) at District Employment […]
World Bank funded JTFRP: Equipments worth 14.50 Cr provided to F&ES Dept
SRINAGAR: Latest Fire Tenders and Fire Rescue equipments worth Rs 14.50 crores have been provided to the Fire and Emergency Services Department under the World Bank funded Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project to help the Dept. revamp its fleet of fire tenders and strengthen its capacity to undertake the rescue work during fire accidents in […]
Two non-local tourists killed, 21 injured in accident near Kangan
Srinagar: Two non-local tourists were killed and 21 others were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday afternoon. A police officer said that the vehicle— mini bus bearing registration number (JK01N-9382) skidded off the road and turned turtle near Hari Ganiwan area of […]
Announce with held selection list of candidates, Radiographic technician appeal admin
Srinagar: The Selection list of radiographic technician GMC Anantnag was released by Jammu and Kashmir service selection board on 25th Feb 2020 under recruitment no 01/2019/011 however, the selection list for few candidates was withheld and the posts have now been withdrawn, Radiographic technician said. A delegation of the candidates said that many candidates joined […]
Land dispute turns violent in Uri, one killed
Uri: A person was killed and his sibling injured in a scuffle in Nambla Uri of Baramulla district, officials said Thursday. “Two parties had assembled to sort out some land dispute, however it happened that during the course of meeting the parties started exchanging heated arguments”, a local source said adding the arguments only intensified […]
Road to Margan top cleared in record time: Officials
ANANTNAG: Owing to early snow clearance operations and smooth coordination between various departments, the snow clearance operations on the road to Margan Top have been completed in record time. The Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Dr Piyush Singla said that dedicated hard work of Mechanical Engineering and PMGSY departments has resulted in early clearance of the road. […]
Div Com discusses promotion of pilgrim tourism circuits in Jammu
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr Raghav Langer discussed promotion of religious tourist circuits in districts of Jammu division, here at a joint meeting of government functionaries and civil society members. The meeting was attended by District Development Council members Vijay Pur, Rajpura, from the districts of the division, Block Development Council chairpersons, Sarpances, Mahants from […]
Sopore residents protest dilapidated condition of road
Sopore: Residents of Amberpora Tarzoo area in Sopore town on Thursday protested against Roads and Buildings department (R&B) for failing to macadamize and repair roads in their area since last several years. Reports said that scores of residents, while shouting slogans against the R&B department, blocked Tarzoo-Hajin road and staged a protest demonstration to press […]
Work on school building going at snail’s pace in Shopian village, allege locals
Srinagar: The work on a school building in Ayend Rawalpora village in Shopian is going at a snail’s pace due to which the students are suffering, locals alleged. They said that one of the buildings of the government school got damaged during a fire incident in 2017 and since then the work on the building […]
