Contractual employees, daily wagers protest in Srinagar
Seek regularisation of services Srinagar: A large number of daily wagers and contractual employees, along with their children, staged a protest here on Thursday to demand regularisation of their services in the Jammu and Kashmir government. The protests, organised by the Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC), were held at Sher-e-Kashmir Municipal Park here, where the […]
Govt examining proposal to notify new tourism areas in J&K: Minister
Jammu: The Minister for Agriculture, Javid Ahmad Dar Thursday informed the Legislative Assembly that the government is examining a proposal regarding the notification of new tourism-worthy areas across Jammu and Kashmir, including several prominent locations in Bani Constituency like Bani town, Lowang and Sarthal. The Minister stated this while replying to a question on behalf […]
MMC operational in DIPR to track, rebut fake news: Govt
Says misinformation tracking done on real time basis Jammu: The government on Thursday informed the Legislative Assembly that the Information Department has established a dedicated Media Monitoring Cell (MMC) in the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) to track fake and misleading news on real time basis and issue prompt rebuttals through press releases […]
Govt focused on consolidation of infrastructure in already upgraded Schools: Education Minister
Jammu: The Minister for Education, Sakeena Itoo on Thursday informed the House that the department is currently focusing on consolidation of infrastructure and provision of teaching faculty in already upgraded Schools. The Minister stated this while replying to a question of Legislator, Dr. Sajjad Shafi regarding up-gradation of Schools in Legislative Assembly. The Education Minister […]
DIPR organises day long workshop ‘Cine Connect’ on Cinema Art
JAMMU: Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Thursday organised a one-day workshop ‘CINE CONNECT’- a workshop on Cinema Art at Media Complex here. The workshop was attended by students from Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Jammu, Government Polytechnic College Gandhinagar as well as Artists from Academy of Art Culture and Languages. The workshop was […]
People from Gasoo, Hazratbal extend support to JKNPF
Srinagar: A large number of people from Gasoo in the Hazratbal Assembly segment Thursday joined the Jammu and Kashmir Nationalist Peoples Front (JKNPF), marking a significant political development in the area. Many of those who joined were close aides of the National Conference who, according to local accounts, ‘felt sidelined and neglected’, prompting their decision […]
Electricity amendment bill: KPDCL employees protest in Pulwama, Awantipora
Staff warns of privatization, job insecurity Pulwama: Employees of the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) on Thursday staged massive protests in Pulwama and Awantipora against the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill, expressing serious concerns over what they termed as a “direct threat” to public sector power utilities and employees’ job security. Carrying placards and raising […]
Police attaches property of drug peddler in Bandipora
Srinagar: Police in Bandipora attached a three story House with Attic belonging to notorious drug peddler identified as Mohammad Shafi Sheikh son of Mohammad Shahbaz Sheikh resident of Ward No 5 Sheikh Mohalla Bandipora under section 68-F of NDPS Act 1985, a police spokesman said Thursday. The said peddler is found involved in cases vide […]
33 Kashmiri students suspended in Rajasthan over protest
Student’s body seeks CM’s intervention Srinagar: Over 30 students from Jammu and Kashmir have been suspended from a private university in Rajasthan after they protested against its failure to secure mandatory approvals for a nursing course, a students’ body said on Thursday, seeking Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s intervention. The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association said […]
Asian Waterbird Census-2026 conducted across 27 Wetlands of Kashmir
SRINAGAR: The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC)-2026 was successfully conducted today across 27 wetlands of the Kashmir Valley, marking a major field-based biodiversity monitoring exercise undertaken by the Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu & Kashmir, through its Wetland Division, Kashmir, in coordination with the Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA). The census exercise commenced today, simultaneously […]