Five-day long FDP course begins at NIT Srinagar

These sessions will generate an environment of inventions and design: Director NIT

Srinagar: With an aim to boost faculty members and researchers, the five-day-long online Faculty Development Program (FDP) on ‘Cognitive Skills and Design Thinking’ began here at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar on Saturday. The inaugural session of online training programme was inaugurated and presided by Director NIT, Dr. Prof. Rakesh Sehgal who was […]

Five years on, vital Bijbehara-Shopian road awaits completion

Shopian: Five years after the vital Bijbehara-Shopian road was approved under Central Road Fund (CRF), the work on the road has been put on halt due to shortage of funds. In February 2016, the Union ministry of Road Transport and Highways sanctioned an amount of Rs 48.93 crore for the upgradation and widening of the […]

More than 500 Kargil bound passengers airlifted

Srinagar: 31 passengers were airlifted from Kargil to Srinagar and 75 passengers from Srinagar to Kargil, in two sorties of AN-32 aircraft of Indian Air Force and 3 passengers were lifted from Kargil to Chandigarh, an official spokesman said Friday. He said that 208 passengers were airlifted from Srinagar to Leh and 183 passengers from […]

VC SKUAST Jammu, social activist call on Lt Guv

JAMMU: Prof. J.P. Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, SKUAST-Jammu, Friday called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The Vice-Chancellor briefed the Lt Governor on various ongoing outreach activities, and research programmes in the University, besides other issues of academic and administrative importance. The Lt Governor asked the VC to lay special emphasis on seamless […]

JK Tourism department organizes road show at Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Department of Tourism J&K in collaboration with the Travel Agents Association of Kashmir (TAAK) organized a grand promotional evening and roadshow in New Delhi in which more than 200 prominent travel agents including heads of main travel bodies, various signatories and senior officers participated. The highlight of the event was an enthralling […]

Advisor Baseer Khan holds grievance camp at Vessu Migrant Colony

KULGAM: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Friday held a grievance redressal camp at Migrant Colony Vessu to take first hand appraisal of issues and to oversee the services and facilities available for migrants at the colony. During the camp, the inhabitants of the colony apprised the Advisor about various issues which included inadequate […]

Plantation drive held at community health centre Sopore

Sopore: In order to increase the greens in the hospital campus Health Department in collaboration with Social Forestry Division Baramulla organized a plantation drive at Community health centre (CHC) Sopore and other adjacent health institutions on Friday. The plantation drive was inaugurated by incharge Officer sopore Dr. Rudiyana and other officials from health department of […]

Innovators’ Meet held at KU’s Zakura Campus

VC vows establishment of new centre

Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad Friday inaugurated an innovators’ meet at the varsity’s Institute of Technology (IoT), Zakura Campus. The day-long meet was organised by the National Innovation Foundation Cell-JK, established at the University of Kashmir under the aegis of National Innovation Foundation-India, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and […]

Driver dies, two others injured in landslide at Udhumpur

Udhumpur: A driver was killed even as two others sustained injuries after a major landslide hit several vehicles along Srinagar-Jammu highway at Samroli in Udhumpur district. Reports said that several vehicles came under a major landslide resulting in on spot death of a JCB driver besides injuries to two others. The deceased has been identified […]