DIPR organizes Nukad Natak on COVID-19

REASI: To generate awareness among the masses, the Cultural Wing, Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR), Jammu organized a Nukad Natak cum Cultural Programme based on Covid-19 Do’s & Don’ts in the premises of Shri Vaishno Devi College of Education Reasi. Chairman of the host College Sudesh Puri was the chief guest on the […]

JDA seals two unauthorized constructions

JAMMU: Jammu Development Authority (JDA) Wednesday sealed two un-authorised constructions which had no valid building permission from the Competent Authority at Bhatyari, Tehsil Bishnah. The sealing operation was undertaken as per the instructions of JDA Vice-chairperson, Babila Rakwal, and under the close supervision of Director Land Management, JDA, Puneet Sharma. The operation was headed by […]

Address concerns of DDC members, Apni party to PM, HM

Jammu: The Apni Party on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to resolve protocol power and honorarium issues of DDC members, alleging that the bureaucracy has always attempted to uproot the democratic edifice in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes on a day District Development Council (DDC) members called off […]

JeM module busted, four held: Police

Srinagar: Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a module of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) by arresting four men, who were allegedly planning to carry out a car-bomb attack on security forces in Kashmir’s Pampore. “Jaish wanted to carry out a car-bomb attack and the Awantipora police was tracking this module. We have arrested four […]

General Atta Hasnain inaugurates workshop on disaster management

Srinagar: Member National Disaster Management Authority, General Syed Atta Hasnain, inaugurated a one day workshop on ‘Incident Response System’ at Srinagar on Wednesday. The workshop was also attended by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole. General Hasnain said that the purpose of holding this workshop was to sensitise the government officers, so that their response […]

Fuel-price rise: Apni Party members stage protests in Srinagar

Srinagar: Apni Party members and activists staged a protest here on Wednesday against the rising fuel prices, curtailment of ration supplies and shortage of mutton in Kashmir. The demonstrators assembled outside the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs at Shaheed Gunj and raised slogans against the administration for its “failure” in mitigating the […]

Decayed walnut trees pose threat to students, teachers at Pulwama School

Pulwama: The dried and decaying walnut trees in the premises of Aripal high School in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district are posing a threat to teachers and students. Students and teachers at the school said that due to winds, the branches of the dried walnut trees keep falling which can prove fatal at times. “The administration […]

Establish robust higher education set up in Kashmir: Atta Hasnain

Chairs University’s 7th Court meeting, VC apprises about CUK functioning

Srinagar: Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Chancellor, Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Atta Hasnain Tuesday strongly underscored the need of establishing a robust higher educational system in Kashmir. “I aspire to see that all the students from Valley receive higher and other technical education from the institutions established in Kashmir only and none of the students […]

38 kg poppy seized on Jmu-Sgr highway, two held

Jammu: Police seized 38 kilograms of poppy from a Punjab-bound truck on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and arrested two suspected drug peddlers in Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. During routine checking, a police team intercepted the truck on the highway at Jakhani area and recovered poppy concealed in a modified compartment in the vehicle, […]