Two army porters injured after slipping from hill
Uri: Two army porters were injured after they fell from a hill in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Official sources said that the porters slipped from the hill when they were taking some load uphill at a forwarded post of the army in village Nawarunda Uri. The injured have been identified […]
Highway closure: Stranded drivers decry lack of facilities
Srinagar: The drivers stranded along Srinagar—Jammu highway for the past four days on Tuesday rued lack of facilities alleging that the administration seems to have forgotten them. The drivers said that they are stuck along the highway following the damage to the bridge along the highway at Kela Morh in Ramban district for the past […]
Chill increases across Kashmir, Gulmarg shivers at minus 11.2°C
Srinagar: The night temperatures decreased across Kashmir with Gulmarg recording the highest plunge to remain the coldest place in the Valley, the weatherman said on Tuesday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.9°C against minus 0.2°C on the previous night. However, the temperature is above normal by one degree […]
Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping : TADA court frames charges against Yasin Malik, 9 others
Jammu: A special TADA court has framed charges against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammd Yasin Malik and nine others in a 31-year-old kidnapping case involving Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Malik is presently lodged in Tihar jail, Delhi, after he was arrested by the National […]
Mega job fair inaugurated at ITI Udhampur
UDHAMPUR: Government Industrial Training Institute Udhampur Tuesday organized one day mega placement job fair for unemployed youth of the district at ITI College complex Udhampur. Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department J&K UT, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon was the chief guest who formally inaugurated the job fair while District Development Commissioner, Udhampur, Dr Piyush Singla and […]
JK reports 113 fresh Covid-19 cases, one death
Srinagar: Three travelers were among 113 fresh novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. Among the fresh cases, they said, 65 are from Jammu Division and 48 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total tally to 122764. Giving district-wise details, they said, Srinagar reported 24 cases, […]
Capacity building programme on child rights inaugurated
JAMMU: To mark celebration of National Youth Day being celebrated to commemorate 159th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, inaugurated a capacity building programme on child rights, child protection, Juvenile Justice Act and ICPS for children of Jammu district. The programme was organized by National Development Foundation in collaboration with […]
Doctors ‘pen down’ strike
Attendants, patients protest at GMC Anantnag
Anantnag: The attendants as well as patients on Monday protest at GMC Anantnag as doctors observed a pen down strike against an order passed by the DDC Anantnag. Hundreds of attendants of patients who had reached GMC from different areas of south Kashmir were shocked to hear that doctors will not attend on them as […]
KU’s UG exams scheduled on January 12, 13 postponed
Revised date-sheets to be notified shortly
Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Controller of Examinations Prof Irshad A Nawchoo said on Monday that the varsity’s undergraduate examinations scheduled to be held on 12 January 2021 (Tuesday) and 13 January 2021 (Wednesday) are postponed. The revised date-sheet for these postponed papers, as well as all other papers of UG exams postponed previously, will be notified […]
Surveillance for Avian Influenza started in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: A squad of experts from the Institute of Animal Health and Biological Products (IAH&BP), Zakura of Animal Husbandry Department, Kashmir in coordination with the Wildlife Protection Department, Kashmir Monday visited Hokersar wetland to set in motion a sustained surveillance and Monitoring for Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) here. The team from IAH&BP, Zakura headed by […]