Digital Taxis to be rolled out in JK

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Friday chaired a meeting to review the preparations to roll out plying of digital taxi services in Jammu and Kashmir. The Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Housing & Urban Development, and Transport, Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Commissioners of Srinagar and Jammu, and RTO, […]

Modi-led govt will rid JK of ‘corruption of clan’: Naqvi

Srinagar: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday said that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will rid Jammu and Kashmir of the “corruption of clan”. He said that the Union territory has been moving forward on the path of inclusive development by demolishing the “web of dynasty”. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

SCERT reschedules 8th standard Kashmiri, Punjabi paper

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Council of Educational Research and Trainings (SCERT) on Friday postponed elective Punjabi and Kashmiri paper of 8th standard. A notification issued by the department said that the papers was scheduled in the second meeting on November-21 “The examination of Punjabi and Kashmiri is rescheduled to be held on November-22 […]

Burglars strike at two shrines in north Kashmir, decamp with cash

Sopore: Burglars struck at two Shrines in two separate burglary incidents and decamped with cash in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday night. Local sources said that burglars struck at the shrine of Hazrat Syed Nizam u din Bukhari in Delina Baramulla during the intervening night of Thursday-Friday, they broke the chest located at the […]

19 persons rescued at Pir Ki Gali

Mughal road closed for traffic

Poonch: The Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch districts, has been closed even as authorities rescued 19 persons including a minor who had got trapped amid fresh snowfall along the thoroughfare last night, officials said on Friday. “19 persons have been rescued by teams of police and Army from Pir Ki Gali area during a […]

Prof Talat releases book, journal on Kashmir studies

Commends IKS for starting PG programme in Anthropology

Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad Friday released two publications of the varsity’s Institute of Kashmir Studies (IKS). The publications include an edited book titled ‘Kashmir: Past and Present’ and ‘Journal of Kashmir Studies’. Prof Talat, who was the chief guest on the occasion, said: “Such books and journals, which carry articles […]

DPEO issues notification for Phase-VI in Bandipora

BANDIPORA: District Panchayat Election Officer (DPEO) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad issued notification for sixth phase of by-elections to Panchayat Election-2020 for the vacant Sarpanch and Panch seats of the Panchayat Halqas of Bandipora (partly) and Aloosa block (partly) and District Development Council-Arin Constituency of the district on Thursday. According to the District Panchayat Election Officer, […]

33 Candidates withdraw nominations, 11 rejected in Anantnag

251 nominations received for phase IV in Kupwara

ANANTNAG/KUPWARA: According to District Panchayat Election Officer (DPEO) Anantnag, 33 candidates have withdrawn their nominations, while the nominations of 11 others were rejected for phase-II of the District Development Council (DDC) elections and Panchayat by-elections, 2020 in two blocks viz Shangus and Chittergul of the district. As per the official data a total of 264 […]

MRCFC, SKUAST-K conducts seed distribution programme

SRINAGAR: A Seed/input distribution cum one day training programme on Scientific Rice Production (SRP) Technologies under Tribal Sub Plan-Rice of All India Coordinated Research Project on Rice (AICRIP-Rice), was conducted here at Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops (MRCFC) Khudwani, SKUAST Kashmir on Thursday. The programme was sponsored by ICAR-IIRR Hyderabad, and Ministry of Agriculture […]