KU VC delivers lecture at UGC-HRDC
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir Prof. Talat Ahmad delivered a lecture on “Rise of the Himalayan mountains and Climate Proxies” at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) of the University of Kashmir during the ongoing 84th General Orientation Course that is being attended by 40 Assistant Professors of various colleges and universities of J&K. Prof. Talat […]
‘Capacity building workshop begins at EMMRC, KU
Srinagar: A five- day workshop on Capacity building of Urdu journalists and students of journalism in the Kashmir Valley started here at University of Kashmir on Tuesday. The workshop has been organized by Educational Multi Media Research Centre (EMMRC), University of Kashmir in collaboration with National Council for Promotion of Urdu language (NCPUL), New Delhi. […]
Khanyar blaze victim was ‘fired’ after serving as helper for 8 years in IWMP
CEO refutes, demand action, assistance to deceased’s lone surviving daughter
Srinagar: Javaid Ahmad Hakak, a Srinagar resident, who along with his wife and three-year-old daughter was charred to death in Khanyar blaze on Friday, was disbanded from his duties almost eight months ago after serving in Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) in Rural Development Department (RDD) as helper for almost eight years. Hakak had joined […]
Cash stolen from private school in Handwara
Handwara: In a shocking incident some unknown persons have stolen an amount of over Rs 50, 000 form a private educational institute at Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district and have damaged safety locker and windows panes of the school as well. Abdul Samad principal of ‘Unique Public School’ said that over Rs 50,000 has […]
Fraud: ACB registers case against Chairman JK Co-operative Bank, others
Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday registered a case against chairman of cooperatives Bank Ltd and other officials for sanctioning a loan in favour of non-existent cooperative society in Jammu and Kashmir. ACB in a statement issued here said that based on the outcome of Preliminary enquiry (PE) conducted by Anti Corruption Bureau, it […]
No substitute to our party in JK: NC
Says genuine representatives of people pushed to wall, crowded out
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Youth National Conference (JKYNC) Provincial President Ahsan Pardesi has stated that National Conference (NC) is the grass roots level representative party in Jammu and Kashmir and has been representing its social, cultural and historical individuality. While speaking in workers convention of Sonwar constituency convened by Ahsan Pardesi and presided over by […]
LPG cylinder catches fire in Anantnag school, three injured
Srinagar: Two women and a sweeper were injured in a fire mishap in a school at Batpora, Larnoo area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. Reports said that the two women who are working as Contingent Paid Workers (CPW) and a sweeper at government Primary School received minor burn injuries after the […]
NIA quizzes arrested Kashmiri couple for alleged IS links
New Delhi: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday reached the Delhi Police Special Cell office to question the arrested Kashmiri couple for their alleged links with the ISIS module. The couple from Kashmir, identified as Jahanjeb Sami, 36 and his wife Hina Bashir Beg, 39, were residing in Jamia Nagar, and […]
JK bank job aspirants face police ‘ire’
Srinagar: Police Monday flexed muscles on bank job aspirants who staged a peaceful sit-in protest outside Bank Corporate Headquarters in Srinagar against the government decision to scrap list of 2018 batch JK Bank Probationary Officers and Banking Associates. Pertinently, Jammu Kashmir Bank conducted the tests in April 2019 for the posts of Bank Associate and […]
Hospital for 100 villages awaits up-gradation in South Kashmir
Tral: One of Kashmir’s old healthcare facility, Sub-District Hospital Tral here in Pulwama district has been lagging behind in terms of upgradation while other SDHs in the valley were upgraded longtime ago. Established during the Maharaja rule, the hospital was established with an objective to provide healthcare to the rural people but the lack of […]