Senior official, others booked by ACB in embezzlement case

Jammu: A senior government official was among several people booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday for alleged embezzlement of funds meant for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The case was registered against M S Choudhary, the Chief-Executive Officer-cum-Managing Director of State Procurement and Supplies Agency, and others […]

Police claims arrest of ‘Pakistani agent’

Says accused had shared vital info with his handlers

Jammu: A Pakistani intelligence agent who had allegedly shared vital information with his handlers across the border was arrested here, police said. Pankaj Sharma, a resident of Tarore village in Samba, was arrested in an area under the jurisdiction of Trikuta Nagar Police Station on specific information, a police official said. He said Sharma was […]

Private B.Ed colleges asked to submit internal POT marks by 15th March

Srinagar: The term end examination of B.Ed 3rd and 4th semester batch 2017-19 has already become due but the Internal POT has not been yet conducted by the Private B.Ed Colleges affiliated with the University of Kashmir which according to the Controller of Examinations “has resulted in delay in the conduct of end term examination […]

KPC condemns harassment of video journalists

Srinagar: The Kashmir Press Club has taken a strong note of the harassment of the two video journalists at the hands of police in south Kashmir. Two cameramen Qayoom Khan and Qisar Mir, working for CNN-News 18 and TV9 Bharatvarsh, were stopped by the police from conducting their professional work on March 4 in Pulwama. […]

DGP sanctions scholarships for wards of slain policemen

JAMMU: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh sanctioned scholarship of over 2 lakhs in favour of 25 such school going children whose parents were part of the police force and were killed while on duty. The scholarship of rupees 2.30 lakh for the wards of slain policemen has been sanctioned out of Central Police […]

No need to panic, we can handle coronavirus spread: DAK

Srinagar: In view of the coronavirus fear, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday appealed the government to arrange separate OPDs, outpatient entry and waiting area and wards for people suffering from flu like illness. In a statement issued here, President DAK Dr Suhail Naik said the doctor’s body is satisfied over concrete measures taken by […]

Civil society Sopore holds elections

Abdul Rashid Changal elected as Chairman, Ashiq Hussain Zaki is Gen Sec

Bilal Ahmad Sopore: Civil Society Sopore on Thursday elected its new Chairman and General secretary, a statement issued by the organization said. It said that Haji Abdul Rashid Changal was elected as Chairman and Ashiq Hussein Zaki was elected as General Secretary of the Society. Core Group of Civil Society on March 4th, in its […]

Leh-Manali highway likely to be reopened by March end: BRO

Leh: The Leh-Manali highway, connecting Ladakh with Himachal Pradesh, is likely to be opened in the last week of this month, said officials on Thursday amid the snow clearance operations by Border Roads Organisation going on in full swing. Brigadier Arvinderm, the Project Himank’s chief engineer, said the summer snow clearance is being carried out […]