Congress capable enough to overcome challenges: G A Mir

Srinagar: Congress party is capable enough to overcome the challenges and defeat the “malicious campaign unleashed by the adversaries”, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G A Mir has said. While interacting with the party workers at Verinag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Mir said that Congress would also defeat the “conspiracies being hatched against […]

Time ripe to show NC, PDP their ‘right place’: Er Rasheed

Baramulla: AIP President Er Rasheed has said that time was ripe to show NC, PDP and other traditional parties “their right place and make them to pay for their politics of exploitation”. Addressing a day long convention of party workers at Dak-Bungalow Baramulla on Sunday, Rasheed said that NC leadership “cannot always befool Kashmiris, stab […]

NAAC-accredited colleges swelled from 13 to 30: Govt

Clarifies reports on accreditation of Degree Colleges

SRINAGAR: The Department of Higher Education has clarified a news story regarding NAAC accreditation of Degree Colleges in Jammu and Kashmir. “It is clarified that assessment norms of the NAAC have undergone certain changes in recent times under which obtaining higher grades of A and A ++ and also maintaining earlier NAAC gradings of educational […]

Thrashing of doctor in West Bengal

DAK writes to Governor Malik, demands ordinance on incidents involving medicos

Srinagar: In the backdrop of recent thrashing of a doctor in West Bengal, Doctors Association Kashmir has written to Governor Satya Pal Malik demanding ordinance against violence with the doctor community. In a letter addressed to Malik on Sunday, the DAK said that it had been demanding introduction of the ordinance for last two decades. […]

39.6 C in Jammu, 27.5 C in Srinagar

Jammu: Scorching heat continued to prevail here on Sunday, with the mercury recording 39.6 degrees Celsius, the meteorological department said. The weather agency has forecast scattered rains and thunderstorm with gusty winds of 30-40 kilometres per hour on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The minimum temperature in the city was at 26.2 degrees Celsius, while Srinagar […]

Daylong training, capacity building prog on ‘Empowerment of Senior Citizens’ held

SRINAGAR: Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Judge Jammu and Kashmir High Court Sunday said that Judiciary is committed to protect the rights and welfare of the senior citizens, for which serious efforts will be made to create a better atmosphere in the society for these special people. The initiative for setting up of Ahatay Waqar was […]

Hakeem Yaseen for liberal funding to Panchayats for boosting rural infrastructure

Seeks hike in honorarium of sarpanchs, panchs

Budgam: Chairman PDF, Hakeem Yaseen has enjoined upon the Governor administration to take all the required measures to strengthen the Panchayat Raj system in the state. Yaseen has urged the need for adequate funds allotment to the gram panchayats and monthly honorarium in favour of Sarpanchs and Panchs. Speaking at a meeting of Sarpanchs at […]

CEPC Regional Office starts functioning from Srinagar

SRINAGAR: In order to assist the Artisans and Member Exporters of Handmade Carpets and other floor coverings from J&K, the Regional Office of Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC) has started functioning from IICT Campus, Baghi Ali Mardan Khan, Nowshera, Srinagar. The office was formally inaugurated by Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister of Textiles, Women & […]

DC Budgam chairs sensitization session of ‘Back to Village’ prog

BUDGAM: In order to sensitize the officers/officials of Rural development department regarding smooth conduct of the programme titled ‘Back to the village’, an interactive meeting was Sunday convened by the department under the chairmanship of District Development Commissioner (DDC) Budgam, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar. Besides, Assistant Commissioner Development Budgam, the meeting was attended by Executive […]