UNSC blacklists Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza
Saudi Arabia cancels his citizenship
United Nations: The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, under its sanctions list, describing the terrorist, thought to be based near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, as the “most probable successor” of the group’s current leader Aiman al-Zawahiri. The UN Security Council’s 1267 ISIS and […]
Infrastructural up gradation: Govt allots 43 Cr to education department to kick start works
Srinagar: In a significant development, the School Education Department has released an amount of Rs 43 Crore for infrastructural up gradation in government high and higher secondary schools. The development comes in the backdrop of the government’s decision to fix the infrastructural gaps in the government schools and equip the educational institutions with all basic […]
Lack of basic facilities: Education department ropes in district administration to equip government schools
Srinagar: The school education department has roped in the district administration to equip the government schools across the state with all basic facilities of electricity, toilets and drinking water. In this regard, the government has constituted district level committees headed by concerned deputy commissioners to achieve 100 percent target of saturation of all these facilities […]
Respite: GOI alters rules for conducting exams of physically challenged candidates
Srinagar: In a significant development, the ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India (GoI) has amended the guidelines for conducting written exams of candidates with bench mark disabilities. In this regard the department has shot a letter to all the universities for “strict implementation” of the guidelines as per the new amendments made […]
Let it end please, say people as tension escalates after air strikes
Srinagar: Unease and uncertainty might have become the subtext of the conflict that underscores their lives but thousands of people across Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday voiced one hope as tensions between India and Pakistan spiralled after IAF jets struck a JeM camp — let it end here please. Across the Kashmir Valley and in […]
MHRD seeks improvement in educational standards in JK
Srinagar: The Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has put the school education department on radar for improving the educational scenario in the two aspirational district- Kupwara and Baramulla. The two districts in north Kashmir have been selected for aspirational districts program of NITI Aayog, launched by PMO in January 2018. The MHRD has […]
Rumours ran amok on Saturday, create panic among people
Srinagar: It was a rumor filled day on Saturday as people in most areas of Srinagar city and other areas were seen running in panic and trying to understand the situation that has led to the panic all around. Mainly it was the additional deployments of central forces and subsequent crackdown on leaders from separatist […]
Attack on Kashmiri students: PSAJ&K steps in, says will accommodate students who came back
Srinagar: The students who faced expulsion or rustication from the colleges and universities in outside J&K state will be facilitated by the Private Schools Association Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJ&K) in collaboration with the coaching centres association Kashmir (CCAK). This was stated by the president PSAJ&K G N Var in a press conference held at Srinagar. […]
Critical Care Ambulance service will soon be a reality in JK
Service to be started from April with a fleet of 416 ambulances
Service to be started from April with a fleet of 416 ambulances
Diploma courses offered at GMC converted into degree courses
Health Ministry directs MCI to provide approval
Srinagar: In a move to improve the academics at Govt Medical College (GMC), Srinagar to level next in various departments, the Union Health Ministry has nodded the conversion of various diploma courses at GMC, Srinagar into full-fledged degree courses, while asking the MCI to consider the decision. In a letter, a copy of which is […]