Kansal reviews progress on Outreach Programmes conducted across J&K
‘NITI Aayog selects J&K for Pilot Project on Sustained Developmental Goals of UNDP’
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Planning, Development & Monitoring and Information, Rohit Kansal held a meeting to review the progress made under different Outreach Programmes conducted across Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary Social Welfare Department, Hirdesh Kumar; Secretary Rural Development Department and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda; Director Information and […]
Off to school: Children to join classes after more than six months of holidays
Srinagar: Students across Kashmir will join their classes in their respective schools on Monday after a gap of over six months as government announced re-opening of all schools across the Valley on February 24. Since August 5 last year, all the schools barring a few, remained shut due to the uncertainty and volatile situation. Notably, […]
NRC in JK will target Rohingyas, other infiltrators: BJP
‘Delimitation committee to be constituted by end of December 2019’
Owais Gul Srinagar: The Rohingyas and other infiltrators present in the Jammu and Kashmir will be expelled soon, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir unit said on Tuesday. The statement comes a day after the Union Home Minister Amit Shah set a 2024 deadline for implementing the hugely divisive NRC across the country, stating […]
Jammu gets first exclusive super speciality cancer hospital
Jammu: American Oncology Institute (AOI), South Asia’s leading chain of cancer hospitals, Saturday extended its services to Jammu and Kashmir with the inauguration of its 11th cancer care centre here. The first exclusive super speciality cancer hospital, in partnership with Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences and Hospital (ASCOMS) was inaugurated by Financial Commissioner, […]
Railways in Kashmir suffer losses due to shutdown
Srinagar: As train service continued to remain suspended for the 92nd day on Monday, the Railway department has suffered a loss of over Rs 2.76 crore in Kashmir valley, where shutdown against scrapping of Article 370 and Article 35 A entered 14th week. Official sources said that not a single train operated in Kashmir valley […]
Abrogation of Article 370: Business sector suffers Rs 5,000 crore loss in Kashmir alone
Srinagar: Kashmir has been witnessing total slump in business due to abrogation of Article 370 by Government of India in the first week of August sparking spontaneous shutdown across the length and breadth of the Valley. Industrial sector is incurring huge losses while some of the plants are on the verge of closure. An official […]
Even Hr Secondary schools fail to attract students
Srinagar: Students in various Higher Secondary Schools stayed away from schools on Thursday even as the administration had ordered the teaching and other staff to be available for the students. The administration had announced the opening of all the higher secondary schools across the Kashmir Valley from today. Reports said that only staff members were […]
Frequent long power cuts become a routine in Press Enclave
Srinagar: The Governor Administration recently claimed that there will be uninterrupted power supply this winter in Kashmir capital Srinagar, but before the onset of harsh winter, the Power Development Department has failed to live up to the promise made by the government. Kashmir’s media hub which continues to witness communication clampdown is now witness to […]
IT sector faces ‘closure’ due to communication clampdown
Srinagar: The suspension of internet services has left the employees at Kashmir Valley’s IT hubs high and dry. Sources said that if the ban on communication persists, IT hubs may face permanent lockdown. Over 1,000 employees who work in one of the IT hubs in Rangreth complex here in the outskirts of Srinagar city are […]
Fresh deployment a security measure, Guv
Says he has no knowledge of change in constitutional provisions
Says he has no knowledge of change in constitutional provisions
