CUET: Aspirants claim admit cards mention past dates for exam
NTA asks them not to panic
New Delhi: Several Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG aspirants have claimed that the exam dates mentioned on their admit cards have already passed while the date intimated to them earlier was different. The National Testing Agency (NTA), which is responsible for conducting the exam, has appealed to the candidates not to panic and stick to […]
JK reports 131 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 131 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that 14 cases were reported from Jammu division and 117 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 476175. Among the cases, 173396 are from Jammu […]
Paucity of funds a constraint in biometric attendance for Pry, Middle Schools
Muhammad Adnan Srinagar: Paucity of resources in government primary and middle schools is likely to prove a dampener for Education Department as these institutions do not have the resources to install biometric apparatus. Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act-2009, the government offers free and compulsory education to all the students up to middle level. […]
MeT forecasts mainly dry weather with isolated rain across JK
Srinagar: The weatherman on Monday forecast mainly dry weather with isolated light rain and thundershower over Jammu and Kashmir divisions in next 24 hours. For subsequent two days, the meteorological department has predicted “scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain/thundershowers.” Regarding minimum temperature, an official of the department said that Srinagar recorded a low […]
Govt forms advisory board for revising minimum wage rates
Srinagar: The government has constituted Advisory Board under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, an order issued here said. According to a government order an Advisory Board has been constituted in terms of Section 09 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 for revision of minimum wages of scheduled employments in J&K. Headed by advisor (B) to […]
Budgam grenade attack- Third LeT terrorist arrested: Police
Srinagar: Security forces on Monday arrested a “hybrid terrorist” of Lashkar-e-Taiba involved in the August 15 grenade attack on a minority habitation in Budgam district, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three. The terrorist was identified as Suhail Ahmad Malik, police said. “Police today arrested one more hybrid terrorist of proscribed […]
Rusted grenade defused in Samba
Jammu: A rusted grenade was defused by a bomb disposal squad in Samba district on Monday, officials said. The grenade was found lying in a dried up stream by some farmers working in their fields nearby at Swankha village in Vijaypur, they said. They informed police and the explosive device was subsequently defused by the […]
Speeding car enters Jammu railway station, minor killed
Jammu: A speeding car barged into a railway station premises here Monday, fatally hitting a seven-year-old girl and causing injuries to six other persons, before it rammed into an auto-rickshaw and halted, officials said. The girl, Anamika, from Delhi succumbed to her injuries in a hospital, they said. Of the six injured, two are in […]
BSF nabs intruder near Indo-Pak border in Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer: The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested a 50-year-old Pakistani national near the Indo-Pak border here on late Sunday night. The intruder was handed over to the police for questioning, sources said. According to sources, the BSF personnel have detained Pakistani national Aslam Khan who was trying to cross the Sadhewala border and handed […]
Two civilians injured in grenade blast at Bijbehara: Police
Srinagar: Two civilians sustained minor injuries after terrorists hurled a grenade on CRPF at Sangam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday evening. A police officer said that terrorists lobbed a grenade on a Bunker of 136 BN CRPF at Sangam. However, the grenade missed the intended target and exploded on roadside. In this incident […]
