Empowerment: Women academicians at KU get lead roles after new VC took over

Mohammad Adnan Srinagar: Women academicians are getting lead roles in the University of Kashmir (KU) after the newly appointed Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Nilofer Khan took over the charges of the post. The new VC seems to be particular about women empowerment and participation of girl students in various activities, which she revealed in many […]

Dry weather to continue in plains across JK: MeT

Srinagar: The weatherman on Thursday forecast mainly dry weather even as night temperature recorded a rise at most places in Jammu and Kashmir. “Mainly dry weather over the plains of Jammu and Kashmir with possibility of very light rain thundershowers at one or two places over the higher reaches,” said a meteorological department official here […]

BSF fires at suspected Pakistani drone along IB

Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border (IB) in Jammu district in the early hours of Thursday, forcing it to return, officials said. They said a massive search operation has been launched to trace any weapon or explosive that it might have dropped. “A blinking […]

Govt employees get 15 lakh accidental Insurance cover

Lt Governor rolls out scheme, launches J&K Bank’s 'Phone Pe Loan' facility

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinah Wednesday rolled out ‘Accidental Insurance Scheme’ for employees of the J&K Government. Under the scheme, Jammu & Kashmir Bank will extend free group personal insurance cover of Rs 15 lakh to all the employees. The Lt Governor also launched J&K Bank’s ‘Phone Pe Loan’ facility for the government employees. The […]

Shift 178 services to online mode by mid June: CS to Officials

Appeals public to share feedback in large numbers

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Wednesday chaired a meeting with the concerned Administrative Secretaries to review the implementation of the Rapid Assessment System (RAS) in Jammu and Kashmir and the nature of feedback being received. It was informed that a total of 178 online services of 23 departments are being taken up for […]

Record 80 lakh tourists visited Kashmir in recent months: Officials

Srinagar: A record 80 lakh tourists have visited Kashmir since January, the deputy commissioner’s office in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has claimed. “Kashmir is witnessing a ‘golden period of tourism’ as 80 lakh tourists have visited the UT in the past few months alone, breaking all the records of past 20 years,” the Anantnag deputy […]

President Kovind to attend convocation of IIM Jammu

Jammu: President Ram Nath Kovind will address the fifth convocation of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here on Thursday and will also inaugurate a diversity cell at the institute. A total of 214 students, including 77 women, will be awarded Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the convocation this year. President Kovind will […]

AC approves scheme for promotion of PM package employees

Declares all posts under the PM Package as divisional level posts in Kashmir Division

SRINAGAR: In a bid to streamline the career progression of employees engaged under the Prime Minister’s Development Package, the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the scheme for promotion of PM package employees. This will remove the bottleneck in career progression of employees appointed under […]

Drones may replace weather balloons soon

New Delhi: India is set to deploy drones to gather atmospheric data that is currently collated by sending sensors through weather balloons released from at least 55 locations across the country twice every day. The sensors embedded in a radiosonde, which is a telemetry instrument carried by a weather balloon, record atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind […]