Ladakh to have centres for civil services, CET for govt jobs: Union Minister

New Delhi: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said Ladakh will have centres for conducting civil services examination and common eligibility test for the central government recruitment for the convenience of aspirants. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on capacity building for Ladakh officials at Leh, he said that goals and targets set by Prime Minister Narendra […]

Over 84 % population in Kashmir have COVID-19 antibodies: Seroprevalence Survey

Can’t be complacent, new variants could emerge: Dr Salim Khan

Srinagar: As per the population based Seroprevalence of Covid-19 in Kashmir valley, over 84 percent people have antibodies against the Covid-19 infection. An official said that a pan-Kashmir cross-sectional sero-study was conducted among general population and various subsets of population which include police personnel, healthcare workers, pregnant women by government medical college Srinagar in collaboration […]

JK is more than a piece of land, it’s our consciousness: Lt Guv

Releases Jawaharlal Kaul’s book ‘Jammu Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise’

NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday released eminent journalist Jawaharlal Kaul’s book titled "Jammu & Kashmir: The Wounded Paradise”. Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, President, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) Trust presided over the function. Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor praised the author for his remarkable effort in presenting J&K […]

Empower youth through gainful employment: CS tells Officials

Reviews progress under Mission Youth

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the progress under Mission Youth, an ambitious programme to empower unemployed 50000 youth in J&K through gainful employment. Commissioner Secretary, Labour & Employment Department and Chief Executive Officer, Mission Youth participated in the meeting. It was informed that under the ‘Mumkin’ scheme […]

NC will contest elections whenever they are held: Farooq

Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said his party is committed to the struggle for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and special status but will contest elections whenever they are held in the union territory. He was speaking to reporters after paying his respects at NC founder and his father Sheikh […]

Population Census in JK: Admin for no change in boundaries of administrative units

Srinagar: Setting the stage for conduct of census 2021, the administration of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory has notified that boundaries of all the administrative units will be frozen from December 31 onwards. The Jammu & Kashmir’s Planning Development and Monitoring department has come up with a notification to order freezing of administrative boundaries of […]

Setting up JKIDCO: Admin plans merger of SIDCO, SICOP

High-level committee headed by FC Finance to work out roadmap

Srinagar: The J&K UT administration has set-up a three-member committee to draw a roadmap for establishment of Jammu and Kashmir Industrial Development Corporation along with merging State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO) and Small Scale Industrial Development Corporation (SICOP). In an order issued here the general administration department constituted a high-level committee headed by Financial Commissioner […]

Two brothers held with heroin, cash in Jammu

Jammu: Police have arrested two drug peddlers with 30 grams of heroin and over Rs 1.62 lakh in their possession on the outskirts of Jammu, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. Sanjeev Kumar alias “Chotu” and his brother Jagdeep Kumar, residents of Ban Sultan, were travelling in their car when they were signalled to […]