J&K HC says writ petitions maintainable against private unaided schools
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has said writ petitions against private unaided schools were maintainable as it falls within the ambit of public functions and education rules. The writ petitions are usually filed by citizens against the State and its agencies to protect their fundamental rights. Justice Javed Iqbal Wani passed the order […]
Advisor Sharma welcomes setting up of SAT Centre in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma, has welcomed setting up of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Centre in Srinagar. In a message, while appreciating the move, Advisor said that it is for the first time that such Centre has been set up in Jammu and Kashmir, which would provide an opportunity to the student to […]
Gandagi Mukht Bharat Campaign begins in J&K
SRINAGAR: The nationwide weeklong behavioral change sanitation campaign “Gandagi Mukht Bharat” today began in Jammu and Kashmir with its formal launch in all the districts and blocks of the Union Territory. The campaign has been started with E-Ratri Chaupal with the Sarpanchs throughout J&K by the District Panchayat Officers under the supervision of concerned Deputy […]
BJP worker injured in militant attack
Srinagar: Militants on Sunday shot at and injured a BJP worker in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. A police official said militants fired upon Abdul Hamid Najar, a resident of Mohiendpora area of Budgam in central Kashmir this morning, leaving him injured. He said Najar is a BJP worker. Najar was shifted […]
Covid-19: 15 more succumb, JK death toll reaches 465
463 new cases take tally past 24000 mark
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley reported fifteen more deaths due to covid-19 since overnight, taking the fatality count due to the virus to 465 in J&K, officials sources said on Saturday. They said that four deaths were reported from Kupwara, three each from Srinagar and Baramulla, two from Anantnag besides one each from Pulwama, Bandipora and Kulgam. […]
India records 61,537 new COVID-19 cases, 933 deaths
New Delhi: With India registering 61,537 more cases, the coronavirus tally reached 20,88,611 on Saturday, while 14,27,005 people have so far recuperated from COVID-19 pushing the recovery rate to 68.32 per cent, the Union health ministry said. The death toll due to the disease rose to 42,518 with 933 fresh fatalities being reported in a […]
No room for corruption in JK: Lt Guv Sinha
Stresses on promotion of youth-centric policies
Srinagar: Spelling out the contours of his model of governance, newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, has stressed on zero tolerance for corruption in the union territory and called for the promotion of youth-centric programmes, an official said here on Saturday. The Lt Governor chaired a high-level meeting with the administrative […]
LAC row: India, China hold Major General-level talks
New Delhi: Talks between senior army commanders of India and China were underway on Saturday to take forward the disengagement process along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at a number of friction points including in Daulat Beg Oldi and Depsang in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the developments said. The Major General-level talks are […]
We can overcome differences: Jaishankar
New Delhi: India and China can overcome their differences in the long-term if they reach “some kind of equilibrium” but achieving this is one of the big challenges faced by the country, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Jaishankar made the remarks while participating in an interactive session organised by the Confederation of […]
Re-opening of schools in JK
Issue being discussed says Advisor K K Sharma
Srinagar: Following the directives of Government of India (GoI) to submit a proposal of reopening of schools, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday said they are discussing the matter and have not finalized anything yet. Top officials in the administration said that they were asked to submit a proposal to GoI as to whether there […]
