India’s higher education ecosytem has undergone fundamental transformation: Union Education Minister
New Delhi: India’s higher education ecosystem has undergone a fundamental transformation making it flexible, interdisciplinary, inclusive and innovation driven, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. Inaugurating two-day Vice-Chancellors’ Conference of Central Universities in Gujarat’s Kevadia, Pradhan also said the total student enrolment has touched 4.46 crore, a 30 per cent increase since 2014–15. […]
Man, sister arrested with heroin worth Rs 70 lakh in Jammu
Jammu: A brother-sister duo were arrested with 550 grams of heroin worth Rs 70 lakh on the outskirts of Jammu city on Thursday, police said. They said the accused have been identified as Gurjeet Singh and his sister Navneet Kour from Tanda village in R S Pura. During routine checking at the Balol checkpost in […]
Goods train derails amid heavy rains in Kathua
Jammu: Two bogies of a goods train derailed on Thursday due to flooding on the railway track in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, disrupting train traffic on the Jammu-Pathankot route, officials said. No loss of life was reported in the incident. The incident took place in Lakhanpur area of the district, when the train was […]
Wular Lake witnesses Lotus bloom after decades
Community efforts, dredging bring flower back Bandipora: After a gap of nearly 30 years, lotus flowers have reappeared in Wular Lake in north Kashmir, renewing hope for communities that once depended on the lake for their livelihood. The flowers, locally known for their edible stems called Nadru, had disappeared after the devastating floods of 1992 […]
Promote SKICC for MICE tourism: CM to Officials
Chairs SKICC & JKTDC Board Meetings SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday chaired the Board meetings of Sher-i- Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) and Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC) after the Boards were reconstituted recently with Chief Minister as chairman of both the Boards. CM chaired back-to back board meetings here at SKICC […]
Police invoke new criminal laws to attach property in job scam
Compensates 17 victims Jammu: In a landmark action under the BNSS, Jammu and Kashmir Police successfully executed a property attachment in a Rs 2.39 crore job scam here, resulting in the recovery and refund of Rs 75 lakh among 17 victims, a senior officer said on Wednesday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Joginder Singh, said […]
Rain brings relief from heat conditions in Kashmir
Srinagar: Rains lashed many parts of Kashmir on Wednesday, bringing relief from the intense heat wave conditions. The weather department forecast intense showers at some places of the valley over the next 36 hours and said the current weather system would continue till Thursday “Intermittent light to moderate rain/ thundershowers would continue at many places. […]
Fresh batch of over 7,500 pilgrims leaves for Amarnath shrine
Nearly 17,000 more pilgrims offer prayers at Amarnath cave shrine Jammu/Srinagar: Amid tight security, a fresh bath of over 7,500 pilgrims left here early Wednesday for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The number of pilgrims who have paid obeisance at the cave shine has crossed one lakh. The 38-day […]
Amarnath Yatra: Top police officer directs for maintaining high level of vigilance
Jammu: Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Shiv Kumar Sharma on Wednesday conducted a thorough security review of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra and stressed the significance of maintaining a high level of vigilance throughout the duration of the pilgrimage. The 38-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high shrine commenced on July 3 from the Valley via the twin tracks […]
Ahmedabad plane crash: Initial report to be made public in two days: AAIB to Par panel
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that it will make public its preliminary report on the Ahmedabad plane crash in a couple of days, sources said. AAIB Director General G V G Yugandhar told the panel that it will upload the report within 30 days of one […]