CM expresses grief
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief over the death of woman and injuries to her husband in Nowshehra sector of Rajouri district today due to cross LoC firing. The Chief Minister has directed the Rajouri district administration to provide all assistance and help to the injured in the incident.
Woman, teenager die during Indo-Pak LoC flare-up
A woman and a teenager died in cross border firing between Indian and Pakistani troops on Thursday. On Wednesday night a woman was killed in Pakistan firing. Indian Defence officials while confirmed the death of the woman identified her as Akhtar Bibi wife of Muhammad Haneef. Meanwhile, schools close to LoC in Rajouri have been […]
Schools upgraded but no specialist teachers deputed
Despite the passage of more than two years, the J&K’s school education department is yet to appoint subject specific teachers for the upgraded Government Middle schools, leaving the educational institutions teacher deficient. The teachers were supposed to be recruited under centrally sponsored scheme- Rashtriya Madhiyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for the Middle Schools which were […]
Will BJP succeed to do away Mahraja’s practice of shifting Darbar?
Srinagar: Barely two days after the shifting of Darbar Move offices from Jammu to Srinagar on May 8, BJP — the ally of ruling PDP in Jammu and Kashmir—upped its ante over the demand of not shifting the civil secretariat from Jammu, citing “huge burden on the State exchequer as main reason.” Even though […]
Dead body recovered in Sonamarag
An unidentified body of a man was recovered from Thajwas area of tourist resort of Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday, police sources said. They said that the body of a middle-aged man wearing a shirt was recovered after locals informed the police. The body has been kept at Primary Health Center Sonamarg […]
AOA sans road map to address Kashmir issue: Congress
While critiquing PDP for playing with emotions of people, Congress on Thursday said that the party is befooling people of Kashmir over initiating dialogue process with all the stakeholders including the separatists. Ridiculing the statement made by PDP leader Muhammad Sartaj Madni where he had said that “dialogue without Hurriyat is meaningless,” Congress said that […]
Poplar trees in all educational institutions to be axed
Director School Education Kashmir Dr G. N. Itoo has directed for immediate felling of Russian Poplar trees in all educational institutions of the valley. In a surprise visit to the GHSS Kothibagh, Director came to know that instructions regarding the chopping of popular trees have not been followed and because of which hundreds of students […]
Doctors urged to become brand ambassadors of JK
The apex committee meeting on Tourism was held in SKICC in which the experts from Ministry of Tourism GoI were briefed about the ongoing work on different projects under PMDP and PMRP. The Secretary Tourism and Floriculture Farooq Ahmad Shah briefed the members about the said works specifically the integrated Development of tourist facility at […]
Farooq, Omar pay tributes to Sheikh Mansoor
National Conference President and MP Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Working President Omar Abdullah Thursday paid glowing tributes to former MLA Shopian Sheikh Mansoor on his 27th death Anniversary today. “Sheikh Mansoor Sahab was a true son of the soil. He left no stone unturned to put Shopian on fast track of development. Till the time […]
IGP Kashmir promotes 287 police personnel
Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, S.J.M Gillani has approved the promotion of 287 Police personnel to their next rank. The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) met under the Chairmanship of the Inspector General of Police, Kashmir and promoted 276 Sg. Constables to the next rank of head constable, besides in a special DPC 11 cases […]
