Delegation from MHRD, IIM Lucknow visits Kashmir
Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, on Monday said that the state government is committed to provide quality education and state of the art infrastructural facilities to the students of Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by Bukhari during a meeting with the officials of from Union Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) […]
Improving ourselves during Ramadhan will reduce our ills: Mirwaiz
Stating that the holy month, Ramadhan brings the followers of Islam closer to Almighty Allah, President Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday said that the month made obligatory to the Muslim Ummah is one full of Allahs blessings and a great opportunity for seeking his forgiveness and mercy. As per the statement issued here, Mirwaiz […]
Colleges, Hr Secondary schools reopen
The teaching work in colleges and Higher Secondary Schools (HSS) across Kashmir Valley resumed today after remaining suspended for over a week’s time. However the class work at SP HSS and MP HSS continued to remain suspended on Monday. The JK government earlier ordered for suspension of class work in all Colleges and HSS post […]
Alleged suicide: Mudasir’s family protest against ‘police inaction’
The family and the relatives of Mudasir Javed who allegedly committed suicide last month, Monday protested at Srinagar’s Press Enclave against what they termed as “gentle behaviour of police with the culprits”. The family and the relatives chanted slogans like ‘we want justice’ and were holding banners and placards. They were demanding action against her […]
World Environment Day Observed
World Environment Day was today observed by Mass Media Division Srinagar Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing, J&K at Doon International School HMT, Hokarsar. An impressive inter-school symposium was organized on the theme “Connecting people to nature” in which students from various schools of Srinagar and other districts participated. The experts and school children […]
Boy killed, one injured in road mishap
A boy died while a motorcyclist was injured in two separate road accidents in Bandipora and Srinagar, a police spokesman said. In Bandipora, an auto bearing registration number JK16-4287 hit and injured a boy namely Suhail Rehman son of Abdul Rehman Kaloo resident of Naninara, Sumbal at Naninara in Sumbal. The injured was shifted to […]
Police recovers poppy straw
Police received an information that one person identified as Nazir Ahmad Misgar resident of Gandwani in the jurisdiction of Police Station D.H Pora has kept huge quantity of contraband substances at his home. After receiving this information, a police party of Police Station D.H Pora raided his house. On search four bags of poppy […]
Administration’s unpreparedness hits commoners during Ramadan
Awami Itihad Party youth leader and social activist Syed Aijaz Kashani, on Monday, lashed out at the government for ‘tormenting Kashmiris during the holy month of Ramadan by failing to deliver basic facilities such as clean drinking water and electricity’. He stated that both the Power Development Department (PDD) and the Water Works Department (WWD) […]
Tarigami for massive plantation, protecting trees
Stressing the need for massive plantation and protecting the trees, Chairman, Committee on Environment of Legislative Assembly, M.Y. Tarigami said it is the duty of everyone of us to play our role in protecting the nature. In a message on World Environment day which is observed every year on June 5, the chairman said that […]