No let-up in clashes, 20 students injured in Kulgam
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Farooq Abdullah: ‘Guv’s rule the only plausible option’
The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, said on Thursday that for normalcy and peace to be restored in the restive region, Kashmir should be placed under governor’s rule and the state assembly put under suspended animation. While talking to the media persons in Srinagar, the leader of National Conference (NC) took […]
Minister reviews stock, supply position of essentials in Jammu division
The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) has completed computerization of Tehsil Supply Offices across Jammu division with internet facility to enable online allocation, supply chain management, and grievance redressal mechanism to further streamline the Public Distribution System in the region. The information was given in a meeting chaired by Minister […]
Create congenial academic atmosphere in educational institutions: Div Com to Principals
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today convened a meeting to review the functioning of educational institutions of the Valley. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Director School Education, Additional Secretary Higher Education, Deputy Director Planning and Heads of Educational Institutions were present in the meeting. On the occasion, the Div Com stressed on the augmentation of the […]
MEC holds ‘overseas education open day’
Getting a push from its recently held counselling seminar, Manchester Education held first overseas education open day on Thursday in Srinagar. The organized event was attended by hundreds of students and parents, who were briefed about the range of courses available in different countries like Iran, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, China, Ireland and the UK. Interested students […]
Government Decision: Students with 90 per cent attendance can only sit in exams
In a bid to tackle unending student protests, the government has decided not to allow those students to sit in the examinations who are falling short of 90 per cent attendance. The decision came after the government visibly failed to quell the student protests that have been affecting the educational routine in the major educational […]
DECC organizes career counselling programme
District Employment & Counseling Centre today organized a career counseling and guidance programme for girls under Rashtriya Madhmik Shikha Abhyan. Deputy Commissioner, Bhupinder Kumar was the chief guest on the occasion. Among others Chief Education Officer, Mohammad Ashraf Rather, General Manager DIC, Shahida Praveen, Deputy Director Employment, Shaista Sultana were also present. More than 400 […]
Samoon reviews status of PMSSS for 2017-18
Commissioner Secretary Higher Education, Asgar Hassan Samoon, today chaired a meeting to review the status of online registration for Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), and work out the modalities for counseling and awareness of students for the academic session 2017-18. During the meeting, Dr. Samoon appealed students to register for the scholarship program and […]
85 percent of 6600 candidates appear in CUCET-2017
Out of 6600 candidates who had applied for Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET-2017), about 85 per cent appeared in the entrance examination at different centres on May 17 and 18, respectively for admission to various Postgraduate, Diploma and Research Programmes offered by the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) and other fellow Central Universities […]
CM condoles demise
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has condoled the demise of union Environment Minister, Anil Madhav Dave who died this morning at New Delhi. In a condolence message to the bereaved family, the Chief Minister said Dave would long be remembered for his activism in environmental protection and other social causes and issues. Mehbooba Mufti has conveyed […]