GANDERBAL: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneur Development Institute (JKEDI) organized a workshop on entrepreneurship development at mini secretariat here on Saturday. The workshop was held in coordination with Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) Ahmadabad, an official spokesperson said. On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal lauded JKEDI for its role in changing employment scenario in the […]
SRINAGAR: A Nepali labourer was found dead under suspicious circumstances in frontier region of Ladakh, police said on Saturday. Tek Bahadur, a resident of Dong Reppi area of Nepal, was found dead in his room at Somoor-Nobra in “suspicious manner” yesterday, a police spokesman said. The postmortem of the deceased was carried out at Sub […]
ANANTNAG: District officer of Handicrafts Department Saturday organised a daylong orientation cum awareness camp at Kokernag here to aware the artisans and common people about different welfare schemes and programs, an official spokesperson said. As the handicrafts sector is a backbone of the rural economy, a large number of participants attended the camp. The authorities […]
SRINAGAR: Election Observer for Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency, Dheeraj Singh convened a meeting with all the Nodal Officers to review the poll preparedness for the Parliamentary election-2014 scheduled to be held on April 30 for Srinagar Constituency, here Saturday. According to an official spokesman, during the meeting the Observer was briefed about basic facilities put in […]
SRINAGAR: A government employee was electrocuted while repairing a high tension electricity wire in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said on Saturday. Power Development Department lineman Ghulam Nabi Reshi, a resident of Veer Saran, came in contact with a live wire while repairing high tension wire at Club Park in Pahalgam hill resort yesterday, a […]
Srinagar: A one-day state level workshop on ‘J&K Juvenile Justice Act’ was organized Saturday by the Department of law, University of Kashmir in collaboration with Save the Children (NGO). The workshop was attended by legal experts, scholars, academics, members from Social Welfare Department, Heads and Deans of various Departments of the University of Kashmir and […]
Abid Pampori Doda: Two-day training of SMDC members of zone Bhagwah organized by the DIET Doda under RMSA concluded here Saturday. About 50 members of various schools participated in the programme. The valedictory function was organized in Girls Middle School Bhagwah in which AH Wanchoo was the chief guest. Others who spoke on the […]
SRINAGAR: Stating the sending girl students on India tour without guardians (Muharram) was against the teachings of Islam, Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) chief, Asiya Andrabi Friday said that people sending their daughters on such tours should introspect about their faith. “Sending daughters on India tour with gair muharram is an insulting slap on the face of an […]
ABID PAMPORI BHADERWAH: Police here launched a drive on Friday against wrong parking of vehicles in the town. Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Bhaderwah, Afroz Ahmed along with Station House Officer B S Manhas, Executive Officer MCB Tariq Mehmood Balwan and Naib Tehsildar Masood Ahmed visited Sari Bazaar and its adjoining markets and issued directives for strict […]
Srinagar/Jammu: Suspected militants in combat uniform Friday struck in Jammu region in twin audacious attacks, killing three people including a soldier guarding an Army camp gate, police officials said. All the three militants were killed in fierce gunbattle in a joint operation carried out by the police and the Army in Kathua district that lasted […]