Universities need not take AICTE approval to Start ODL, online courses: UGC

NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified all centra, state and private universities no longer need to take prior approval from the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). As per the latest notification, universities do not require prior approval/ recommendation/ NOC from AICTE for offering Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Postgraduate diploma programmes under […]

All Set For Voting In Udhampur As Polls Kick Off Today

All Set For Voting In Udhampur As Polls Kick Off Today

Jammu: In view of the ongoing ceasefire between India and Pakistan and the heavy deployment of paramilitary forces, the voting process is expected to be peaceful in 2,637 polling stations in the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency, a senior election official said. The seat in Jammu and Kashmir will go to polls on Friday in the […]

Mian Altaf, Mehbooba Mufti File Nomination Papers

Mian Altaf, Mehbooba Mufti File Nomination Papers

Srinagar: While responding to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent statement that the NC, PDP and the Congress brought gun culture to Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that his party has been the worst sufferer of gun culture in the Union Territory. Omar Abdullah made the remarks while speaking […]

Notification Issues In Srinagar

Notification Issues In Srinagar

Srinagar: Returning Officer (RO), 02-Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today issued Election Notification for the upcoming Parliamentary Elections-2024 in the Srinagar Constituency comprising 18 Assembly segments of Ganderbal, Srinagar, Pulwama, Budgam and Shopian Districts. The Nomination papers can be filed by contesting candidates or their proposers before Returning Officer (Deputy Commissioner) or Assistant […]

‘Counter Potential Threats: IGP chairs security review meeting in Kashmir

‘Counter Potential Threats: IGP chairs security review meeting in Kashmir

Srinagar: The Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Shri V K Birdi-IPS chaired a meeting at Police Control Room Kashmir to review the necessary security arrangements put in place for the smooth & successful conduct of upcoming elections. The meeting was attended by officers of Police, Intelligence agencies, CRPF, SSB, ITBP, Army & BSF including […]

PM Modi Made India Secure By Conducting Surgical Strikes Inside Pak: Amit Shah

PM Modi Made India Secure By Conducting Surgical Strikes Inside Pak: Amit Shah

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi made India secure by carrying out surgical and air strikes inside Pakistan after terror attacks. Modi also took the country’s economy from the 11th to the fifth spot in ten years, and will take it to the third spot in the world […]

LG stresses upon promotion of start-ups in J&K

LG stresses upon promotion of start-ups in J&K

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha chaired a review meeting of Department of Industries & Commerce and Department of Geology & Mining today. The meeting was attended by Sh Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Sh Santosh D Vaidya, Principal Secretary, Finance Department; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor; Sh Vikramjit Singh, Commissioner Secretary, […]

Rains lash Kashmir, MeT forecasts more today

Rains lash Kashmir, MeT forecasts more today

Srinagar: Rains lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday even as more wet weather is in store in view of the forecast by the meteorological department here. Also, amid cloud cover, the night temperature recorded a rise but the mercury saw a fall during the day time. A meteorological department official here told GNS Srinagar received […]

Boat capsize: Search On To Trace 3 Missing

Boat capsize: Search On To Trace 3 Missing

Srinagar: The search to find three persons, including a father and his son, who went missing after a boat capsized in Jhelum River in Srinagar, continued on Thursday. Six people, including two children and their mother, were killed and three went missing as a boat capsized on the river Jhelum in Gandbal Srinagar on Tuesday […]

J&K treasure trove of rich heritage: CS

J&K treasure trove of rich heritage: CS

Flags Off Heritage Walk From Srs Library To Mubarak Mandi JAMMU: On the occasion of World Heritage Day, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today morning flagged off a heritage walk from Shri Ranbir Singh (SRS) Library, Kachi Chawni to Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex here. The walk, organized by the Culture Department in association with district administration, […]