India Rejects Pak Criticism On G20 Meeting In Srinagar

India Rejects Pak Criticism On G20 Meeting In Srinagar

Says It’s Natural To Hold Meetings In J&K, Ladakh Inalienable Parts Of Country New Delhi: Rejecting Pakistan’s criticism, India on Thursday said G20 meetings are being organized in the entire country and hence it is “natural” to hold meetings in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as “these are inalienable parts of India.” Pakistan recently slammed […]

‘This Is Different India’: EAM Warning To China

‘This Is Different India’: EAM Warning To China

Kampala: Forces who indulge in cross-border militancy against India for decades now know this is a “different India” which will give them a reply, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, stressing that today the country can meet its national security challenges posed by China and Pakistan. Addressing the Indian community in Uganda on Wednesday, […]

China rolls out new wartime recruitment rules

China rolls out new wartime recruitment rules

Beijing: China has released a new set of revised rules for military recruitment in wartime, including giving priority to the veterans, drafting high-calibre soldiers and optimising conscription procedures, which an analyst described as combat readiness for a war over Taiwan. A set of revised rules regarding military recruitment has been released by the State Council […]

References to Maulana Azad, J&K’s accession removed from NCERT’s textbook

References to Maulana Azad, J&K’s accession removed from NCERT’s textbook

New Delhi: References to freedom fighter and India’s first education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad have been removed from the new class 11 political science textbook by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). As part of its “syllabus rationalisation” exercise last year, the NCERT, citing “overlapping” and “irrelevant” as reasons, dropped certain […]

Smart City Construction Work: Ahead of Eid, Srinagar Businesses Say Losses Mounting

Smart City Construction Work: Ahead of Eid, Srinagar Businesses Say Losses Mounting

Srinagar; Ahead of Eid ul Fitr, several traders in Kashmir’s commercial hub of Lal Chowk and adjoining areas alleged they are counting losses as business has slumped due to the ongoing construction work in Srinagar under the Smart City Project. Many businesses were unanimous in their claim that the construction work coupled with the decision […]

No Homework for Students Upto 2nd Standard

No Homework for Students Upto 2nd Standard

Srinagar: Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Thursday issued ‘Homework Schedule’ as per New Bag Policy-2020, according to which it said there shall be no homework for students upto second standard even as mandating a maximum of ten to twelve hours classwork for the secondary and higher secondary students each week. “Heavy homework is an […]

Judges are like architectural designers while deciding a case: Chief Justice

Judges are like architectural designers while deciding a case: Chief Justice

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Judicial Academy organized a one day interactive programme on “order/judgment writing, application of the law, sharing best practices and finding solutions to practical problems faced by them in justice delivery” for Civil Judges (Junior Division) of Kashmir Province. The programme that was inaugurated by Chief Justice, High Court of J&K […]

Drone carrying cash, magazines found in Rajouri

Drone carrying cash, magazines found in Rajouri

Rajouri/Jammu: A drone carrying cash and rifle magazines has been brought down by security forces after they launched a search and cordon operation in the villages of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, sources said. According to them, suspicious movement of an aerial object was noticed in the Beri Patan and Siot areas of the Line […]

MeT forecast wet spell from April 16

MeT forecast wet spell from April 16

Srinagar : Mainly dry weather is expected to continue in Jammu and Kashmir till April 15 even as the minimum temperature recorded an increase at most places on Thursday, officials said. A meteorological department official here told GNS from April 16-17, generally cloudy weather with intermittent light rain and thunderstorm or lightning at scattered to […]

Margan Top Road opened after winter halt

Margan Top Road opened after winter halt

Kishtwar: After a long winter halt, the Margan Top Road in district Kishtwar has finally been opened officially. The road connects the remote regions of Marwah and Warwan with the rest of Jammu and Kashmir. The road was cleared of snow with the tireless efforts of the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) Projects of […]