Srinagar: In a boost to the National Conference, three of its candidates have won their respective constituencies in the maiden J&K DDC election in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, officials said. The party has so far won three of the fourteen DDC constituencies in the central Kashmir district, while counting on the rest eleven is still […]
LG Manoj Sinha to lay foundation stone today in Budgam Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government is setting up the first of its kind Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) tertiary hospital in Kashmir which will provide free medical care to labourers in the organised sector, as well as to their families, for specialised treatments including […]
Chadoora: Residents of Takiya village in Nagam area of Budgam district have been suffering the administration’s apathy for more than a decade now with a shabby, unpaved road going uphill to their houses. The authorities have failed to lay even the basic crushed stone metal on the about 500-feet link road from Lolipora to Takiya, […]
Srinagar: The J&K Funds Organisation has paid Rs 15 lakh general provident (GP) fund to an employee of the J&K Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) who was suffering from a terminal illness but was denied the provident fund, a day after Kashmir Reader reported the story. The employee, Bashir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Pampore, was […]
His family says cheque handed to them was turned down at bank for lack of money Srinagar: Bashir Ahmad Dar, a resident of Pampore, was diagnosed with terminal disease early this year and his family wanted to shift him outside the Valley for specialised treatment. An employee in Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC), […]
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Monday shot dead a Personal Security Officer (PSO) guarding People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Haji Parvez at his residence in Astanpora, in Srinagar’s Natipora area. The PSO, identified by police as Sg Ct Manzoor Ahmad of 11th Battalion, was one of two PSOs guarding Parvez at his residence. Manzoor hailed from […]
SRINAGAR: The University of Kashmir has postponed Monday’s language question papers of the ongoing B Ed examination in view of allegations of a purported paper leak. A statement issued by Controller of Examinations at KU this afternoon said that the papers titled ‘Teaching of English/Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi/Kashmiri/Arabic’- the last papers of the ongoing examination- have been postponed […]
Srinagar Dec 14: The University of Kashmir has postponed Monday’s language question papers of the ongoing B Ed examination in view of allegations of a purported paper leak. A statement issued by Controller of Examinations at KU this afternoon said that the papers titled ‘Teaching of English/Urdu/Hindi/Punjabi/Kashmiri/Arabic’- the last papers of the ongoing examination- have […]
Srinagar: The government on Friday announced winter vacation in government and private schools in Kashmir and winter zones of Jammu up to higher secondary level. As per an order issued by Administrative Secretary School Education Department, B K Singh, the winter vacation will be observed with effect from December 21 till February 28. A separate […]
Srinagar: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Srinagar on Friday directed the management of Presentation Convent Higher Secondary School Srinagar to consider admission to a Srinagar girl who has been allegedly denied the same by the school despite fulfilling the requisite criteria. The girl, Zainab Riyaz, daughter of Dr Riyaz Ahmad Daga, resident of Srinagar’s Qamarwari […]