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SSM Engineering College charges transport fees for lockdown months, calls it ‘magnanimity’

Srinagar: Students at the SSM College of Engineering and Technology, here in Parihaspora, have alleged that the college authorities are demanding transport “maintenance” charges...

JKBOSE issues date sheet for Class 11 exam

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Thursday issued the date sheet for class 11 annual regular examination 2020. As per...

83 schools in Srinagar transferred to Municipal Corporation under 74th Amendment

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday brought 108 primary schools in Srinagar and Jammu cities under the purview of the respective Municipal...

Class 12 Board exams begin at 626 centres in Kashmir

Srinagar: A day after Class 10 board exams of JKBOSE began in Kashmir, the Class 12 annual regular examination-2020 also commenced in both Kashmir...

Back offline: 74,858 students write Class 10 board exams in Kashmir

Srinagar: Amid strict precautionary measures in view of Covid-19, nearly 75,000 students on Wednesday appeared in the first paper of Class 10 annual regular...

KU admin ‘squandering money’ on luxurious SUVs

SRINAGAR: The administration at Kashmir University (KU) is on a “spree” of buying high-end luxurious SUVs for its top officials, at the expense of...

Transport fees but no transport: private schools during lockdown

SRINAGAR:In disregard of directions by the School Education Department, private schools in Kashmir kept charging transport fees from students during the Covid-19 lockdown even...

Uncertainty looms over appointment of VC BGSBU

Srinagar: Appointment of vice chancellor (VC) on temporary basis at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) amid controversy over the  recruitment process for the...

School children in J&K not helped by community during Covid-19: Survey

Srinagar: Amid the School Education Department’s trumpeting about “community classes” during the Covid-19 pandemic, Jammu and Kashmir has been found to be among the...

Candidates allege nepotism by HOD in PhD selection at BGSBU

Srinagar: Candidates left out of the selection list of PhD programmes in Zoology and Biotechnology at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) Rajouri have...

New search committees, third in 5 months, for VCs of Cluster universities

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday constituted for the third time, in a period of five months, search committees for recruitment of...

More than 80 percent of J&K govt schools don’t have a computer

Srinagar: As per data compiled by the union Ministry of Education (MoE), only 17.16 percent government schools in Jammu and Kashmir have a functional...

Letter sent to LG alleges fraud in VC BGSBU selection process

Srinagar: A letter sent to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha by a group of anonymous candidates for the post of Vice Chancellor of Baba...

Class 10, 12 datasheet announced in Kashmir

Srinagar: The J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Friday notified the datesheets for class 10 and 12 annual regular examinations 2020 in Kashmir. As...

40 percent relaxation in syllabus

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday announced a 40 percent syllabus relaxation for the upcoming class 10 and 12 annual exams, ten...

40 percent relaxation in question papers in class 10, 12 board exams this year: Advisor K K Sharma

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday announced a 40 percent virtual syllabus relaxation for the upcoming class 10 and 12 annual exams,...

Suspended for ‘gross misconduct’, BGSBU professor chosen as VC candidate

Srinagar: A senior professor at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) in Rajouri who was suspended for “gross misconduct” is among the candidates chosen...

SPO-turned-militant who fled with AK rifles gives forces the slip in Chadoora gunfight

His associate arrested: Police Chadoora: A four-day-old militant was on Friday afternoon caught alive after engaging in a brief gunfight with government forces in Chadoora...

SSB trooper, cop go missing in Chadoora

Investigations underway, says police Srinagar: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) trooper hailing from Rajouri district of Jammu and a Special Police Officer (SPO) went missing...

KU suspends ex-President KUTA over comments on Whatsapp group

Srinagar: The administration at University of Kashmir has suspended a senior professor and ex-President of the varsity’s teachers association for his comments on a...

Healthcare affected in Budgam with 150 docs, paramedics on Covid duty

Budgam: Health authorities in Budgam district have deputed close to 150 doctors and paramedical staff from various hospitals to Covid-19 care centres. This has...

J&K college teachers denied permission to study further

LG administration takes note of ‘serious matter’, asks department to ‘fix responsibility’ Srinagar: Faculty members at colleges in Jammu and Kashmir have accused the Higher...

KU’s degree in ‘Automotive Technology’ taught by local car mechanics, on Ambassador cars

Srinagar: Despite getting crores of rupees in grants from different Government of India agencies, and minting lakhs in fees from students, Kashmir University’s Directorate...

Engineering students at SSM college demand fresh exam of cancelled paper

SRINAGAR: Engineering students at the SSM College of Engineering and Technology in north Kashmir’s Baramulla have complained about delay in the fresh online examination...

Government frames common admission schedule for private schools affiliated with JKBOSE

‘Any violation shall warrant action under rules’ Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has framed a common admission schedule for private schools affiliated with the...

Private school charges fee without holding online classes, allege students

Srinagar: Students admitted at the MET Higher Secondary School Barzulla in Srinagar have alleged that the institution is forcing them to pay full fee...

Jaish militant from Pulwama killed, soldier injured in Budgam gunfight

First floor of residential house set afire with explosives Budgam: A militant from Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad...

Govt opens schools in Kashmir to confused teachers and fearful students

Srinagar: A negligible number of students turned up as secondary and higher secondary government schools in Kashmir reopened after nearly six months on Monday. Schools...

66 percent Budgam households await potable water connections

Chief Engineer Jal Shakti says ‘they feed from public posts’ Srinagar: Despite boasting of nearly 80 ‘operational’ water supply schemes, 66 percent of households in...

Rapid tests encouraging more people to get tested: Officials on Budgam’s spike in cases

Budgam: Novel coronavirus cases have witnessed a steep spike in central Kashmir’s Budgam district in the past one month, more so since the second...

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