Will BJP succeed to do away Mahraja’s practice of shifting Darbar?

  Srinagar: Barely two days after the shifting of Darbar Move offices from Jammu to Srinagar on May 8, BJP — the ally of ruling PDP in Jammu and Kashmir—upped its ante over the demand of not shifting the civil secretariat from Jammu, citing “huge burden on the State exchequer as main reason.” Even though […]

Dead body recovered in Sonamarag

An unidentified body of a man was recovered from Thajwas area of tourist resort of Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday, police sources said. They said that the body of a middle-aged man wearing a shirt was recovered after locals informed the police. The body has been kept at Primary Health Center Sonamarg […]

AOA sans road map to address Kashmir issue: Congress

While critiquing PDP for playing with emotions of people, Congress on Thursday said that the party is befooling people of Kashmir over initiating dialogue process with all the stakeholders including the separatists. Ridiculing the statement made by PDP leader Muhammad Sartaj Madni where he had said that “dialogue without Hurriyat is meaningless,” Congress said that […]

Poplar trees in all educational institutions to be axed

Director School Education Kashmir Dr G. N. Itoo has directed for immediate felling of Russian Poplar trees in all educational institutions of the valley. In a surprise visit to the GHSS Kothibagh, Director came to know that instructions regarding the chopping of popular trees have not been followed and because of which hundreds of students […]

Doctors urged to become brand ambassadors of JK

The apex committee meeting on Tourism was held in SKICC in which the experts from Ministry of Tourism GoI were briefed about the ongoing work on different projects under PMDP and PMRP. The Secretary Tourism and Floriculture Farooq Ahmad Shah briefed the members about the said works specifically the integrated Development of tourist facility at […]

Farooq, Omar pay tributes to Sheikh Mansoor

National Conference President and MP Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Working President Omar Abdullah Thursday paid glowing tributes to former MLA Shopian Sheikh Mansoor on his 27th death Anniversary today. “Sheikh Mansoor Sahab was a true son of the soil. He left no stone unturned to put Shopian on fast track of development. Till the time […]

IGP Kashmir promotes 287 police personnel

Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, S.J.M Gillani has approved the promotion of 287 Police personnel to their next rank. The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) met under the Chairmanship of the Inspector General of Police, Kashmir and promoted 276 Sg. Constables to the next rank of head constable, besides in a special DPC 11 cases […]

State wide campaign for polythene free villages launched

The Rural Development Department (RDD) today launched a State-wide drive against the use of polythene under its ‘polythene-free village’ campaign. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Abdul Haq, formally launched the campaign from Ganderbal dsitrict by joining the employees and school children at Nagbal, Manigam, Kangan and Mamar villages of the district. He also […]

State wide campaign for polythene free villages launched

The Rural Development Department (RDD) today launched a State-wide drive against the use of polythene under its ‘polythene-free village’ campaign. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Abdul Haq, formally launched the campaign from Ganderbal dsitrict by joining the employees and school children at Nagbal, Manigam, Kangan and Mamar villages of the district. He also […]

13000 students register for PMSSS, last date extended upto 31 May

Around 13000 students have, till date, registered for the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS) for the academic session 2017-18. Given the overwhelming response of the students, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to extend the last date for online registration upto 31st May 2017. This information was given at a […]