Another rally held by police in Baramulla

BARAMULLA: As a part of anti drug drive week from 15th to 22th December 2020, Baramulla police organised a drug de-addiction rally in the Gantamulla area of Baramulla on Monday. The rally was organised under the overall supervision of SSP Baramulla Abdul Quyoom and DSP HQ Gulzar Rashid in collaboration with iqbal Islamia model high […]

DDC election results will be accessible online dynamically: SEC Sharma

Tuesday's counting to decide fate of 2178 candidates

    JAMMU: The State Election Commissioner (SEC), KK Sharma on Monday said that the District Development Council (DDC) election results would be accessed online dynamically. The SEC stated this while interacting with the media persons here today. While briefing the media about the availability of election results on a website: http://ceojk.nic.in, the SEC stated […]

COVID-19: J&K Bank abandons hard copies of 2021 calendars, diaries; to roll out digital issues

COVID-19: J&K Bank abandons hard copies of 2021 calendars, diaries; to roll out digital issues

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank has done away with the hard copies of its traditional calendars and diaries for 2021 to economize expenses in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic. The decision follows union Ministry of Finance’s directions to organizations including banks dated September 2 to switch to digital calendars instead of hard copies. […]

KU’s NSS organises online talk on gender-based violence

Need to create safe opportunities for women to share their experiences: Expert

  Srinagar: Gender-based violence is preventable but it will continue to exist if some of the fundamental concerns are not addressed with a sense of urgency, a top legal expert has said. Addressing an online talk ‘Sexual Violence: Laws and Remedies’, organised by Kashmir University’s National Service Scheme (NSS), Sanchita Ain, Advocate on Record in the […]

232 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; three more deaths

232 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; three more deaths

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reported 232 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,18,495. Out of the total cases, 1,13,026 have recovered so far. A total of 1,844 patients have died leaving a total of 3,625 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 103 […]

3-week international workshop on Interdisciplinary Research begins at KU

  Srinagar: A three-week international-level workshop on interdisciplinary research methodology started at the University of Kashmir on Monday. Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad inaugurated the online workshop, organised by the varsity’s Shah-i-Hamadan Institute of Islamic Studies (SHIIS). Stressing on the need for promoting interdisciplinary research in academic institutions, Prof Talat said the flagship National Education Policy-2020 lays […]

Six-day training prog on crop improvement concludes at SKUAST-K

Srinagar: The six-day training programme on ‘Conventional and Molecular Breeding Approaches for Crop Improvement under Changing Climatic Scenario’ concluded at the Sheri Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST-K) on Saturday. The event was attended by students and faculty of various agricultural universities across India to enlighten and review the diverse methodologies for […]

Woman found dead in Bandipora, family stages protest

Woman found dead in Bandipora, family stages protest

  Bandipora: A 22-year-old woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Suderkoot Payeen village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Monday. As per an official the woman from Laharpora village was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her in-laws home. Soon after getting information, police party from Ajas Police post reached the spot and […]

Days still sunny, Chillai Kalan arrives on less forbidding note

SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s harshest winter phase of 40 days, locally knows as Chillai Kalan, begins today, with freezing nights but the days sunny. Unlike last year, when the night temperature had already dipped to minus 7 in Srinagar, this year the conditions are a little better. According to the Meteorological (MeT) Department, the weather will remain […]

Civilian, CRPF soldier injured in Achabal grenade attack

Civilian, CRPF soldier injured in Achabal grenade attack

Anantnag: A CRPF trooper and a civilian were among two people injured in a grenade explosion on Sunday evening in Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The identities of the injured were not immediately known. However, a senior health official from the area told Kashmir Reader that the two of them had minor splinter […]