JAMMU: Underscoring the need for involvement of local skilled and unskilled manpower in execution of newly coming-up Hydro Power Projects in the state, the Minister of State for Power Vikar Rasool has directed concerned executing agencies to engage local youth while taking up the construction work on these projects. The minister, according to an official […]
SRINAGAR: Present government is committed for empowering youth and providing them employment opportunities, Rural Development Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar said on Thursday here. He also said to address the unemployment issues government has launched several schemes. The minister, according to an official statement, was addressing a meeting held to review the pace of implementation of […]
SRINAGAR: The J&K State Board of School Education on Thursday declared the results of Class 12 examinations with little more than half of the enrolled students qualifying the exams. According to result notification, 51,391 students had appeared in the examination, and 20,019 students will have to reappear in the examination this year while around 4609 […]
Srinagar: The Hurriyat Conference Jammu and Kashmir , formed recently by Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Khan and other pro-freedom leaders after parting ways with the Mirwaiz Umar-led Hurriyat , Wednesday said it was discussing the possibility of JKLF (R) chairman Farooq Ahmad Dar aka Bitta Karatey joining the party. In a statement, the party termed […]
SRINAGAR: Senior Hurriyat Conference (M) leader and chairman of his faction of the Muslim Conference, Professor Abdul Gani Bhat on Wednesday said the Kashmiri movement was at “crucial stage” and “nearer to resolution” and “this stage Kashmiris must stand up and reap the benefits.” “The movement for which we have rendered uncounted sacrifices since decades […]
Srinagar: The one-man judicial commission probing the killing of four civilians in two separate incidents of firing by paramilitary CRPF in Shopian district in September last year, on Wednesday granted the CRPF time, till January 18, to file its reply about the incidents. As the Commission headed by Justice (Retd) ML Kaul began the sitting […]
SRINAGAR: J&K cricket team is making headlines for all the right reasons for making it to the quarter finals of India’s premier domestic tournament Ranji Trophy for the first time in five decades. J&K’s dream run was halted by Punjab defeating the Parvez Rasool led side by 100 runs in the last eight stages, but […]
Srinagar: Tens of thousands of devotees from across the Valley converged at the revered Hazratbal shrine here Tuesday on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW). Braving the winter chill, thousands of men, women and children thronged the shrine throughout the day to have a glimpse of the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) which was displayed […]
SRINAGAR: Reiterating that Kashmir issue shall be resolved through either the United Nations resolutions or tripartite dialogue, Hurriyat Conference (M) Monday said its stand or policies are “in the larger interest of the movement” and are taken on the basis of “agreed collective view”. “Being representative of the people, every stand of Hurriyat Conference is […]
Baramulla: Three Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, including the outfit’s divisional commander, were killed Monday in a fierce gunbattle in Sopore area of this north Kashmir district, police said. A group of militants was passing through Muqdam Mohalla in Dooru area in the outskirts of Sopore when Army’s elite paratroopers, joined by the soldiers of 22 RR […]