2 drug peddlers arrested by police in Pulwama

Srinagar: Police have arrested two drug peddlers in Pulwama and recovered huge quantities of psychotropic substances from their possession. A police party of PS Rajpora during patrolling in Putrigam area intercepted a suspicious person who on seeing the police party tried to flee from the spot however, alert police party apprehended him tactfully. He has […]

Director SCERT lauds stakeholders on successful conduct of NAS 2021

SRINAGAR: Tens of thousands of students across all the 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir Friday participated in the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 for the classes 3, 5, 8 and 10. The survey, which was initiated by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, was conducted in all the 733 districts across India. The […]

CUK holds seminar to commemorate National Education Day

Ganderbal: School of Education (SoE), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) organized a one-day seminal-cum-webinar on “Pandemic Pedagogy: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities,” on the National Education Day, to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of India. In his address, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Farooq Ahmad Shah, said, “Maulana Abul Kalam […]

Law students urge KU to postpone exams

Srinagar: Law students of the Kashmir University have threatened to hold street protests against “callous” attitude of the varsity authorities. They University partially resumed offline classes towards the end of the academic session in October. But majority of the students were stopped from coming to the campus as for the reason that they had not […]

Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15: Taliban

Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15: Taliban

KABUL (Afghanistan): A Taliban provincial spokesman says a bomb exploded in a mosque during Friday prayers, wounding 15 people in eastern Afghanistan, where Islamic State group militants have been waging a campaign of violence. Qari Hanif, the government spokesman for Nangarhar Province, said the bomb appeared to have been planted inside the mosque in the […]

Dir Agri Kashmir reviews marketing of G.I. tagged Kashmiri Saffron

Srinagar: In order to take stock of the marketing of G.I Tagged Kashmiri saffron on national level, Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal Friday chaired a meeting at Agriculture Complex Lalmandi, Srinagar. A delegation from National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) headed by Assistant Managing Director Pankaj Kumar Prasad, representatives of Saffron […]

SKUAST-K commemorates National Education Day-2021

Srinagar: SK University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir held a special programme at Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura campus, to commemorate National Education Day 2021. The National Education Day is celebrated to commemorate Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s passion for education and knowledge. The occasion has been marked annually since 2008 to honour Azad and his […]

22nd Sqay C’ship concludes

SRINAGAR: District Srinagar emerged as overall championship in the 22nd J&K level Sqay championship held at Indoor Complex Polo ground here on Friday. District Shopian finished second followed by Pulwama in overall medal tally. Around 1500 boys and girls participated in the event. The Championship was organised by J& K Sqay Association.   KR Desk

177 Covid cases in J&K

177 Covid cases in J&K

Srinagar: One hundred and seventy seven new positive cases of COVID-19, 36 from Jammu division and 141 from Kashmir division were reported on Thursday, an official bulletin said. Moreover, 96 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 18 from Jammu Division and 78 from Kashmir Division. The Bulletin informs that […]