Airstrikes, artillery continue as Sudan fighting enters third week

Airstrikes, artillery continue as Sudan fighting enters third week

Beirut: The sounds of air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum early on Saturday and dark smoke rose over parts of the city, as fighting in Sudan entered a third week. Fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force continued despite the announcement of a 72-hour ceasefire extension on Friday, […]

Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold peace settlement talks in Washington today

Moscow: Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold a new round of talks in Washington on Sunday to try to normalise relations, the spokesperson of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Tensions have been rising again between the two countries over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, where Russian peacekeepers were deployed in 2020 to end a war, the […]

Teachers recruited under scrapped SRO-202 angry over ‘discriminatory transfer policy’

Srinagar: The teachers appointed under the scrapped SRO-202 recruitment rules have expressed shock and anger over the “discriminatory transfer policy” for the teaching staff notified by the School Education Department wherein they are required to have at least 5 years of stay period to be eligible for Annual Transfer Drive-2023. An aggrieved delegation of the […]

Army organises mountain cycling expedition

Srinagar: A mountain cycling expedition by Dhanurdhari Brigade under the aegis of Fire and Fury Corps, consisting of 12 Indian Army personnel undertook a 280 km journey through the tough terrain of Ladakh in a period of four days. The expedition was flagged off from Hall of Fame, Leh by Commander, Dhanurdhari Brigade on 25 […]

CS-Led IDCC Formed for DCRI

CS-Led IDCC Formed for DCRI

Srinagar: The Government on Friday accorded sanction to the constitution of Inter- departmental Coordination Committee (IDCC) for recommending policy reforms for implementing Digital Communication Readiness Index (DCRI) framework and recommend policy reforms in J&K. Headed by Chief Secretary, J&K, the 12-member committee has also been tasked to conduct quarterly review of progress on the implementation […]

Panels Formed On Registration Of Births, Deaths

Panels Formed On Registration Of Births, Deaths

Srinagar: The Government has ordered constitution of Union territory Level Inter Departmental Coordination Committee and District Level Inter Departmental Coordination Committee(s on registration of Births and Deaths in Jammu and Kashmir. According to an order, the UT-level committee is headed by Administrative Secretary, Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, the members of the committee include Administrative […]

Upcoming G20 event has potential to promote J&K: Official

Srinagar: The upcoming G20 event in Jammu and Kashmir has the potential to promote the Union territory as a global tourism destination, Tourism department secretary Abid Rasheed Shah said here on Friday. “There is a very important event that is going to be organised in J-K in the last week of May. The third tourism […]

Addresses National Seminar- NEP emphasises on establishing balance in living, life: LG

Addresses National Seminar- NEP emphasises on establishing balance in living, life: LG

Says It Enables Youth To Become Job Giver Rather Than Job Seeker Varanasi: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the National Seminar on “National Education Policy-2020: Exploring the Prospects” at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, on Friday. The Lt Governor highlighted various aspects of the National Education Policy and shared the vision to meet the challenges […]

Snowfall Kashmir parts including Gulmarg

Snowfall Kashmir parts including Gulmarg

Srinagar: The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg and other higher reaches in the Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall while the plains were lashed by rains, officials said on Friday. Gulmarg, in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, received about four inches of snowfall, they said. The officials said there are reports of snowfall in other areas in the […]

Raising Retirement Age Of Cooperative Societies Employees Govt’s Perogative: HC

Raising Retirement Age Of Cooperative Societies Employees Govt’s Perogative: HC

Srinagar: Increasing age of superannuation of employees of Cooperative Societies from 58 years to 60 years was government’s prerogative and there was other mode or method known to law whereby amendment can be carried out to the Service Rules. “Rule 13(1) of the Rules provides that the employees of Cooperative Societies shall superannuate at the […]