Kashmir University launches Online Research Management System

Prof Talat calls for greater focus on research in areas of humanities, social science, arts Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Wednesday launched the Online Research Management System (ORMS) that aims to bring about greater efficiency in the varsity’s research operations and monitoring. The RSMP—developed and designed by the Directorate of […]

KU to reopen for other semesters in staggered manner

KU to reopen for other semesters in staggered manner

4th semester, other end-semester exams to be conducted in offline mode Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Tuesday decided to hold the fourth semester and other end-semester examinations in offline mode and throw open the varsity for offline teaching of other semesters in a staggered manner in line with the necessary SOPs related to Covid-19. […]

Pakistani origin wives of formers militants, stage protest, seek travel documents to visit home

Pakistani origin wives of formers militants, stage protest, seek travel documents to visit home

SRINAGAR: The Pakistani wives of Kashmiri former militants who have returned from Pakistan administered Kashmir under a rehabilitation policy on Tuesday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar demanding the Government to provide them travel documents so they can go back to their homes in Pakistan. Scores of the Pakistani wives along with their children’s […]

Darul Khair distributes relief among fire victims

Srinagar: Darul Khair Mirwaiz Manzil has expressed deep anguish over huge loss of property due to fire incident at Chai Doab Safakadal area of Srinagar’s Shaher-e-Khaas in which two residential houses were gutted. It expressed heartfelt solidarity and sympathy with the affected families and stressed for their immediate rehabilitation in view of the bone chilling […]

Casual, daily wagers hold protest, demand wages as per Wage Act

Casual, daily wagers hold protest, demand wages as per Wage Act

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Casual Labours and Daily Wagers Forum on Monday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar against the government, demanding the government to release their pending wages and implementation of the minimum wages act in favor of all temporary employees which are working in different government departments across Jammu and Kashmir. […]

SMC senior citizens’ forum constituted

Haji Bashir elected its president Srinagar: Pensioners of Srinagar Municipal Corporation have re-christened its union as SMC Senior citizens’ forum and elected Haji Bashir Ahmad as its president. As per a press statement of the forum, an extraordinary meeting of all the pensioners of SMC was held which was attended by a huge gathering of […]

5-day FDP in Data Sciences begins at KU

Srinagar: A five-day faculty development programme (FDP) in Data Sciences started at the University of Kashmir on Monday. The online FDP—sponsored by AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy New Delhi—has been organised jointly by the varsity’s Directorate of Internal Quality Assurance (DIQA) and the Department of Computer Science, North Campus. Director ATAL Academy Dr Ravindra […]

National SARAS Mela from March 23 at Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Mission Director, Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM), Rubina Kousar on Monday said that the JKRLM is going to organise first National Sale of Articles and Rural Artisan Society (SARAS) Mela, for five days from March 23th, 2021 at Kashmir Haat, Exhibition Ground, here. MD, JKRLM said the SARAS Mela is the largest […]

Police arrests a bootlegger; another drug peddler booked under PSA

Police arrests a bootlegger; another drug peddler booked under PSA

Srinagar: Police in its recent action drug dealings and illegal activities have arrested a bootlegger in Sopore and recovered illicit liquor from his possession. Meanwhile a drug peddler was booked under PSA in Ganderbal. In Sopore, officers at a checkpoint established at Dangiwacha intercepted a vehicle bearing registration No JK05D-0236 driven by Tariq Ahmad Khan […]

Bandipora reporter alleges harassment, KPC concerned

Srinagar: Kashmir Press Club has expressed deep concern over registration of an FIR against a young reporter in Bandipora’s Hajin area, who has alleged that he is being harassed and falsely implicated by the authorities for doing a story about demolition drive in a village in the area recently. The reporter, who stands by his […]