JKPM demands immediate revocation of property tax

Srinagar: The Jammu Kashmir Peoples Movement has expressed their anguish over the imposition of property tax in Jammu and Kashmir, terming it an unbearable overburden to the people of J&K amid the on-going financial crunch. In a statement, JKPM President Feroze Peerzada has said that after the clampdown of August 2019 and then the Covid-19 […]

Justice Magrey nominated as Exec Chairman LLSA

SRINAGAR: Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey was on Monday nominated as the Executive Chairman of the Union Territory of Ladakh Legal Services Authority (LLSA). Justice Magrey was nominated following consultation between Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, with the Chief Justice of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of J&K and Union Territory […]

Coordination committee civil secretariat employees call on CS

SRINAGAR: Rouf Ahmad Bhat, President Non-Gazetted Employees Union (Chairman Coordination Committee) alongwith Maqbool Hussain, President Lower Grade & Hilal Ahmad Bhat, General Secretary, Civil Secretariat Non-Gazetted Employees Union today met B.V.R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary, J&K and briefed him about the concerns of the section of the employees with regard to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Coordination […]

APSCC upset over Sikhs being neglected in GoI announced package for minorities

APSCC upset over Sikhs being neglected in GoI announced package for minorities

SRINAGAR: The All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Sunday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar demanding the central government also include Sikh minority Community living here for the benefits announced in the recently announced package by the GoI for the non Migrant Kashmiri pandits and Hindu families living in Jammu and Kashmir. Sikh […]

AMIE Examinations held at Srinagar

AMIE Examinations held at Srinagar

Srinagar: AMIE Summer, 2020 examinations commenced from today at The Institution of Engineers (India) J&K State Centre, Church Lane, Sonwarbagh, Srinagar. Earlier, the summer session would be conducted in the month of June, but due to COVID-19, it could not be held on its scheduled date. Hundreds of beneficiaries from J&K and outside have already […]

Rs 4,400 fine realised during anti-smoking drive in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The Department of Drugs and Food Control Organisation (DD&FCO) today recovered a fine of Rs 4400 from offenders found smoking at public places during an anti-smoking drive in and around major hospital premises of district Srinagar. The special drive was conducted by a team of officers headed by Assistant Commissioner Food Safety Srinagar to […]

Two specially-abled students from DPS Srinagar qualify Class XII merit

SRINAGAR: Two specially abled students of Learning Resource Centre of Delhi Public School Srinagar namely Shafin Abdullah and Iflah Niyaz of Class XII have secured First division in the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) Board Exams (2019-2020). Overcoming their special needs, they managed to score good merit with their positive approach and hard work. […]

KU holds online workshop on ‘Empathetic Leadership’

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Saturday organised an online workshop on ‘Empathetic Leadership in the 21st Century’. The day-long workshop titled ‘Empathetic Leadership in 21st Century: Contextualised for Indian Women’ was organised by the varsity’s Centre for Women’s Studies and Research (CWSR) in collaboration with the ‘Led By Foundation’. Coordinator CWSR and workshop facilitator […]

Kashmir journalist fraternity concerned over vilification of journos

SRINAGAR: Slamming continuous vilification of the individuals representing the institution of media, eight Kashmiri journalist organisations on Friday said that the media in Kashmir has paid a heavy price to stay neutral to the politics and objective to the facts. A joint statement issued by Kashmir Editors Guild, Jammu and Kashmir Editors Forum, Kashmir Press […]

Power shutdown schedule

Power shutdown schedule

SRINAGAR: According to the Power Controller, Kashmir Province, Srinagar, in order to carry out branch cutting in the corridor of Transmission Line 132 KV Sumbal-Kangan, the sad line shall observe shutdown on October 15 from 9am to 5pm. Similarly, in order to carry out branch cutting and to carry out necessary stabilization works, the 33KV […]