Student who went ‘missing’ from AMU reaches home in Sopore

Student who went ‘missing’ from AMU reaches home in Sopore

Srinagar: Hours after his family staged a protest alleging their son has gone missing from Aligarh, the youth reached his home in Sopore on Saturday. The youth’s father, Mohammad Abbas, said that his son Masroor Abbas Mir, a 10th student at AMU told them that he reached Banihal in a truck and thereafter he boarded […]

Rahul to spend eight days during concluding phase of Bharat Jodo Yatra in J&K: Cong

Rahul to spend eight days during concluding phase of Bharat Jodo Yatra in J&K: Cong

Jammu: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is going to spend eight days during the concluding phase of the Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Jammu and Kashmir, Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha member Rajni Patil said on Saturday. Patil, AICC in-charge J-K affairs, said Gandhi is expected to enter the Union Territory in the third week […]

Sulai Honey among 8 traditional items from Jammu vying for GI tag

Sulai Honey among 8 traditional items from Jammu vying for GI tag

Jammu: To ensure protection in the domestic and global markets, organisations have applied for a geographical indicator (GI) tag for eight different traditional items from various districts of the Jammu region, according to officials. This was revealed at a round table meeting — A way forward for GIs of Jammu and Kashmir — at the […]

J&K tops in ABHA account generation, gets 2nd place in Tele-consultation

J&K tops in ABHA account generation, gets 2nd place in Tele-consultation

SRINAGAR: In a significant achievement, Jammu and Kashmir has topped in generation of Ayushman Bharat health account ID besides winning second place in tele-consultation during celebration of Universal Health Coverage Day, 2022 being celebrated at International Cooperation and Convention Centre, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The Universal Health Coverage Day is being celebrated every year to commemorate […]

67 journalists, media workers killed on the job this year: IFJ

Brussels: Russia’s war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and rising violence by criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a sharp spike in the number of journalists killed doing their work in 2022, according to a new report released on Friday. The International Federation of Journalists says that 67 journalists and media staff have been killed […]

100 years of Dilip Kumar: ‘A phenomenon in the world of cinema and society’

100 years of Dilip Kumar: ‘A phenomenon in the world of cinema and society’

New Delhi: Phenomenon, instinctually natural performer, polyglot, and one who could harmonise mind, voice and body on screen — this is how colleagues, film historians and cinema enthusiasts remember Dilip Kumar, whose birth centenary falls on Sunday. Kumar was not only suave and soft, elegant and enchanting, but his performing skills continue to be respectfully […]

1.87 lakh bogus beneficiaries deleted by FCS&CA department

1.87 lakh bogus beneficiaries deleted by FCS&CA department

JAMMU: GoI Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Food and Public Distribution, Shantmanu, today reviewed working and performance of FCS&CA department here at civil secretariat, Jammu. He asked the officers to serve the consumers in a complete professional manner so that they don’t face any inconvenience. Director FCS&CA Jammu, Naseem Javaid; Director Finance FCS&CA, Romesh Singh; […]

DC Kulgam reviews implementation of socio-economic schemes through various deptts

DC Kulgam reviews implementation of socio-economic schemes through various deptts

KULGAM: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today chaired a meeting of officers to review implementation of various schemes and programmes by NRLM, Labour, Employment, Tribal and other departments. During the meeting, the District Manager NRLM informed the chair that under NRLM so far 3249 SHGs have been formed in Kulgam and […]

High-end workshop at KU focuses on ‘enhancing shelf-life of foods’

High-end workshop at KU focuses on ‘enhancing shelf-life of foods’

Srinagar: A high-end workshop presently underway at the University of Kashmir is focussing on increasing the shelf-life of foods, and, consequently, their safety too. Vice-Chancellor Prof Nilofer Khan chaired a special session of the 21-day workshop titled ‘Active Nano-Packaging Films Loaded with Bioactive Components for Increasing the Shelf Life of Foods’, organised by the varsity’s […]

SC stays NGT order to phase out public transport vehicles below BS-IV in 6 months

SC stays NGT order to phase out public transport vehicles below BS-IV in 6 months

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to phase out all public transport vehicles with BS-IV (Bharat Stage) engines and below in the next six months. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka issued notice to the parties in the case and sought […]