Chairs high-level flood preparedness meet of J&K Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a high-level meeting at Civil Secretariat regarding flood preparedness and response review in the UT of J&K. At the outset, Chief Secretary praised the Divisional and District administration for the steps they have already taken regarding flood preparedness and said that […]
Srinagar: A scuffle broke out between two groups of inmates inside the Central Jail in Srinagar on Tuesday evening, police said. Srinagar Senior Superintendent of Police, Imtiyaz Hussain, said a minor scuffle broke out among the detainees at the prison located in Rainawari area of the city. He further said the situation was brought under […]
NEW DELHI: Pensioners under Employees’ Pension Scheme 1995 run by retirement fund body EPFO will be able to get pension from any bank or branch across India from January, Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday. Mandaviya, who is also the chairperson of EPFO’s apex decision-making body Central Board of Trustees, has approved the proposal […]
Joins BJP Lal Chowk Candidate Er Aijaz Hussain in mega rally SRINAGAR: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the prestigious Lal Chowk Assembly segment Engineer Aijaz Hussain was accompanied by the BJP National Executive Member & senior party leader Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi on Wednesday in a mega rally. The rally started from Balhama to the […]
HAJIN: The body of nine-year-old Sahil Rasheed was retrieved from the River Jhelum in the Chaklu area of Baramulla district on Wednesday morning, four days after his tragic drowning. Sahil drowned on September 01 while bathing in the Ferozpora Nalla in Haritar village of Sopore, prompting a swift response from the SDRF, Police and MARCOS, […]
SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) has expressed its solidarity with the fruit growers of Kulgam and Shopian, whose orchards were devastated by high-speed winds on Monday. “These strong winds ravaged large areas across the districts, knocking ripened apples from trees in orchards spread over thousands of kanals. Some of the hardest-hit […]
Inaugurates int’l symposium on ‘Semiconductor Materials and Devices-2024’ SRINAGAR: To encourage collaboration and innovation in the field of semiconductor materials and devices and to provide a platform for advancing the semiconductor industry, the University of Kashmir (KU) on Wednesday inaugurated a three-day international symposium here. Titled ‘International Symposium on Semiconductor Materials and Devices (ISSMD)-2024’, the […]
SRINAGAR: A delegation of students from Kashmir University, led by Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) Coordinator Suhail Farooq on Wednesday Called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at his Rajbhavan residence to discuss pressing issues faced by the student community in the region. The delegation, which included Mohsin Gulzar, Arsalan Ashraf Wani, and Babar Shaqeeb […]
Arrest drug peddler in Budgam SRINAGAR: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, police have arrested a drug peddler in Budgam and recovered a psychotropic substance from his possession. It also recovered contraband substance from a minor during checking at a checkpoint in Kupwara. In Budgam, a police party of Police […]
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday appealed to all men to recognise the potential of women and support them in realising their dreams. Any obstacle created in the progress of women slows down the pace of development of society and the country, she said while addressing a gathering of beneficiaries of ‘Shasan Aplya Dari’ […]