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Govt to cover all students under scholarship schemes

SRINAGAR: The Government on Monday announced to cover all the students under various Scholarship Schemes, besides providing financial assistance to the physically challenged and...

Cold, fog disrupts life across Valley

Srinagar: While cold intensified across valley, foggy conditions that prevailed all through Sunday, led to total disruption of air traffic leading to cancelling of...

Avoid exposure to cold, doctors advise people

Srinagar: Doctors have advised people especially children, aged and patients immune to cold to take precautions during the ongoing intense cold wave that has...

Traffic to resume today on Jammu-Srinagar highway

Jammu: The 270-km-long Jammu-Srinagar was closed for traffic on Sunday to facilitate “necessary repair work”, while one-way traffic resumed on 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway and...

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be tabled in LS for passage today

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday will introduce in the Lok Sabha the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to grant Indian citizenship...

India duty-bound to give citizenship to persecuted minorities of neighbouring nations, victims of partition: Madhav

NEW DELHI: India is duty-bound to give citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries as they are “victims” of the decision to divide the...

Modi greets people of member countries on SAARC charter day

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to the SAARC Secretariat extending his greetings and felicitations to the people of member countries on...

Indian-American lawmaker introduces Congressional resolution on Kashmir

Washington: Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has introduced a Congressional resolution urging India to lift the restrictions on communications in Jammu and Kashmir as swiftly...

Pak believes in result-oriented regional cooperation: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that Pakistan believes the effective and result-oriented regional cooperation can only be achieved by adhering to...

LPG stoves for earthquake hit victims disappears in Baramulla, probe ordered

BARAMULA: LPG stoves meant for earthquake hit victims has disappeared from Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs store (FCS&CA) in Baramulla and the authorities...

Now underground cabling to connect grids in old city

SRINAGAR: The Power Development Department (PDD) has started first of its kind underground laying of 132 KV transmission line in Srinagar city that is...

KU to continue with objective type question papers for UG courses in even semesters

SRINAGAR: The University of Kashmir is continuing with multiple choice question papers (MCQs) for even semesters at the under graduation level for now in...

57% waste processed in country; Chhattisgarh tops list: Report

NEW DELHI: Waste is collected on a daily basis from households in 93 per cent of the country's municipal councils under the Swachh Bharat...

Longest curbs on prayers at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid

Srinagar: No congregational prayers were offered at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid for the 18th consecutive Friday since the government of India abrogated the Article 370–...

Low visibility disrupts air traffic

Srinagar: Low visibility triggered by dense fog in Kashmir disrupted entire air traffic at Srinagar Airport on second straight day on Saturday. All the 27...

Kashmiris denied freedom: Chidambaram

Chennai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said freedom was being denied to 75 lakh people in the Kashmir valley and dubbed the...

Mubeen Shah ‘temporarily’ released from Agra jail

Agra: Dr Mubeen Shah, a Non Resident Indian businessman detained in the aftermath of the August 5 crackdown on political leaders and businessmen in...

Govt extends LTC benefit to employees in JK

JAMMU: The J&K government has approved Leave Travel Concession (LTC) in favour of its employees benefitting over 3.5 lakh regular government employees working in...

Rights of locals will be protected to maximum limits: BJP

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP on Saturday said that rights of people would be protected to permissible maximum limits under the...

HC disposes PIL on malpractices in health sector

Srinagar: The J&K High court disposed litigation on medical corruption with a direction to the government to provide wide publicity to Indian Medical Council...

Haphazard parking, street vendors block Srinagar roads

SRINAGAR: Roadside parking of vehicles and hawkers are choking arterial roads in Srinagar leading to massive traffic jams. The major areas affected by the problem...

IED detected in Kupwara defused: Police

Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday recovered and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kupwara district, police said. The IED was found by a “road-opening...

IGP Kashmir visits Handwara, urges for strengthening bonds with public

SRINAGAR: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, S.P Pani Saturday visited district Handwara and urged for strengthening the bonds with the public and facilitating...

SKIMS gets robotic surgical system

SRINAGAR: Director Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Dr AG Ahanger on Saturday inaugurated robotic surgical system which will allow surgeries to be done...

KU to issue UG 6th semester date sheet in coming days

SRINAGAR: After issuing the schedule for the penultimate semester examination, authorities at the University of Kashmir are now issuing the date sheet for the...

Kumar appointed senior security advisor in MHA

NEW DELHI: Former advisor to the governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, K Vijay Kumar, has been appointed as a senior...

Kathua rape-and-murder victim’s family expresses satisfaction over encounter killings in Hyderabad

Jammu: The family of an eight-year-old girl, who was gang-raped and murdered in Kathua in January last year, expressed satisfaction over the encounter killings...

9 months on, government yet to clear guidelines for heath investment policy

Srinagar: The J&K government has delayed the start of ‘Health Investment Policy’ as the guidelines for the programme are yet to be finalised. According to...

Roadside parking in Anantnag town triggers traffic jams

ANANTNAG: In absence of proper parking space here in Anantnag town, some vital roads - some of them leading towards hospitals - remain choked...

Cluster University fails to declare reults, students worried

SRINAGAR: Authorities at the Cluster University Srinagar (CUS) have failed to declare the results of 2nd semester examinations of integrated programmes held nine months...

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