New Delhi: Undergraduate medical students who had to return from Ukraine and China in their penultimate year of study will get two attempts to clear their final MBBS exams in India. The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed this after the centre, as a one-time exception, expressed willingness to give them one chance to clear the […]
Haridwar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday hailed the central government’s New Education Policy for its emphasis on learning in mother tongue and universal education based on the teachings of Indian visionaries such as Mahatma Gandhi and Dayanand Saraswati. Addressing the 113th convocation of the Gurukula Kangri here, Shah credited the university (deemed to […]
Washington: In a big relief for foreign workers in the U.S. tech sector, a judge has ruled that spouses of H-1B visa holders can work in the United States. In the process, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan dismissed a lawsuit filed by Save Jobs USA which had approached the court to dismiss the Obama-era regulation […]
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said the fresh revision of electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir does not disturb schedule or conduct part of polls and the poll panel is aware that there is a “vacuum” in the Union territory which needs to be filled. Kumar said in J-K, the special […]
Srinagar: The Election Commission seems to be in no hurry to conduct the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and manages to find “new excuses to delay” the elections, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday. “When asked about assembly elections in J&K, the chief election commissioner acknowledged a ‘vacuum that needs to […]
Jammu: Highlighting shortcomings in manpower planning, appointments, career advancement and entitlements in the twin agriculture universities in Jammu and Kashmir, the CAG has called for immediate review of sanctioned strength to weed out redundant posts and adoption of UGC regulations in toto. The Comptroller and Auditor General also recommended the introduction of the Subordinate Accounts […]
Srinagar : Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has highlighted lack of adequate response of the government departments to audit. “Principal Accountant General (Audit), Jammu & Kashmir, conducts audit of Government Departments to check for compliance to rules and regulations in transactions and to verify the regularity in maintenance of important accounting and other […]
Jammu: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up J&K Bank Limited for not utilising the land worth over Rs 140 crore acquired during 2016-21 and recommended a proactive plan for its effective utilisation. It also said the bank’s improper planning resulted into blockage of funds to the tune of Rs 22.78 crore and […]
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said an unprecedented number of tourists visited the Union territory last year as the security situation has improved. He also said investment proposals worth Rs 70,000 crore have been received for industrial development. “There is huge improvement in the law-and-order situation. It has good results as an unprecedented […]
Srinagar : Weather department on Wednesday forecast intermittent rain and thunderstorm in plains and snowfall over higher reaches at most places of Jammu and Kashmir from March 30 to April 5. A meteorological department official here said that the thunderstorm may be accompanied by strong gusty winds. Meanwhile the minimum temperatures recorded increase at most […]