Light snow predicted in Kashmir from Saturday

Light snow predicted in Kashmir from Saturday

Srinagar: There was slight improvement in cold conditions in Kashmir as the minimum temperature rose across the valley on Thursday, even as the MET Office forecast the possibility of light snow over two days from Saturday. The night temperature marked an improvement but continued to settle below the freezing point, MET officials said. The weather […]

Geoscientist from Pampore nominated to UN body’s scientific board

Geoscientist from Pampore nominated to UN body’s scientific board

Anantnag: To lend his technical skills on the subject of geohazards, a geoscientist from Pampore in south Kashmir has been appointed as member of the scientific board of the Geoscience Programme known as IGCP, run by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Professor Ghulam Muhammad Bhat, who heads the Geology department at […]

Free our leaders now, emboldened Gupkar Alliance demands

Srinagar: After winning the majority of seats in District Development Councils (DDC), the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Thursday asked the BJP-led central government to immediately release all their political leaders who were detained just days before the results were announced. Ahead of the results of the DDC elections, the government had detained […]

NC writes expresses concern over horse trading, writes to SEC

NC writes expresses concern over horse trading, writes to SEC

Srinagar: National Conference on Thursday said they have written a letter to state election commissioner KK Sharma over apprehensions that many independent DDC candidates are being “coaxed and coerced” to join a particular political party. “A very disturbing state of affairs has come to our notice, many independent winning DDC candidates are being coaxed and […]

Children ailing from cold treated in cold corridors of MCH Anantnag

Anantnag: Even amid this bone-chilling cold, children in need of nebulisation are being administered treatment in the unheated corridors of the Maternity and Child Care Hospital (MCH) here in Sherbagh area of Anantnag district. The hospital being one of its kind in entire south Kashmir is frequented by thousands of people from not only south […]

Seven deaths, 291 new cases in J&K

Seven deaths, 291 new cases in J&K

Srinagar: Seven Covid-19 related deaths were reported on Thursday, three in Kashmir and four in Jammu division. According to officials, one each deceased persons were from Srinagar, Budgam, Anantnag , Samba district and three from Jammu district. A total of 1,860 Covid-19 patients have died in Jammu and Kashmir so far. Of these deaths, 1,174 […]

Winter vacation for colleges announced

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday announced winter vacation for degree colleges in the region. As per an order issued by Commissioner Secretary Higher Education Department Talat Parvez Rohella, winter vacation in Kashmir division and winter zone Jammu will commence from December 28 till February 14. Similarly, winter vacation for government colleges in […]

JEE Mains- 2021 to be held in 13 languages including Urdu

JEE Mains- 2021 to be held in 13 languages including Urdu

JAMMU: Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), Mains is being held in 13 Languages including Urdu Language for the next session (2021). As per the exam conducting authority, National Testing agency the JEE mains 2021 would be held in 13 languages including Hindi, English Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu & Urdu as […]

3-day training for govt staff to implement Forest Rights Act

JAMMU: The government is gearing up for implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in Jammu and Kashmir. In this regard, a video conference was held with all Deputy Commissioners of the UT by top officials. The Deputy Commissioners were informed about the various milestones to be achieved at all levels, the importance of training and […]

LG interacts with public through virtual mode, several grievances redressed on spot

LG interacts with public through virtual mode, several grievances redressed on spot

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today held the 3rd round of the series – “LG’s Mulaqaat-Live Public Grievance Hearing”, wherein he took the first hand appraisal of people’s issues and grievances through virtual mode. Through LG’s Mulaqaat”- Live Public Grievance Hearing, an institutionalized mechanism has been laid for making the grievance redressal mechanism prompt, robust, […]