LG launches ‘Awaam Ki Baat’ website

LG launches ‘Awaam Ki Baat’ website

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday initiated the project “Awaam Ki Baat”-a Radio program by launching its website here at Raj Bhavan. The half-an-hour long Radio program to be aired every third Sunday of the month (to start from April) is one of the many sequential steps of broader program aimed at disseminating the […]

Ignoring scientific advice, apple growers spray ‘lethal’ combination recommended by pesticide sellers

Ignoring scientific advice, apple growers spray ‘lethal’ combination recommended by pesticide sellers

Shopian: Some pesticide sellers in Shopian are recommending combinations of sprays which have neither been recommended by SKUAST agricultural varsity nor any horticulture scientist. These self-styled combinations of multiple fungicides may prove “lethal” for young plants, scientists warn. An orchardist when asked why he is spraying a combination of horticulture mineral oil (HMO), fungicide and […]

Lt Gen Pandey takes over as 15 Corps commander

Lt Gen Pandey takes over as 15 Corps commander

Srinagar: Lieutenant General B S Raju who will take over as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) handed over the charge of the strategic XV Corps of the Army, which guards the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley, to Lt Gen D P Pandey on Wednesday. At a simple ceremony held at the […]

3,800 Kashmiri migrants returned to J&K for taking up jobs under: Govt

3,800 Kashmiri migrants returned to J&K for taking up jobs under: Govt

PM’s special package New Delhi: Nearly 3,800 Kashmiri migrants have returned to Jammu and Kashmir in the last few years and 520 of them after the abrogation of Article 370 to take up jobs under the prime minister’s special package, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan […]

2 percent increase in budgetary allocations meager: Masoodi

2 percent increase in budgetary allocations meager: Masoodi

New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Member of Parliament Hasnain Masoodi raised the issues confronting education sector in Jammu and Kashmir in Lok Sabha. He sought seeking proper and efficient implementation of National Education Policy 2020 on ground to make benefits reach the beneficiaries. While participating in discussion on demand of grants for […]

LG directs for speedy completion of project under smart city projects

LG directs for speedy completion of project under smart city projects

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress being made on the prestigious Jammu and Srinagar Smart City Projects. During the review meeting, the Lt Governor asked the concerned functionaries to make a visible impact while working with high professionalism and clear vision. Laying special emphasis on accelerating […]

Persian graduates demand introduction of the language from the elementary level

Persian graduates demand introduction of the language from the elementary level

SRINAGAR: The graduates of Persian language on Wednesday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar asking the higher authorities to introduce the persian subject at elementary, school, colleges and universities. Scores of the persian degree holders and scholars including boys and girls assembled here in press enclave under the banner of all Jammu and Kashmir […]

Govt teachers buy van for far-flung students

Govt teachers buy van for far-flung students

Pampore: Teachers of a government school in a village in Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have arranged a van for poor students. The funding of the van will come from the donated salaries of the staff. The van was handed by the staff to the concerned Zonal Educational Officer (ZEO) Javaid Ahmad who […]

KU to hold on-campus classes for 1st semester students from Mar 22

Srinagar: In line with its commitment to reopen the varsity for offline classes in a staggered manner, the University of Kashmir Wednesday announced that the classes for 1st semester students shall be held in offline mode from March 22, 2021. The decision to this effect was taken pursuant to recommendations of a high-level committee of […]

CUK organises activities at Babasaleh

Ganderbal: Continuing with its community outreach programme, the Women’s Empowerment Committee and HELD Change Programme of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) and Middle School Babasaleh Wednesday organised a series of events at Babasaleh here to commemorate the International Women’s Day. Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor, Prof Mehraj ud Din Mir said the prime […]