ICDS organises day-long workshop on POSHAN ABHIYAN

SRINAGAR: Department of Integrated Child Development Services today organized a day-long capacity building workshop on “POSHAN ABHIYAN’’ for the Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) of Kashmir division. Principal Secretary, Social Welfare, Bipul Pathak, was the chief guest while as Director General, Women and Child Development, Mir Tariq Ali was the guest of honour on the […]

7 girl students honoured in Darul Uloom Madrasa-ul-Tahirat Zandfaran Sheeri

BARAMULLA: A religious programme was held here in Darululoom Madrasa ul Tahirat Zandfaran Sheeri Baramulla on Wednesday where seven girl students were honoured with different degrees in relevant courses. Darul Uloom management said that out of seven girl students four completed their Fazilat Quran while three students completed Recitation Quran and all the seven students […]

DC Udhampur directs eviction of all land encroachments in Patnitop

UDHAMPUR: Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Dr Piyush Singla today directed Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Chenani and Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) to remove all encroachments and illegal constructions on the state land, Kahcharai, Common land and forest land in village Karlah in Patnitop area. The directions were issued to implement Jammu and Kashmir High Court directions in this […]

District Admin Pulwama conducts demolition drive in Awantipora

PULWAMA: District Administration Pulwama today conducted demolition drive to clear the encroachments and illegal constructions along old National Highway at Awantipora, here. The demolition drive was headed by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Dr Raghav Langer and on the occasion various structures along old National Highway were razed to ground including a shopping complex, few houses […]

KU, CUK organise joint conference on NEP-2020

VCs, experts bat for early implementation of key provisions Srinagar: The University of Kashmir and the Central University of Kashmir jointly organised on Wednesday a seminar-cum-webinar on implementation of the National Education Policy-2020 in the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad presided over the national-level conference, organised by the departments of […]

LG condoles demise of prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of prominent Shia cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board vice president Maulana Kalbe Sadiq. Maulana Sadiq, 83, died around 10 pm at a private hospital in Lucknow, his son Kalbe Sibtain said. He was admitted to the ICU […]

India’s COVID-19 caseload goes past 92 lakh; number of active cases increases by 6,079

NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 92 lakh with 44,376 new cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surged to 86.42 lakh, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of total coronavirus cases rose to 92,22,216 in the country, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 1,34,699 […]

Ayaan Khan congratulates Junaid Mattu on winning the Mayoral elections

SRINAGAR: Upcoming Bollywood Star Ayaan Khan  has congratulated Junaid Mattu  for winning the Mayoral election. He took to his official social media handle to congratulate Junaid Mattu on winning the Mayoral Elections and becoming the Mayor of Srinagar. Ayaan Khan wrote: ‘Heartfelt Congratulations to you @junaidmattu bhai on your well-deserved victory of winning the Mayoral […]

Light, intermittent snow and rain in Kashmir, but worse to follow today

Light, intermittent snow and rain in Kashmir, but worse to follow today

Srinagar: Kashmir valley witnessed intermittent snowfall in the upper reaches and light rainfall in plains for the second day on Tuesday, even as the weather office predicted the wet spell to continue till Wednesday evening. The meteorological department had earlier predicted snow and rain in J&K and Ladakh from Nov 23rd to 25th, while also […]

Traffic suspended on Bhaderwah-Chamba, Bhaderwah-Pathankot roads after snowfall

Traffic suspended on Bhaderwah-Chamba, Bhaderwah-Pathankot roads after snowfall

Bhaderwah: The traffic on Bhaderwah-Chamba and Bhaderwah-Pathankot highways, connecting Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district with Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, was suspended on Tuesday following heavy snowfall around Padri Gali and Chattergala passes, officials said. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bhaderwah, Rakesh Kumar said the vehicular movement was stopped on the Bhaderwah-Chamba Highway after 1.5 feet to 2 […]