Directs senior doctors to attend to Covid patients JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha paid a surprise visit to Government Medical College Jammu today and took stock of the medicare services being extended to Covid and other patients. During the visit, the Lt Governor took a round of different medical units and enquired about the availability […]
LG administration takes note of ‘serious matter’, asks department to ‘fix responsibility’ Srinagar: Faculty members at colleges in Jammu and Kashmir have accused the Higher Education department of “promoting mediocrity” by denying them permission to pursue higher studies. The accusations have caught the attention of the Lieutenant Governor’s administration, which has called it a “serious […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court has issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) and has called a response in an application seeking not to proceed with the JKCA elections and stop them from changing the constituents of the cricketing body. The court of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Puneet Gupta […]
New Delhi: The Government of India has notified two orders specifying that 11 central laws will immediately come into effect in Jammu and Kashmir while nomenclature of 10 state laws will be changed in view of the change of status of the erstwhile state. In a 136-page notification, the home ministry said the two orders […]
Wrong to do so, as it removes green leaves and takes away nourishment, say scientists Shopian: Haunted still by memories of last year’s untimely snowfall in early November and its resultant havoc in the horticulture sector, apple growers in south Kashmir have gone for early pruning of fruit trees, in the beginning of October itself; […]
Stockholm: Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe. Briton Roger Penrose received half of this year’s prize for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of […]
Leh: A moderate-intensity earthquake of magnitude 5.1 shook Ladakh on Tuesday morning, officials said. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property due to the quake that struck at 5.13 am and lasted for a few seconds, the officials said. Another tremor of 4.4 magnitude hit the Union territory at 11.43 pm, […]
Recommends action against DC Ganderbal, SDM Kangan Kangan: A local court in Ganderbal district Tuesday directed police to register FIR against Tehsildar Gund after a applicant alleged that the officer demanded bribe of Rs 50000 in lieu if issuance of revenue papers Judicial Magistrate Kangan, has didirected the SSP Ganderbal to lodge an FIR against […]
Div Com Jammu discusses modalities with DCs, seeks early eviction of encroachments on state land JAMMU: To strengthen the Auqaf Board and streamline its functioning, Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma Tuesday asked the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu province to conduct a detailed survey of all Auqaf properties and submit the list of the assets within their […]
SRINAGAR: SKUAST-K Scientists on the call of SKUAST-K Scientists and Teachers Association (SSTA) continue to observe a complete pendown strike for the second consecutive day at different faculties, Research Stations, KVKs and other constituent units of SKUAST-Kashmir as per the calendar issued by SSTA. The protest calendar was issued by the Association against the lackadaisical […]