Speech competition held in CUK

GANDERBAL: Pro Bono Club, Department of Law, School of Legal Studies, Central University of Kashmir (CUKashmir), organized a speech competition on the theme “In the age of social media, parenting has become a herculean task” here. In his address, Dean SLS, Prof. Farooq Ahmad Mir, underscored the importance of such competitions and said, “such events […]

CUK’s Commerce Deptt holds induction prog

GANDERBAL: Department of Commerce, Central University of Kashmir (CUKashmir) organised an induction session for the fresh batch of students admitted to M. Com programme on Thursday. Head, Deptt. of Commerce, Dr. Mehraj-Ud-Din Shah, highlighted the importance of the induction programme and gave an overview about the varsity, Commerce Department and other units of University, providing […]

India’s climate swap: Flood-prone areas now face drought, and vice versa

NEW DELHI: A new study by IPE-Global and Esri-India has uncovered a alarming “swapping trend” in India’s climate patterns, where traditionally flood-prone areas are now experiencing droughts and vice versa. The research, which analysed climate data from 1973 to 2023, found that over 85% of Indian districts are vulnerable to extreme weather events, with 45% […]

Assembly Elections: Notification issued for last phase

Assembly Elections: Notification issued for last phase

Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today issued election notification for the 3rd phase of the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir. A Total 40 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in the districts of Kupwara, Baramulla, Bandipora, Udhampur, Kathua, Samba and Jammu shall go to polls in the third and final phase […]

310 candidates file papers for penultimate phase

310 candidates file papers for penultimate phase

Jammu: As many as 310 candidates have filed their nomination papers across 26 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) of six districts of Jammu and Kashmir which are going to polling in the second phase of J&K Assembly Election 2024. Thursday was the last day of filing nomination papers for the second phase of the Assembly Election scheduled […]

ECI Appoints Observers for Sgr Assembly Constituencies

ECI Appoints Observers for Sgr Assembly Constituencies

Srinagar: In view of the General Elections to Legislative Assembly-2024, the Election Commission of India has appointed General, Police and Expenditure Observers in for 08 Assembly Constituencies of District Srinagar. As per an official communication the General Observers appointed include Sandhya Bhullar (6006612389) for 25- Eidgah and 26- Central Shalteng; Chandresh Kumar Yadav (8491826997) for […]

People of JK owners of their land: Farooq Abdullah

People of JK owners of their land: Farooq Abdullah

Srinagar: People of Jammu and Kashmir are not slaves of the Centre but the real owners of their land, National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said. “Let me tell you one thing … we are not their slaves. People of this state are the owners of this place, remember it,” Dr Farooq Abdullah […]

Amit Shah to launch BJP campaign in Jammu, release manifesto today

Amit Shah to launch BJP campaign in Jammu, release manifesto today

Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the BJP’s poll campaign and release the party’s manifesto during his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir beginning Friday. Shah’s visit comes at a critical time for the BJP in J&K as the party faces growing challenges ahead of the assembly elections with several leaders and workers […]

Raina files nomination from Nowshera

Raina files nomination from Nowshera

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Thursday filed his nomination papers from the Nowshera Assembly constituency in Rajouri district. Raina held a roadshow in Nowshera with RSS functionary and former BJP general secretary Ram Madhav. This marks Raina’s second contest from the seat. “This isn’t just my candidacy, it represents the aspirations […]

Armed forces need to be prepared for war: Rajnath

Armed forces need to be prepared for war: Rajnath

Lucknow: The armed forces need to be prepared for war in order to preserve peace, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday while addressing the top commanders of the Army, Navy and the Air Force. In his remarks at the maiden joint commanders conference here, Singh, touching upon the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza […]