Anantnag: A police head constable was killed in a militant attack on a patrol party of government forces on Saturday in Frisal area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The slain policeman was identified as Head Constable Muhammad Amin, a resident of Nadimarg village in DH Pora area of Kulgam district. As per police reports, militants […]
Ramban: One person was killed and four others rescued while fate of two others is unknown as massive landslide buried 9 vehicles including some trucks at Seri Ramban along the jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday. SSP Ramban Haseeb-ur-Reman, who is supervising the operation, told GNS that during ongoing construction of highway, one dumper and a JCP […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said electricity distribution companies in Union Territories (UTs) will be privatised. This is expected to provide a model to be replicated in states later to improve efficiency and attract investment. Unveiling the fourth tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package to revive the coronavirus-hit economy, […]
Shopian: A new scab infection in apple trees arrived with the month of May and orchardists are apprehensive about the well-being of their crop, which earlier this year had witnessed a heavy scab infection. Many reasons have been mentioned by experts and scientists of SKAUST and of the horticulture department, which according to them have […]
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir High Court need not be so apprehensive about the disposal of cases by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), its chairman L Narasimha Reddy said on Saturday. Refuting the claims made by Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal, in a letter written to the Centre, over the tribunal’s […]
Leh: Five percent of all reserved seats in under-graduate programmes of Srinagar National Institute of Technology will be earmarked for students of Ladakh Union Territory, an official statement said on Saturday. The Ladakh students would be accorded quota from within all reserved seats of the NIT-Srinagar from academic sessions 2020-21, it added. As per the […]
New Delhi: The MHRD Ministry on Saturday postponed announcement of the exam schedule for pending class 10 and 12 board exams, saying the CBSE is still considering certain technical aspects before finalising the datesheet. The ministry had earlier announced that it would notify the schedule at 5 pm on Saturday. “CBSE is taking into consideration […]
Srinagar: The government on Saturday overhauled state co-operative bank by sacking its incumbent chairman. Sources privy to the development said that a meeting of board of management (BoM) was held today at civil secretariat Srinagar which was presided over by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole and was attended additional registrar co-operatives and other members. […]
JAMMU: The government has embarked upon Haryana-Migrant Workers Evacuation Plan to evacuate 470 J&K migrant labourers from 12 districts of Haryana stranded there due to COVID-19 lockdown. In this regard, the government has arranged a fleet of 20 busues to get these migrant labourers back to their homes. Meanwhile, the Jammu district administration today received […]
Pampore: Principal Government Degree College Pampore, Dr Seema Naz, on Saturday presented a cheque of rupees fifty thousand to chief medical officer (CMO) Pulwama for COVID -19 fund. The principal took over the charge of Govt Degree College (GDC) Pampore recently and since then she has taken plethora of measures against spread of COVID-19 in […]