Washington: The US has urged India to “protect and respect” the right to peaceful assembly of people and hold accountable those perpetrating violence following the Delhi’s communal riots over the amended citizenship act, saying that Washington has raised the issue at the highest level with New Delhi. The comments came as Delhi this week witnessed […]
New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said commitment to judicial, media and individual freedom is one of the Modi government’s “fundamentals” as he cited its leaders’ fight against the Emergency to reject criticism over a Delhi High Court judge’s transfer. Asked about the Congress’ attack on the government over the transfer of […]
Srinagar: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) on Friday informed J&K High Court that the disability access audit of J&K Airports is scheduled from April. The Counsel, Anil Bhan representing AAI made the submission before the court. Earlier, the court had directed for disability access audit of the airports in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The […]
Srinagar: The Kashmir University is likely to introduce Master’s in Anthropology from the upcoming academic session this year, Kashmir Reader has learnt. The programme was among many others, including Master’s in Philosophy and Public Administration, that had been approved by the varsity council but could not be introduced over the years due to lack of […]
Shopian: Around three thousand kanals of horticulture land this year is being brought under high density apple plantation in Kashmir. Continuing the trend of high density apple plantation in the valley where 50 percent of the population is dependent on horticulture, the government this year is going to bring 150 hectares of land under high […]
Srinagar: The J&K high Court called for personal appearance of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir in case a report about location of toilets to be constructed in Srinagar is not submitted to the court within four weeks. “Our last order dated 29th November, 2019 has not been complied with. In case status report is not filed regarding […]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the Balakot air strikes had sent out the clear message that infrastructure across the border could not be used as safe havens for militants. Addressing a seminar on ‘Air Power in No War, No Peace Scenario’, Singh hailed the 40 CRPF soldiers killed in Pulwama attack […]
Srinagar: The government on Friday appointed senior physician Dr Samia Rashid as interim principal of the Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar. Rashid will replace Dr Parvaiz Ahmad Shah, who is superannuating on February 29. “Consequent, upon the retirement on superannuation of Dr Parvaiz Ahmad Shah on February 29, 2020, and in the interest of administration […]
SRINAGAR: J&K Bank job aspirants on Friday staged a protest against the decision of scrapping of recruitment process of 1250 posts, calling it “injustice and illegal”. Aggrieved protesters assembled outside the J*K Bank’s headquarters here and staged a protest and termed the decision as an act that is no less than taking the carriers of […]
KUPWARA: Over two dozen people including children and women have fallen ill after gastroenteritis outbreak in Shatgund village of Mawar Kupwara. The sick people were shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment. Sources said that last month’s heavy snowfall damaged water pipeline of village and then employees of Public Health Engineering (PHE) department connects the water […]