JK students in coronavirus hit Iran: HC seeks Centre’s response on evacuation

JK students in coronavirus hit Iran: HC seeks Centre’s response on evacuation

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir High Court today sought the Centre’s response on a plea filed by a Budgam resident regarding the evacuation of J&K students and other persons from coronavirus hit Iran. The High Court directed the administrations of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh to ensure creation of proper isolation and quarantine facilities besides testing […]

PSAJK bars schools from charging transport fee for Aug-Sept 2019

PSAJK bars schools from charging transport fee for Aug-Sept 2019

SRINAGAR,: Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has barred the private schools from charging any transport fee for the month of August and September 2019. The Association in a meeting said that as the matter regarding the collection of transport fee is sub-judice so no school should collect the fee from the students […]

Illicit timber seized in Boniyar, Uri

Illicit timber seized in Boniyar, Uri

BARAMULLA: Police on Tuesday night seized illicit timber in Boniyar area of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources in the police department said that a team of police station Boniyar, Uri headed by Station House Officer (SHO) Tariq Ahmad raided Bachi village of Boniyar, and seized 40 logs of illicit timber which was […]

49 employees suspended in Uri

BARAMULLA: Around 49 employees of different departments were suspended after they were found absent from their duties in Boniyar and Uri Tehsil s of Baramulla district on Wednesday. Official sources said that after received several complaints from public, Sub Divisional Magistrate Uri Riyaz Ahmad Malik visited offices of different departments in Boniyar and Uri Tehsil […]

Kashmir varsity not letting its students access internet facility

Srinagar: Even after the government’s cap on accessible websites in Kashmir, students at the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) are being denied internet by the administration, though they are still being charged for it. The students are being asked to undergo a proper verification of their credentials before the internet facility at the university campus […]

UN rights chief challenges CAA in Supreme Court

UN rights chief challenges CAA in Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the citizenship amendment law, in an unprecedented move which was sharply criticised by India. India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva was informed on Monday evening by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet that her office […]

Snow, rains expected in Kashmir Valley: MeT

Snow, rains expected in Kashmir Valley: MeT

Srinagar: Kashmir is expected to experience wet spell as an active western disturbance is most likely to hit Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh from today, meteorological department (MeT) predicted on Tuesday. Deputy Director MeT Srinagar centre Dr Mukthar Ahmad said that the heavy snowfall is expected in upper reaches of the Valley and […]

HC asks for report on steps taken to benefit transgenders

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday asked the Director of School Education, J&K, to place before the court a report with regard to making provisions in school admission forms for transgenders as a third gender. The court passed the direction after a status report dated 23 December 2019 was filed by the School Education […]

‘Submit report on awareness activities about sexual violence act’

Srinagar: The J&K High Court directed authorities to place a calendar about programmes undertaken for sensitization and awareness about the J&K Protection of Children from Sexual Violence Act. The schedule of activities has to be submitted before the bench on May 11. The court passed the direction after a status report on 10 October, 2019 […]

Lethpora suicide attack: NIA arrests Pulwama father-daughter duo

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested a man and his daughter in Pulwama in 2019 Lethpora suicide attack. The February 14 attack was carried out by a Pulwama youth Adil Dar of Jaish-e-Mohammad and resulted in killing of 40 CRPF soldiers. A year after the attack, the NIA which probes the case arrested […]