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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]