KUPWARA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Dr. Doifode Sagar Dattatray on Friday felicitated noted environmentalist Abdul Ahad Khan of Nagri Malpora (Kupwara) who has spent the past 15 years selflessly planting and nurturing chinar trees, aiming to protect this iconic species from vanishing in the region. In a function at DC office Kupwara, Abdul Ahad Khan […]
BANDIPORA: As part of Union Government’s Public Outreach Programme, Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday visited Bandipora to review the ground level implementation of Government Schemes. During his visit Ashwini Kumar Choubey visited Wullar Vantage Park to take first […]
SRINAGAR: Saurabh Bhagat, IAS, Commissioner Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday inaugurated an innovative Waste-to-Wealth System at the University of Kashmir. The pilot project, which utilises the remarkable waste processing capabilities of black soldier fly larvae, has been sponsored by JK Science Technology and Innovation Council (JKST&IC). It was […]
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government will review the largesse of the previous BJP government in allotting ‘hundreds of acres of land’ to RSS and its affiliated organisations, Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Friday. He also said a few tenders issued by the BJP government have been cancelled while others will […]
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday hit out at the Modi government over reports of fresh Chinese military constructions along the LAC in Uttarakhand, and demanded that China should be confronted strategically and not by “hollow boasts”. The nation is paying a heavy price for the prime minister’s “clean chit” to China, he […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has fostered progress through technology that resulted in exponential surge in digital transactions, made business easier and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) took government services to every home, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. The home minister highlighted through tweets the Modi government’s thrust on use of technology […]
New Delhi: The practice of using combat canines for ceremonial drills like presenting flowers to greet VIPs should be stopped and they must only be utilised for specific tasks of catching suspects and sniffing contraband and IEDs, a panel comprising police dog experts has recommended. The specialists have suggested that a separate “demo dog unit” […]
Balaji temple opened in Jammu Majeen (Jammu): The Tirupati Balaji temple was opened to devotees on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. Amid chanting of mantras, Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, Union ministers Dr Jitendra Singh and G Kishen Reddy inaugurated the temple of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy at […]
School Denies, Says No Restriction On Wearing Robe Srinagar: Several female students of Vishwa Bharti Higher Secondary School here staged a protest against its administration on Thursday, alleging that they were denied entry to the institute for wearing abaya. A loose-fitting, full-length robe, Abaya is a worn by Muslim women. “We are told we should […]
Srinagar: A local school’s denying entry to girls wearing abaya, a loose cloak worn by Muslim women, has evoked sharp reactions from all quarters in Kashmir with PDP president Mehbooba Mufti terming it an attack on religious freedom guaranteed by the constitution. “Jammu and Kashmir has become a laboratory for BJP’s plans of changing Gandhi’s […]