Webinar on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction held

Webinar on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction held

Paradigm shift from response to mitigation: Div Com Srinagar : A webinar on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was jointly organised by National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi and Institution of Engineers (India), J&K State Centre, Srinagar, in collaboration with Divisional Administration, Kashmir, J&K Forest Department […]

Samoon reviews functioning of online career guidance for students

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, School Education and Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, today reviewed the status of online career guidance for students in Government Schools. Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education, Talat Parvez Rohella, was also present on the occasion. During threadbare discussions, the meeting was informed that the online career guidance has been initiated for […]

Inspects Govt Polytechnic College at Gogji Bagh

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, School Education and Skill Development, Dr. Asgar Samoon, today visited the Government Polytechnic College at Gogji Bagh here and took stock of functioning of the Institution. During the visit, Principal Secretary inspected various units of the Institution including Civil Engineering Department, Mechanical Engineering Department, Electronic Department and General Workshop of the Institute. […]

DC B’pora makes surprise inspection of Govt Offices

BANDIPORA: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Bandipora, Zahoor Ahmad Mir on Tuesday made a surprise visit to different government offices located in different blocks of the Mini-Secretariat Bandipora. At least 16 employees and five district officers were found absent and were accordingly served show cause notices asking them to explain reasons of absence from their legitimate […]

CIC operators protest, seek regularisation of services

CIC operators protest, seek regularisation of services

SRINAGAR: The Community Information Centre (CIC) operators working in Rural Development Department on Monday demanding regularisation of their services in the department Scores of the protesters from the various districts of the Kashmir Valley assembled here in Press Enclave under the banner of All Jammu and Kashmir CIC operators Association and chanting the slogans “We […]

Class 11 students protest in B’la, demand mass promotion

Class 11 students protest in B’la, demand mass promotion

BARAMULLA: The class 11 students are continuing to protest seeking mass promotion for the next class. On Monday scores of students from different areas of Baramulla including from Uri, Tangmarg, Kandi, Rafiabad and Baramulla staged a peaceful protest in front of the deputy commissioner’s office in Baramulla. The students including boys and girls forced authorities […]

3 school teachers in Shopian booked under PSA after students, alumni found involved in militant activities: Police

3 school teachers in Shopian booked under PSA after students, alumni found involved in militant activities: Police

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday said it has booked three teachers of a religious school in Shopian district under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) after it came to fore that some of its students and alumni were found involved in militant activities. Kashmir Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar told a […]

Arrangements finalized for Urs of Sheik Noor-Ud -Din Noorani (RA) at Kulgam

KULGAM: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat, today chaired a meeting of officers to finalise the arrangements put in place for smooth conduct of Urs Sheikh Noor Ud Din Noorani (RA), being celebrated at his birth place at Qaimoh, Kulgam. During the meeting the officers briefed the DDC about the arrangements that have […]

Court holds JK excise commissioner guilty of contempt

Jammu: A trial court at Jammu on Monday declared Rajesh Kumar Shavan, Excise Commissioner, J&K as ‘wilful’ contemnor of court orders while directing him to surrender before court on 14 October failing which he will be arrested through required warrants. The court of Virinder Singh Bhou, 2nd Additional Judge, Jammu while pronouncing the judgement in […]

Soldier kills self in Handwara

BARAMULLA: A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel killed himself in Handwara on Sunday night, officials said. They said that an SSB personnel identified as Amit Kumar a resident of Uttar Pradesh posted at 37 battalion SSB Vilgam shot himself dead with his service rifle on Sunday night. He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital however […]