Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti distributed engagement orders under Rehbar-e-Janglat (ReJ) scheme among the 534 forestry graduates here on Sunday. Addressing a largely attended gathering after distributing the orders, the Chief Minister asked them to work dedicatedly for protecting the forests in the State. She asked them to use their enthusiasm, professional qualification and expertise to […]
On Sunday night when a grenade was lobbed at a Police party near Dalgate Srinagar, Imtiyaz Ahmad Zargar (40), son of Ghulam Qadir Zargar of Ahmada Kadal, Jogiwan, Hawal became an immediate causality. Severely injured, he was referred initially to SMHS and was later taken to SKIMS, where he breathed his last at 3 am […]
Full dress rehearsals were held in all the districts and Tehsil headquarters of the Kashmir Valley in connection with the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations. At Srinagar, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan unfurled the national flag, inspected the parade in an open jeep and took the salute at the march-past at Bakshi Stadium here today. […]
The protests march against attempts to strike down Article 35 A by newly formed political party Jammu Kashmir People’s Alliance was Sunday foiled by police, JKPA spokesman said. The spokesman in a statement said that police detained 11 members and office bearers of JKPA during a protests march here and raised slogans against the […]
A woman died while three others were injured in different road accidents in Kashmir valley, a police spokesman said. He said that a Truck bearing registration number JK02S-9387 hit and injured a pedestrian identified as Fareeda Begum resident of Kujjar, Tangbal at Kujjar Yaripora. The injured woman was shifted to Sub District Hospital Yaripora […]
Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar and Minister for Information Technology, Technical Education and Youth Services and Sports Imran Raza Ansari today laid foundation stone of Rs 11.37 crore bridge to be built at Sultanpora, Pattan. The Ministers said that the bridge will go a long way in connecting the people of Pattan in Baramulla […]
With an aim to revamp education scenario in Jammu and Kashmir, the State Government has constituted a group of experts to prepare a vision document for interventions in skills, teaching, learning, research and innovation that will be drawn from global best practices and traditional norms. The group named “Working Group to work out modalities […]
Director Tourism Kashmir, Mahmood A Shah, Sunday inaugurated a Creative Writing workshop at the Cultural Centre at Nowhatta. The workshop is being organized by Waruk, a social organization, in collaboration with the Department of Tourism. The aim of the workshop is to help the local youth gain skills in creative writing. The workshop will be […]
Provincial President of Women Wing of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, Satwant Kaur Dogra said that PDP-BJP government has completely lost the trust of the people as they failed to address the political and developmental aspirations of the people of J&K. The NC woman leader exhorted the women cadre to gear up for meeting the […]
Taking the first step towards preserving, enhancing and re-imagining the Pashmina heritage of J&K, the logo launch of Global Luxury Pashmina Dialogue series took place at Radisson Blu Hotel, Jammu. Luxury Pashmina Dialogue aims to be the first ever initiative from the state curated by Babar Afzal, noted Pashmina activist, artist and shepherd to build […]