NEW DELHI — Meta-owned Instagram has brought its new test for users to verify their age via an original ID or video selfie to India, amid growing worries that kids are using fake dates of birth to create profiles on social media platforms. If someone attempts to edit their date of birth on Instagram from […]
SRINAGAR — Weather is likely to remain dry in Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours, said the Meteorological (MeT) department here on Friday. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the department said. Srinagar had 6.4 and both Pahalgam and Gulmarg had 2 degrees […]
GURDASPUR (PUNJAB) — Border Security Force (BSF) troops shot down a drone that entered India in Punjab’s Gurdaspur sector from the Pakistan side on the International Border in the early hours of Friday. A senior BSF officer said that the drone was spotted at 4.35 am by BSF troops on patrolling duty. They immediately opened […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday filed a chargesheet against a digital magazine editor and a PhD scholar in a “narrative militancy” case here. Accused Peerzaada Fahad Shah, editor of monthly online magazine ‘Kashmirwalla’ and a resident of Srinagar, and Aala Fazili of Budgam have been booked under […]
SRINAGAR — In a major relief to the lawyers community and fulfilling their long pending demands, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir took a historical step and implemented the Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Act provides way for giving financial assistance to organize welfare schemes for […]
RAJOURI — A man, who was accused of murdering his one month old son in Argu village of Rajouri district, was arrested within 24 hours, police said here. In a statement, police said that yesterday evening an information was received at police station Rajouri about the murder of about month old boy by his father […]
SRINAGAR — In its endeavor to make the Police department more efficient and transparent, the government on Thursday prematurely retired 36 police personnel on charges of their involvement in corruption and criminal activities. These personnel conducted their duties in ways which were unbecoming of public servants & in violation of the established code of conduct. […]
BANDIPORA — At least 14 government schools in north Kashmir’s Gurez valley are operating from rented houses for the past several years, leaving students suffer. Data collected by the news agency Kashmir News Observer, states that 14 government schools including primary and middle schools have been operating from rented wooden houses for the last several […]
SRINAGAR — For the last few years fish farming has emerged as an interesting means of livelihood in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as hundreds of people are directly or indirectly connected with fish culture here. However, the farmers have been suffering huge losses due to the lack of insurance policy. Fish farmers […]
SRINAGAR — The Government Fee Fixation Committee (GFFC) on Thursday directed the private schools to return the huge amounts which they have collected from the parents in the name of security deposit, refundable fund and in some cases as admission fee as well. GFFC in this regard has ordered that “The schools that have charged […]