SRINAGAR — Srinagar police launched two women’s safety squads on Monday for ensuring safety and security of women in Srinagar city. DIG CKR, Sujit Kumar, IPS while launching the squads applauded district police Srinagar for the initiative and said this will bring down crime against women and prevent crimes like the recent acid attack. SSP […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 245 fresh covid-19 cases, lowest daily count in 41 days, even as there was no death to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said, 160 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 85 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to […]
SRINAGAR — A 36-second video of an elderly Kashmiri woman flaunting her newly acquired English skills has taken the internet by storm. The video, which was originally uploaded on Twitter by one Syed Sleet Shah, has found its way to other platforms such as Whatsapp and Facebook as well. The young man names certain fruit, […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to take stock of arrangements for reopening of educational institutions and resuming offline teaching in Jammu and Kashmir. Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education, Principal Resident Commissioner, New Delhi, administrative secretaries of the departments of Skill Development, Higher Education, School Education, […]
SRINAGAR — The University of Kashmir will shortly notify the modalities for reopening of its main and satellite campuses for in-person teaching from March 1, 2022. The decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad in the wake of deliberations held by J&K Chief Secretary Dr. Arun […]
PULWAMA — Court extended remand of senior Journalist Fahad Shah for a week. Earlier he had been remanded to police custody for ten days. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that Fahad Shah- Editor-in-Chief “The Kashmir Walla” was produced before the Court of Mobile Magistrate by Pulwama Police. The Court remanded him to police […]
BENGALURU — Students and teachers of Rotary Educational Society School Mandya, were forced to abandon their hijab before entering the institute. This instance was followed by the Karnataka high court’s temporary order directing students to adhere to the state’s diktat of banning hijab inside educational institutions. In a video that surfaced on Twitter young hijabi […]
SRINAGAR — Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday observed the 3rd death anniversary of 40 Jawans who were killed in a deadly attack in Pulwama district in 2019. On 14 February 2019, a CRPF convoy was attacked by a vehicle-borne suicide bomber at Lethapora in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. There was […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday has sought to shorten the booster shot interval to 6 months. Currently, the gap between the second dose and the booster shot in India is 9 months. “Shortening the interval would prevent the emergence of new variants of Covid-19,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar […]
BENGALURU — Even as the majority of Muslim students in Karnataka on Monday attended classes without wearing hijab as per the High Court’s interim order, 13 students from the Government High School in Shivamogga district refused to take the SSLC (Class 10) preparatory examination after being asked to remove hijab. The students of Government Public […]
