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 […]
(Image: Burhan Hussaini) SRINAGAR — Local ladies on Monday offered flowers to hijab-clad students outside Kashmir University. The local ladies were seen waiting outside Kashmir University carrying flowers in their hands and they were offering the flowers to those students who had put on hijab. Hijab controversy has erupted in Indian southern state of Karnatka […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Monday ordered promotion of six IAS officers to various scales of Indian Administrative Service. According to an order, a copy of which lies with GNS, two officers—Sheetal Nanda and Saugat Biswas—have been promoted to the Super Time Scale of IAS (Level 14 of Pay matrix) with effect from 1 January 2022. […]