SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir has been ranked among the worst in health performance by Niti Aayog in its fourth annual index. Uttar Pradesh has been ranked worst among states while as Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi has been ranked among bottom UTs in terms of overall performance but emerged as the leading performer in […]
NEW DELHI — The admission process in most of the central universities will change from the upcoming academic session as Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) will come into force for admission to all undergraduate courses in different central universities across the country. The Union Education Ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have informed […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that some people don’t want J&K to grow on the development front and that his government is committed to “break all walls that create hurdles” in making the UT at par with other parts of India. Addressing the first-ever J&K Real Estate Conference in […]
BARAMULLA — Two persons sustained burn injuries in an Oxygen plant leakage incident at Government Medical College Baramulla on Monday morning, officials said. They told GNS that two technicians identified as Asif Mushtaq Bhat, 25, son of Mohammad Ashraf Bhat resident of Delina Baramulla and Mohammad Saleem Khan, 30, son of Ghulam Nabi Khan resident […]
SRINAGAR — Higher reaches including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall while rains lashed plains in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The snowfall has led to closure of Bandipora-Gurez as well as Srinagar-Leh roads besides Machil, Keran and Karnah. Mughal road, connecting shopian with Poonch and Rajouri districts as well as Kishtwar-Sinthan road are closed. […]
JAMMU — Ghulam Nabi Azad Sunday put to rest all speculations about his possible exit from the party, calling himself a “24 Carat Congressman” and saying he was not upset with the party, but was instead working for unifying and uniting its workers. The former chief minister has been holding public rallies in Jammu and […]
NEW DELHI — Hitting out at the Centre over the Nagaland firing incident earlier this month, the Congress on Sunday demanded Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation, compensation to the victims and an independent probe headed by a sitting Guwahati High Court judge. The Opposition party made the demands after a delegation, comprising Congress general secretary […]
NEW DELHI — A senior epidemiologist at AIIMS who is the principal investigator of Covaxin trials for adults and children at the institute on Sunday termed the Centre’s decision to vaccinate children against Covid “unscientific” and said it will not yield any additional benefit. Dr Sanjay K Rai, who is also the president of the […]
JAMMU — The parents of an eight-year-old nomad girl, who was brutally raped and murdered in Kathua district of Jammu, are anguished that while their appeal for enhancement of sentence against six people remains unheard, two convicts were released on bail in the Kathua rape and murder case, described by a court as a “devilish […]
KOHIMA — The Nagaland government on Sunday said that a committee would soon be instituted to look into the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on December 23rd and the same was attended by Nagaland […]