SRINAGAR — Strange but true is the fact that the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) is either unaware of the posting of some of its teachers who have not been transferred even after a decade or is least interested in bringing major transformations in the department. The teachers at government-run-schools believe that the ATD […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) have issued a joint statement after five more positive cases were reported in the West Indies camp following Wednesday’s PCR testing, raising the total number of positive cases to nine since their arrival in Karachi on December 9. “On Thursday morning and as […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Thursday condemned the arrest of a woman and her daughter by the authorities for sloganeering near the military operation site in Srinagar. On 13 December, police said that two militants were killed in a military operation conducted by a joint team of armed forces in Rangreth area of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — An Expert Committee of Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir that was tasked to check the content of schools books in Kashmir has recommended banning of two Urdu books for class 5 and class 3, after finding objectionable content in the book. The Expert Committee while presenting its findings before the […]
SRINAGAR — While condemning the arrest of mother-daughter duo, Jammu Kashmir Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone on Thursday said that stick approach adopted by the government won’t yield any results. “It is condemnable and shameful act. We can’t live at a place where the government after every hour wants to convey a message to people […]
SRINAGAR — At a time when the political parties are gearing up to take part in the assembly elections, likely to be held next year, there would be no more than 10 percent of the Council of Ministers in the Legislative Assembly under the newly-established Union Territory (UT) of Jammu Kashmir. The political parties in […]
RAJOURI — An aircraft shaped ballon with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) mark over it has been found in a village of Nowshera in Rajouri district that has now been seized by police, officials said Thursday. Officials said that this ballon was found lying near a house in Dandani village of Nowshera sub division of Rajouri […]
PARIS — There are currently 488 media professionals imprisoned around the world, the highest number since Reporters Without Borders began counting more than 25 years ago, the NGO announced today. By contrast, the number killed this year – 46 – was the lowest since it began issuing annual tallies, due to the relative stabilisation of […]
DHAMTARI — A 26-year-old woman allegedly hanged her two minor sons to death and then committed suicide at their home in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday in Dhuma village, located about 50 km from the state capital Raipur, when the woman’s husband, a vegetable vendor, and other […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Thursday forecast widespread “moderate to heavy” snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from December 23 to 25. There are currently reports about light snowfall in Gurez, Sonmarg, Zojila-Drass axis, said an official of the MeT office here. “As on date, widespread moderate to heavy snowfall (at some places) is most […]