SRINAGAR — A Srinagar-based photojournalist was detained in a mid-night raid from his residence in Dalgate area of the city last night. Mukhtar Zahoor, 27, works as a stringer with the BBC and has been published in Al Jazeera, The Caravan, Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal. As per his family, last night at around 12:30am, he […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that a storm has engulfed the entire Indian where communities are being divided and if the same won’t stop forthwith, the country won’t exist anymore. Talking to reporters after visiting the slain school principal Supinder Kour at Aloochibagh here, Dr Farooq said that it’s a […]
SRINAGAR — The employees who had left the Valley feeling unsafe after a Sikh school principal and Kashmiri Hindu teacher were killed last week by militants, said the administration was being “insensitive.” Jammu and Kashmir administration is calling workers back on duty and if they do not show up action will be taken as per […]
NEW DELHI — The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday said PhD was not mandatory for direct recruitment of Assistant Professors till July 2023. The commission said it has extended the date of applicability of PhD as a mandatory qualification for recruitment of Assistant Professors in Departments of Universities from 1st July 2021 to 1st […]
SRINAGAR — Exposing the underbelly of Jammu and Kashmir on economic indices, the newly created Union Territory has registered the highest unemployment rate of 21.6 percent among all states, UTs in India. According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) figures, J&K has a 21.6 percent unemployment rate, which is the worst among states/Union […]
SRINAGAR — As many as 300 students from Jammu and Kashmir, who have been selected to attend various higher education courses at the Mewar University in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, were given a warm send-off by the Indian Army at a ceremony held at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar on Tuesday. Lt Gen D.P. […]
SRINAGAR — Maintaining that the preparations for class 10 and 12 exams were complete, Director Education Tassaduq Hussain has said that the exams for the two classes would be held in succession in the upcoming month of November. The Director Education told GNS that they are ready for exams as the disinfection activities including sanitation, […]
PULWAMA — As a part of public outreach program, Police in Pulwama facilitated two police-public interaction meetings (PCPG) at PS Rajpora and PS Litter. The meetings were held while following social distancing norms and other protocols. In PS Rajpora, the meeting was chaired by DySP Hqrs Shri Mohd Shafi-JKPS accompanied by SHO PS Rajpora and […]
LUCKNOW — Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attended the ‘antim ardas’ (final prayers) of the farmers who were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence a few days back even as the farmer leaders continued to press for the dismissal of union minister Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish Mishra was accused of running […]
SRINAGAR — While flu vaccine is vitally important this year in view of ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said high cost is keeping the vaccine out of reach for poor. “One flu vaccine costs between Rs 1850 to Rs 1975,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “The […]