SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired the first meeting of J&K Higher Education Council here at Raj Bhawan Auditorium. The Lt Governor stressed on the need to develop a pragmatic roadmap to enhance the potential of human resources and progressively transform J&K’s universities into economic growth centres. “Our Higher Education ecosystem needs to […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik, who is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in a terror financing case, on Wednesday appeared in a special court here through Video conferencing in connection with the 1990 killing of four Air Force personnel personnel. The special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court […]
SRINAGAR — At least 17 drug peddlers and narcotic smugglers have been booked under PIT-NDPS in Srinagar, police said here on Wednesday. Srinagar police on its official Twitter handle informed that PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for one year akin to PSA. “Seventeen Drug peddlers and Narcotic smugglers booked under PIT-NDPS. PIT-NDPS is preventive detention for […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday rapped the Jammu and Kashmir administration over unscientific dumping and disposal of solid waste, saying it cannot play with the lives of the people. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar dismissed a plea by Municipal Committee of Bandipora against imposition of environmental compensation […]
NEW DELHI — Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo has said she was stopped from flying to the United States by immigration authorities at the Delhi airport “despite having a valid visa and ticket”. The 28-year-old photojournalist, who was awarded the Pulitzer for the coverage of COVID pandemic for Reuters, was scheduled to fly to […]
BARAMULLA — Directorate of School Education has terminated a government teacher in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district for producing fake and forged class 10th certificate to get the government job. According to an order, Neelofar Manzoor daughter of Manzoor Ahmad of Rohama was engaged as an Education Volunteer in 2005 on the basis of her 10th […]
HANDWARA — A Bomb Disposal Squad diffused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) after it was detected by joint forces in between Langate – Wudipora of Handwara village of North Kashmir on Wednesday. Officials told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a Joint team of Police along with Army’s 30 Rashtriya Rifles detected an IED […]
SRINAGAR — The higher reaches of Jammu & Kashmir received light snowfall during the last 24 hours, causing a dip in the day temperature. The Meteorological (MeT) office on Wednesday said that mainly clear sky with chances of light rain was expected in the next 24 hours. “Light snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said the hybrid militant who was arrested by police in connection with killing of two non-local labourers at Hermain village of Shopian district was killed in firing of another militant. According to tweet by Kashmir Zone Police, based on disclosure of arrested hybrid militant and in continuous […]
SRINAGAR — As a significant reform encompassing different dimensions of Human Resource Management of the employees working for J&K government, the Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, today launched Jammu & Kashmir Human Resource Management System (JK-HRMS). The launch was attended by all Administrative Secretaries and Deputy Commissioners in physical and virtual mode. On the […]