PULWAMA — A day-long seminar on ‘Crime against Women’ was held at Government Women’s College Pulwama on Wednesday in which hundreds of students participated. Noted writer and Researcher Dr Tanveer Hayat called for “introspection” to find out causes and solutions to the “burgeoning problem” of crime against women. “We have been always talking about the […]
PULWAMA — Principal Secretary, Information and Higher Education, Rohit Kansal, Wednesday visited Pulwama to review the overall developmental scenario in the district. He took first-hand appraisal of all central and UT government developmental and social security schemes besides assessing performance of different departments. Principal Secretary, who is also Secretary In-charge for Pulwama district, also assessed […]
SRINAGAR — Union Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a special focus on Kashmir due to which peace is visible on the ground. The MoS stated this while chairing a meeting with business and industry stakeholders to discuss various issues related to them here at Banquet Hall. […]
BANDIPORA — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today visited Bandipora and chaired a high level meeting to review the developmental scenario in the District. The Lt Governor appraised implementation progress of Central & UT Government schemes and developmental projects on the ground. During his visit, the Lt Governor inaugurated and laid foundation stones of various projects […]
SRINAGAR — Government Wednesday ordered implementation of Jammu & Kashmir Human Resource Management System (JKHRMS) and asked employees to register themselves for drawing the salary for the month of October. “In order to provide an integrated platform for various employee related services like maintenance of service book vis-à-vis service record of the employees in digital […]
SRINAGAR — Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) — an amalgam of various religious, social and educational organisations in the Valley — on Thursday condemned the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s approval to the sale of beer and other ready to drink beverages in departmental stores, saying it deeply hurts the sentiments of Muslims. It said as Kashmir is […]
ANANTNAG — The authorities in South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Wednesday banned the movement of heavy goods vehicles on three inner routes, which lead to Qazigund tunnel. In an order, district magistrate Anantnag , Dr Basharat Qayoom said that in view of the apple harvest season there has been a noticeable increase in the movement of […]
SRINAGAR — Partly cloudy sky with light rain is likely during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Wednesday. The weather was clear with light rain in the union territory during the last 24 hours. “Partly cloudy sky with light rain at isolated places is likely in J&K […]
GANDERBAL — A teenage boy was injured after being allegedly beaten by a Mullah (teacher) of a local Madrassa for not wearing Khan-dress in Kangan area of Central Kashmir’s district on yesterday (Monday). Mother of the boy told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that her son, aged about 14, had gone to a local […]
SRINAGAR — A court on Tuesday sent Nadeem Nadu, the main accused in the sexual exploitation of a university student, to judicial remand after his police remand came to an end. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Observer that Nadu, a self-proclaimed journalist from Anantnag, was produced before a court, which sent him to judicial […]