SRINAGAR — The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has approved 14 more seats for Government Medical Colleges and District Hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir raising the total PG seats approval for the UT to 140 which is above the DM/MCH and MD/MS courses already being run here. The NBEMS also accredited the […]
SRINAGAR — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday said that post abrogation of article 370, no Kashmiri Pandit has been displaced from the Valley while as 366 militants, 96 civilians and 81 security personnel were killed since August 5, 2019 in J&K. The Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply […]
KULGAM — A 45-year-old lineman of the Power Development Department (PDD) was on Wednesday injured due to electric shock at Kilam village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam, an officials said. An official told that the PDD lineman identified as Fayaz Ahmad Shah (45) son of Muhammad Yousuf Shah, a resident of Kilam came in contact with […]
SRINAGAR — While sub-zero conditions prevailed, weatherman on Wednesday forecast dry weather at most places across J&K and Ladakh till December 15 with “warmer pleasant days and colder night” expected during the time. “Barring light snow over Zojila-Drass area during December 8 to 9, the weather is mainly going to be dry till December 15,” […]
POONCH — A BSF inspector died due to cardiac arrest on Wednesday at the paramilitary force’s 5 battalion headquarters in Mankote area of this mountainous district. Official sources told GNS that at around 0700 hours inspector Madan Lal had sudden heart attack in BSF’s 05 headquarters at Uchhad in Mankote sector of Mendhar Sub Division. […]
SRINAGAR — Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K spokesman Altaf Thakur Tuesday took a jibe at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti by staging a protest in New Delhi along with just six persons of the party stating that the PDP chief should give logic as to how she could bring back something that had been rolled back […]
SRINAGAR — Parsa Mufti became the first Kashmiri, who has been selected for Schwarzman Scholars, one of the most selective courses in the world funded by American Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman. According to a press release, Schwarzman Scholar is one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships in the world. Parsa Mufti is the first person […]
SRINAGAR — In a sorry state of affairs, the Power Development Department (PDD) has turned a blind eye towards the recovery of a whopping Rs 5.50 crore electricity dues from an influential industrialist, who was running an electric arc furnace section in his factory in Lassipora industrial estate in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. According to […]
JAMMU — Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the School Education Department and progress achieved under various schemes during the ongoing financial year. Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Finance, School Education, besides Directors School Education, Jammu/Kashmir, and Director, Samagra Shiksha participated in the meeting. It […]
JAMMU — Asking BJP led government to stop spreading hatred by pitching people against people on religious lines, National Conference chief Dr Farooq Abdullah Tuesday said that his father Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah had acceded to “Gandhi’s India not Godse’s” India and situation will continue to remain grime in J&K unless what has been snatch is […]