KU’s 10-day certified skiing course concludes
Srinagar: To promote winter sports in the region and encourage students to engage in healthy outdoor activities, the Directorate of Physical Education and Sports (DPES), Kashmir University (KU), successfully concluded a 10-day snow skiing course at Gulmarg. The ten-day certified course for men and women concluded with a valedictory function on Sunday. KU vice chancellor, […]
Women entrepreneurs are shaping future of J&K: LG Sinha
Attends ET’s Women Conclave 2024 Gurugram (Haryana): Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha saluted the ‘Nari Shakti’ and lauded women’s significant contribution in growth journey of “Naya Jammu Kashmir” as he attended the ET Women Conclave-2024 organized by The Times Group, at Gurugram, an official press release informed. It said on the occasion, highlighting women-led development in […]
Night temp rises across J&K amid dry weather
Srinagar: Weatherman has forecast mainly dry weather over Jammu and Kashmir till March 20 even as night temperature recorded a rise at most places on Sunday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 2.0°C against 1.2°C on the previous night which was below normal by 2.7°C for the summer capital […]
Poor surface condition slows down vehicular movement Jmu-Sgr highway: Officials
Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday stated that due to poor surface conditions, vehicular movement is going on very slowly at Dalwas on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. Officials of J&K Traffic Police advised motorists to follow the lane discipline and avoid overtaking as it will lead to congestion and interruptions into smooth movement of traffic on the […]
J&K regional parties disappointed as ECI gives a miss to Assembly elections
Srinagar: Political parties in Kashmir were disappointed that Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir are not being held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election, saying a crucial democratic space is being “denied” to the people of the Union Territory by keeping the polls in a “deep freeze”. National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday […]
J&K is growing at impressive pace; quiet transformation is taking place in various sectors: LG Sinha
Addresses SRCC’s Business Conclave 2024 New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today addressed the Business Conclave 2024 organized by Shri Ram College of Commerce in New Delhi, an official press release informed. It said in his keynote address, the LG shared the achievements of J&K UT after abrogation of Article 370 and vision for its […]
NIA files charge-sheet against 2 OGWs in 2023 Kokernag encounter case
Jammu: The NIA on Saturday filed a charge-sheet against two overground workers of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in a case related to an encounter in south Kashmir’s Kokernag forest that left four security personnel and two terrorists dead in September last year. The charge-sheet against Mohammad Akbar Dar and Ghulam Nabi Dar, both residents of the […]
Govt bans more Kashmiri separatist groups for involvement in terror, secession bid
Extends ban on Malik-led JKLF by five years Srinagar: The Central government on Saturday banned the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Freedom League and all factions of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League associated with the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference under strict anti-terror laws. Additionally, the ban on the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), which is […]
City court convicts mason from Bihar for kidnapping and rape of minor girl
Srinagar: A Sessions court on Saturday convicted a resident of Bihar for the offences of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl in the Kralkhud Police Station area of Srinagar in 2016. Renu Dogra Gupta, the 2nd Additional Sessions Judge Srinagar in her judgment held that the prosecution has beyond any reasonable doubt succeeded in establishing […]
LG pitches for establishing India as a “Knowledge Economy”
Addresses leadership engagement program attended by heads of premier institutions Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the Leadership Engagement program attended by Heads of Premier Institutions of the country. The 5-day program will discuss and debate various themes to achieve the goals of developing effective academic leaders as envisioned in National Education Policy 2020. The […]