CS seeks cent percent central funding for disaster mitigation in JK
GoI to launch special disaster management project in 8 states: Secy NDMA
JAMMU, APRIL 13: Chief Secretary, Mr B B Vyas today called for cent percent funding from the Central Government for disaster mitigation in Jammu and Kashmir. “Government of India has been generously extending financial assistance to the State while implementing projects under ADB loan and World Bank financing with 100% funding. There is a need […]
B R Ambedkar gets new name in UP govt records; oppn fumes
Lucknow, Mar 29 : The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh today waded into a political controversy by deciding to introduce ‘Ramji’ as the middle name of the Father of the Constitution B R Ambedkar in all official correspondence and records. The decision did not go down well with the opposition ahead of the 2019 […]
Malala makes first trip to Pak since Taliban attack, meets PM
Islamabad, Mar 29: A visibly emotional Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to Pakistan today, saying that she had dreamed about returning home every day for the last five years since she was airlifted to Britain after being shot in the head by the Taliban militants in 2012. Hours after her arrival here, the famed human […]
Smith, Warner to stand down for rest of Test
Ball-tampering scandal:
Sydney, Mar 25 : Steve Smith and David Warner will stand down as captain and vice-captain for rest of Australia’s third Test match against South Africa, Cricket Australia said today as it investigates a ball-tampering scandal. There have been growing calls for Smith to be sacked as captain after he admitted being the mastermind of […]
Centre’s Spl Rep hopes for peaceful summer in Valley
New Delhi, Mar 11: Centre’s special representative for talks on Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma today said he was “pained” by the cycle of violence in the Valley but was hopeful of a peaceful summer this year as many people, especially the youth, had assured him of working as “peace ambassadors” in the state. Ahead of his […]
Police-Public meeting held at Police Station Pahalgam
Srinagar, March 08: A Police Public meeting was held in Police Station Pahalgam which was chaired by SSP Anantnag Altaf Ahmad Khan. A police spokesman in a statement issued here said that the meeting was attended by respectable citizens of Pahalgam, traders, Auqaf committees and Taxi union presidents. SDPO Pahalgam Javed Tabasum and SHO Pahalgam […]
Schools, colleges, KU to remain shut on 8, 9 March
BOSE, KU, PSC postpone exams; IUST exams to go ahead
Srinagar: The class work in all the schools, colleges and universities in Kashmir Division will remain suspended on March 8th and 9th while as JKBOSE and Kashmir University have also postponed all the examinations that scheduled to be held till Friday. Quoting Education Minister, Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari, an official spokesman said that the class-work […]
Bukhari reviews progress of education sector works in Khansahab
JAMMU, MAR 06: Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today called for timeline completion of infrastructure works and effective interventions under SSA and RMSA to bring down dropout rate in the government schools. He also directed for holding remedial classes to compensate loss of studies due to certain reasons. The Minister was speaking at […]
Speaker inaugurates renovated Public Park at Shastri Nagar
JAMMU, MARCH 06: Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta today inaugurated renovated Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial park at Shastri Nagar here today. The renovation includes earth filling, restoration of damaged grill fencing, pavement patching, repairs and other related works. MLC, Vikram Randhawa was accompanying the speaker, besides several other concerned officers were also present on […]
Zulfkar directs for expediting switch-over to PoS machines for sale of food-grains
Reviews progress made on implementation of ePDS in JK
JAMMU, MARCH 06: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today directed FCS&CA department to ensure that the sale of food grains is undertaken through Point of Sale (PoS) machines in all FPS and government food outlets to bring transparency and accountability in Public Distribution System. The […]
