CUK’s DSW, JKEDI holds boot camp
Ganderbal, Apr 29: The Department of Students Welfare (DSW), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) organised a one-day entrepreneurship boot camp at varsity’s Green Campus, here on Monday. The objective of the event was to inculcate entrepreneurship culture among the youth and to nurture and inspire […]
Floods in Indonesia kill dozens, thousands displaced
Bengkulu (Indonesia), Apr 29 : Floods sparked by torrential rains have killed nearly 40 in Indonesia with a dozen more still missing, officials said Monday, marking the latest calamity for a disaster-prone nation. Landslides and floods are common during the monsoon season between October and April, when rains lash the vast Southeast Asian archipelago. On […]
Lanka to introduce tough laws to eliminate jihadism: PM Wickremesinghe
Colombo, Apr 29: Introducing a tough new legislation to eliminate jihadism and extremism from Sri Lanka is the government’s top priority, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said in the aftermath of country’s worst terror attacks on Easter Sunday. The deadly attacks could have been prevented if the new Counter Terrorism Bill, which provides for territorial […]
Voters’ indifference bad for democracy
Now that the election to the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir Valley is almost over with an exception of Pulwama and Shopian districts of south Kashmir, the voters’ participation in the polls, except north Kashmir, has been too dismal. It goes to the credit of the Governor administration that elections, by all standards, where […]
DDC Budgam stresses on smooth traffic regulation at Magam, Chadoora
Budgam, April 29: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Budgam Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar today convened a meeting of officers to take review of the traffic management at Magam and Chadoora towns of the district. She directed concerned to ensure fool-proof traffic management in both the towns. She called on the officials to work in coordination with […]
Season 4 of Fantasy Cricket League-2019 begins at Panzgam
The league is being organized under the aegis of Army Garrison Trehgam
Srinagar, Apr 29: Army and Fantasy Cricket Club, the biggest Cricketing League of the Kashmir Valley consisting of 32 teams including 9 teams from outside Kupwara (Handwara, Srinagar, Sopore, Gandarbal, Budgam, Bandipura, Pulwama and Baramulla), came together to organize the Season 4 of the Fantasy Cricket League at Panzgam under the aegis of Army Garrison […]
‘Fake News Detection’ Workshop held at KU’s MERC
Srinagar, April 29: In collaboration with the Google News Initiative (GNI), Media Education Research Centre (MERC) of the University of Kashmir (KU) Monday organized yet another one-day workshop on ‘Social Media Verification’ and ‘Fake News Detection’ Conducted by the Google-certified Trainer, Faisul Yaseen, the workshop was held as a part of the MERC’s interface with […]
Imran Khan must do more about Kashmir: Shahid Afridi
New Delhi, Apr 29 : Swashbuckling Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi believes Imran Khan must do more about Kashmir and, India and Pakistan should resolve the issue through a Kashmiri-owned, Kashmiri-led peace process. He also asserts that “Kashmir belongs to the Kashmiris. Not to Indians. Not to Pakistanis. That debate comes later. But first and foremost, […]
Dir Agri Kashmir visits Ganderbal
Srinagar, April 29: Director Agriculture Kashmir Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today visited District Ganderbal to review the functioning of the department. During his visit, the Director interacted with the concerned officials and urged them to work in coordination with the farmers so as to make them aware with the latest scientific technologies. He instructed the […]