Prof Shabir is KU’s new Dean of Academic Affairs
Srinagar: Professor Shabir Ahmad Bhat from Kashmir University’s Department of Management Studies on Tuesday took the charge of varsity’s Dean of Academic Affairs. An order to this effect was issued by Deputy Registrar Administration (Teaching Wing). A Harvard-trained academic, Prof Bhat has 37 years of teaching, research and administrative experience and has held important academic […]
KU VC chairs first meeting of Working Group on Climate Change
Experts urge greater focus on mitigation and adaptation strategies
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor of University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Tuesday chaired the first meeting of a Working Group on Climate Change constituted by the varsity to address pressing concerns and challenges related to it. Addressing the WG members from academia, government and civil society, Prof Talat said it’s important for everyone, especially youngsters, to […]
Will continue our fight against divisive forces: Altaf Bukhari
Srinagar: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday pledged that his party will continue its fight against the divisive forces who are hellbent to erode the edifice of social fabric and pluralistic ethos in Jammu and Kashmir. Bukhari was addressing a joining ceremony at Party office in Lal Chowk Srinagar that witnessed an […]
Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone traced/recovered Smart-phones worth lacs of rupees
Srinagar: Cyber Police Kashmir Zone have recovered lost mobile phones worth lakhs of rupees and handed them over to the rightful owners. Besides online frauds, scams and other cyber related crimes being reported to Cyber Police Kashmir Zone, complaints regarding missing of mobile phones are also received on routine basis, a police spokesman said. He […]
‘Rs 500 crore to be spent on replacing barbed wires, wooden poles in Jmu Div’
Field staff to be insured for life and injury
Jammu: The government is going to replace all the wooden poles and barbed wires in Jammu division and has kept aside a sum of Rs 500 crore for the same. This was stated by Principal Secretary PDD, Rohit Kansal, in a meeting chaired here to review summer preparedness of the department to ensure reliable power […]
Azad, Laway complete their term as Rajya Sabha members
J&K now without representation in Upper House of Parliament
Srinagar: With Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmad Laway completing their six years term as Rajya Sabha members on Monday, Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory has no representatives in the Upper House of Parliament. While Fayaz Ahmad Mir (PDP) and Shamsher Singh Manhas (BJP) ceased to be members of the House on February 10, Azad […]
Value of land ‘key determinant’ for property tax in J&K
Govt issues notification
Srinagar: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has ordered that the value of land notified in terms of Jammu & Kashmir Preparation and Revision of Market Value Guideline Rules, 2011 should adequately factored while determining the property tax. In a notification, a copy of which is in possession of Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Housing […]
BJP’s narrative of progress, dev in J&K have fallen flat: NC
‘BJP’s record in Kashmir reveals mounting set of failures on every front’
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Monday stated that Government of India has failed to address the legitimate aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that words alone won’t suffice to improve the situation on ground. According to NC spokesperson, Party’s State women’s wing President, Shameema Firdous, presided over a meeting […]
Secretary Tourism conducts meeting with stakeholders
‘Tourism deptt gearing up for series of festivals, road shows’
SRINAGAR: Secretary Tourism, Culture, Youth Services & Sports, Sarmad Hafeez, Monday convened an interactive meeting with the representatives of travel and hospitality sector here to chalk out the strategy for upcoming publicity campaigns and road shows to be held across the country. While expressing satisfaction over the tourists’ flow to the Valley, the Secretary Tourism […]
Advisor Baseer Khan holds review meeting of Tourism Department
SRINAGAR: The Tourism and associated government departments of Kashmir will organize grand festivals to give huge impetus and boost to the tourism sector in Kashmir, said Advisor Baseer Khan while taking the review meeting of Tourism department with officers at SKICC, Srinagar. The meeting was attended by Secretary, Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez, Director Tourism, Kashmir, G […]
