MERC bags first prize at ‘SONY World of Film Competition’
Srinagar, Feb 18: Kashmir University’s Media Education Research Centre (MERC) has bagged the first prize at the ‘SONY World of Film Competition’ 2022. According to a varsity spokesperson, a university student entry titled ‘An Unknown Environmentalist’ by Muzamil Bhat, SuheelNissar Paul, AadilShafi and Suhaib Rafiq Bhat-3rd semester students from batch 2020-at MERC made it to […]
Shawl seller from Handwara found dead in Punjab; family alleges murder
Srinagar: A day after he went missing, a 35-year-old man from Handwara tehsil of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Firozpur area of Punjab on Friday, with his family alleging that he was murdered. Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, son of Habibullah Mir, was found dead under mysterious circumstances this morning in […]
Revenue dept to issue land passbooks from Feb 19
Srinagar: As a major initiative towards good governance and ease of convenience to the citizens, the Revenue department is starting issuance of trilingual land passbooks in Hindi, Urdu and English to the landholders from February 19, 2022 in the districts of Jammu and Srinagar, an official press release informed Friday. To begin with, seven Tehsils […]
Wildlife guard, broker arrested for bribery in Ganderbal: ACB
Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau Friday said it trapped and arrested a Wildlife guard and a broker for accepting bribe in lieu for releasing the belongings of a person seized by the Wildlife department. As per an ACB spokesman, a complaint was lodged with the agency alleging therein that a guard in Wildlife department namely Tariq Ahmad […]
Two teachers suspended for poor performance in Class 10 results in Anantnag
Srinagar: Authorities in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district have suspended teachers at two government schools including the headmaster of one of them for poor performance in the recently declared Class 10 annual examinations. As per an order issued to this effect by CEO Anantnag, the staff including headmaster of High School Wantrag in zone Mattan of […]
Sinkhole in Bringi stream naturally occurring geological event: Officials
Srinagar: The sinkhole formed in Anantnag district of south Kashmir is a naturally occurring geological event and there is no cause for panic or worry, officials said here on Friday. The sinkhole emerged on the Bringi Nallah (stream) at Wandevalgam in Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district on February 11 at around 4 pm. […]
Withdrawal of security to political leaders, activists unjustified: CPI(M)
Srinagar, Feb 18: CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Friday said that the decision of the government to downgrade and withdraw security of political leaders, activists of different parties is arbitrary and has no justification. The decision could endanger the lives of these leaders and activists, he said. “Political process in the region is itself […]
J&K reports 232 COVID-19 cases, no fresh death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday reported 232 new positive cases of novel coronavirus while no virus-related death was reported in the last 24 hours, officials said. They said of the fresh cases, 162 were reported from Jammu division and 70 from Kashmir — taking the total number of positive cases detected so far in […]
Govt directs employees to share monthly performance
Srinagar: The government on Thursday ordered its employees to upload their monthly achievements or performance on the Employee Performance Monitoring Portal (EPMP) by or before 7th of every month from March. All employees working in various government departments shall upload their monthly achievements/performance on J&K Employees Performance Monitoring Portal on https://epm.jk.gov.in by or before 7 […]
Jamaat-e-Islami chief, five leaders quizzed by SIA in Kashmir over ‘unlawful activities’
Srinagar: At least six leaders of the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), including its chief, were quizzed for more than eight hours on Thursday by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) over alleged “unlawful activities”, an official said. JeI Ameer (chief) Abdul Hamid Ganaie, a resident of Nadigam village of south Kashmir’s Shopian, and his party colleagues were […]
