Also takes stock of various activities of YSS Deptt SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 30: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today chaired a meeting to review the preparations for forthcoming Winter Games-2022 and also took stock of various activities of Youth Services and Sports (YSS) Department at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by the Principal […]
Addressed troops in a Sainik Sammelan KUPWARA, SEPTEMBER 30: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nìtyanand Rai who is on three day visit to frontier district Kupwara today said that the Union Government is taking all possible efforts to ensure sustainable development and peace in Kashmir. The Minister was addressing Block Development Council […]
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Thursday cautioned the JK Government against participating in All India Quota for admission to PG courses and proposed 50 percent (MD/MS/Diploma/PG DNB) in AIQ under NEET, saying the measure will expose JK students to a greater disadvantage as compared to their counterparts from other States because of being […]
Srinagar: Taking sou-mottu cognizance of former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti’s concern about the intimidation and harassment of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir, the press council of India (PCI) has constituted a three member fact finding committee to look into the matter. According to an official handout from PCI, a copy […]
By: Javaid Malik MK Srinagar Thirty two students who tested positive to covid-19 infection in Thanamandi area of Rajouri were again tested by the authorities but they tested negative. The government has decided to suspend the doctor of CHC Thanamandi who first tested these students. Authorities decided to go for RT PCR testing in Thanamandi […]
By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar Shopkeepers and traders of Shaheed Gunj area protested on Thursday against the traffic police authorities as they have barricaded the area for the traffic diversion. They said that due to this act of the traffic police, their trade and customers have been affected badly because of the barricade erected. They […]
Garments and footwear may become costlier from January 1 as plans are afoot to hike GST (goods and services tax) on them from 5% to 12% to correct the existing inverted duty structure, two people aware of the development said requesting anonymity. The GST Council had on September 17 announced its decision to correct the […]
LAHORE: Former spinner Mushtaq Ahmed believes that England’s cricketers would happily tour Pakistan and says his country deserved better having travelled the other way at the height of the pandemic. Mushtaq, who has a foot in both camps after serving as England’s spin-bowling coach in 2009-2015, voiced his frustration after English cricket chiefs controversially cancelled […]
The Taliban on Thursday violently cracked down on a small women’s rights demonstration, firing shots into the air and pushing back protesters, AFP journalists witnessed. A group of six women gathered outside a high school in eastern Kabul, demanding the right for girls to return to secondary school after the group excluded them from classes earlier this month. The women […]
India recorded 23,529 Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking its infection tally to 3,37,39,980, while the count of active cases dipped to 2,77,020, the lowest in 195 days, according to Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to 4,48,062 with 311 daily fatalities being recorded, according to the data updated at 8 am. The number […]