Advisor Farooq Khan reviews preparations for forthcoming Winter Games-2022

Advisor Farooq Khan reviews preparations for forthcoming Winter Games-2022

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 […]

Union MoS for Home Affairs visits Kupwara; meets PRIs, public deputations

Union MoS for Home Affairs visits Kupwara; meets PRIs, public deputations

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 […]

NC MPs caution JK Admin against opting for AIQ in Medical courses

NC MPs caution JK Admin against opting for AIQ in Medical courses

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 […]

PCI constitutes committee to investigate ‘intimidation’ of Kashmir based journalists

PCI constitutes committee to investigate ‘intimidation’ of Kashmir based journalists

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 […]

Garments, footwear may become costlier

Garments, footwear may become costlier

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 […]

England cricketers would tour Pakistan, believes Mushtaq

England cricketers would tour Pakistan, believes Mushtaq

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 […]

Taliban disperse women protesters with gunfire in Kabul

Taliban disperse women protesters with gunfire in Kabul

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 […]