Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir valley with the outside world, shall remain open for both way traffic on Friday but commuters have been asked to check status of the thoroughfare before travel in view of the inclement weather , officials said. “Commuters are advised not to travel on Jammu-Srinagar highway (NH-44) without […]
A Special Police Officer (SPO) died apparently due to heart attack in Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. A police official told GNS that SPO Parem Parkesh son of Daya Nand of Village Dara Dullian complained of chest pain during duty at Shiv Gi Mandir Kuniyian this afternoon. He was immediately shifted to Raja Sukhdav […]
Ashley Giles “stepped down” from his role as managing director of England men’s cricket on Wednesday as he paid the price for a woeful 4-0 Ashes series loss in Australia. The humiliating reverse followed a poor 2021 where England lost nine of their 15 Tests and were beaten in the semi-finals of the World Twenty20. “Ashley Giles […]
The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan’s new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime’s foreign minister clamed in an interview with AFP. In his first interview since returning from talks with Western powers in Oslo, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi also urged Washington to unlock Afghanistan’s assets to help ease […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to postpone the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Examination, which is scheduled to be held on February 5. It was hearing a plea for the postponement of the exam owing to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions in many parts of the country. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant […]
J&K administration will release Good Governance Index in the country and in this direction recently Chief Secretary called it an exercise to make administration more innovative, reformative, accessible and accountable The maiden exercise is the sequel to the many administrative reforms taken in hand by J&K administration post August, 2019. The exercise is first of […]
Issues on spot directions to address grievances of residents SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 02: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today visited SDA Colony Noorbagh, Srinagar to take cognizance of the difficulties faced by the rehabilitated families due to defunct drainage system and inundated interior roads. He was accompanied by VC Srinagar Development Authority; […]
Emphasizes strict implementation of DBT, promotion of labour welfare schemes JAMMU, FEBRUARY 2: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today reviewed functioning of Labour and Employment Department. Assistant Labour Commissioners from all districts of J&K presented their inputs and feedback of the department’s working in their respective districts. Advisor said that the department should make […]
Bandipora, Feb 02: The hospital authorities during a routine inspection found at least 17 doctors and paramedics absent from duties at a district hospital Bandipora following which the medical superintendent has put them on notice and deducted one day’s salary. The staff “at fault” has been asked to explain their position in a given […]
Police on Wednesday asked social media users to refrain from posting and sharing photographs of the Srinagar acid attack victim. “It has come to notice that some social media users and page admins are uploading photographs of yesterdays acid attack victim on social media platforms,” police said in an advisory as per GNS. “These people […]