JAMMU, MARCH 8: The department of Social Forestry today organized a special plantation drive along the National Highway Ring Road NH-44, at Chak Avtara Gram Panchayat to mark celebration of International Women’s Day. Over 300 participants including volunteers of women SHGs, girl students, representatives of PRIs, staff of Social Forestry and NHAI, Eco Club […]
Amid forecast for mainly dry weather, the minimum temperature recorded a rise in Jammu and Kashmir barring Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Kupwara on Wednesday, officials said. An official of the meteorological department said Srinagar recorded a low of 3.5°C against 3.3°C on the previous night and it was 0.2°C above normal for the summer capital. Qazigund, […]
Scores of Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) job aspirants gathered in Press Enclave on Wednesday to protest against the purported grant of contract to APTECH Ltd. for conduct of various exams. The protesters demanded that the LG administration must investigate as to why paper leaks and scams only occur in Kashmir. “All blacklisted […]
The J & K administration has taken many policy decisions for the economic development and for the good of the society at large. In this direction recently LG Manoj Sinha said that healthy growth in the business sector will benefit society as a whole in Jammu and Kashmir. It is imperative to ensure that economic […]
Srinagar: The administration of J-K Union Territory has directed all the departments not to refer posts that have remained vacant for more than two years to the recruiting agencies for filling them. The Jammu and Kashmir Finance department has directed all the administrative departments not to refer the posts under direct recruitment quota, which have […]
Rahul Dravid’s debut Test as the India head coach was 15 months and 13 Tests ago. Yet, he was quick to reference that game in Kanpur against New Zealand as an example of how the World Test Championship has played a role in pushing teams to play on tough, result-oriented pitches at home. India were […]
Iran announced on Tuesday it had made the first arrests in a spate of mystery poisonings of schoolgirls that has affected more than 5,000 pupils since late November. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had called on Monday for the perpetrators of the “unforgivable crime” to be tracked down “without mercy” as public anger mounts. “Based […]
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said skilling the youth holds the key to India becoming the third-largest economy in the world from the fifth now. Virtually addressing a “Rozgar Mela”, or employment fair, organised by the Gujarat government at the Mahatma Mandir convention centre in Gandhinagar, Modi said nearly 1.5 lakh youth were […]
Survey shows significant decline in No. of victims of drug abuse after launch of MISSION WAAPSI by Srinagar Administration Youth participation and collaboration critical in Drug prevention programmes: DC Srinagar SRINAGAR MARCH 07:- Deputy Commissioner(DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Tuesday chaired the 8th meeting of District Level Committee of Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) here […]
Medical superintendent of district hospital Shopian was on Tuesday attached for failing to act against owner of fair price medical shop running illegally in the hospital premises. According to an order a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), deputy commissioner Shopian attached the concerned MS with his office over his […]