In his new innings as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha on Friday asked VCs to adopt J&K-centric changes as per the New Education Policy 2020 while chairing a meeting to review the functioning of the universities at Raj Bhavan in Sringar. Sinha urged them to prepare a roadmap to bring qualitative improvement […]
Senior Kashmiri politician Mohiuddin Mir feels he has been tethered for the last year. “What Independence Day? I have been in a cage for the last 375 days,” said Mir, a former Jammu and Kashmir legislator from Pulwama when asked if he received an invite to participate in the Independence Day function on Saturday. “Independence […]
New Delhi: In an attempt to make up for the academic loss during COVID-19 pandemic, Jammu and Kashmir has decided to reduce school syllabus of Classes 10, 11, and 12. “Syllabus for 10+2 classes exams reduced to 70 % for JKUT. This also applies for 10th class syllabus for exams, Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary; […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 14: On day 82 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 25 domestic flights with 2,920 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 774 passengers aboard 11 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 14 domestic flights with about 2146 passengers on […]
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 14: The Jammu and Kashmir government today approved an additional ex-gratia of Rs.25.00 lakh in case of death of healthcare worker due to COVID-19. According to an order by the Health and Medical Education department, issued in this regard, an ex-gratia of Rupees Twenty Five Lakh only, shall be payable to the […]
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 14: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today held a meeting to review the progress of various projects of the tourism department under Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP) in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary Tourism, Zubair Ahmad, Director Tourism Kashmir, Director Floriculture, Vice Chairman LAWDA, Director SKICC, […]
The yatra to the Holy Cave Shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji situated in the Trikuta Hills in Jammu and Kashmir will resume from Sunday, 16 August 2020. It is pertinent to mention that in view of the COVID-19 the pilgrimage to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine was suspended w.e.f. 18 March 2020. Ramesh […]
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has extended the last date for online entry invited by it for essay competition for students of classes IX to XII. As per a communiqué received from Samagra Shiksha, Department of School Education, J&K, the last date for submission of online entry has been extended from 14th August to 23rd […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 14: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,11,901 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
JAMMU, AUGUST 14: Till today morning 5,17,600 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 2,72,900 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 85,100 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]