Srinagar, Mar 6 (PTI) A new political party called the ‘Jammu and Kashmir Apni (own) Party’ (JKAP) will be launched on Sunday and will be led by former state finance minister Syed Altaf Bukhari, with a primary aim of proving ‘relief to people who have been facing uncertainty since August 5 last year’. This will […]
Drive gaining pro-active response in public: Director SRINAGAR, MARCH 05: To facilitate optimum enrollment in Government schools, a Grand Enrollment Campaign was launched by the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK). Under the drive, scores of children are being enrolled in government schools across Kashmir. The Director School Education Kashmir, Mohammad Younis Malik today participated […]
PULWAMA, MARCH 5: In a bid to strengthen the public grievance redressal mechanism, District Administration is making every effort to address public grievances and for this purpose an effective mechanism has been put in place. These remarks were made by District Development Commissioner Plwama, Dr Raghav Langer during weekly “Phone-in-Call” program conducted in presence of […]
KUPWARA, MARCH 05: Department of Handicrafts Kupwara today organized a day long awareness camp at town hall with the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kupwara Anshul Garg as chief guest. The programme was attended by AD Handloom Kashif Altaf, AD Handicrafts Mudasir Ahmed, Block training officers of Handicraft Department, besides a huge number of Artisans, Weavers […]
Directs private hospitals to set up Isolation wards SRINAGAR, MARCH 05: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired a meeting to review preventive measures for Coronavirus (COVID-19) threat which are put in place by line departments in the valley. The meeting was informed that isolation wards have been earmarked in each district hospitals, […]
SRINAGAR, MARCH 05: Secretary, Horticulture Department, Manzoor Ahmed Lone today inaugurated a Horticulture Mela here today. The event witnessed a huge rush of orchardists, plant lovers, entrepreneurs associated with horticulture sector besides representatives of pesticides companies. Secretary Horticulture, on the occasion, said that aim of the event is to expose people to the new trends […]
Srinagar, March 5 Broadband internet services were restored in Kashmir on Thursday, a day after the Jammu and Kashmir administration lifted a ban on social media in the Union territory, ending a seven-month information blackout in the Valley, officials said. Internet services were snapped across all platforms on August 4 last year. The next day, […]
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has temporarily promoted 22 civil judges on the basis of their superiority and merit. In an order, the office of Registrar General stated that 22 civil judges (Junior Division)/Munsiffs have been temporarily promoted as civil judges (senior Division)/Sub-Judges considering the comparative seniority and suitability of the judicial officers falling […]
The divisional commissioners of the Kashmir and Jammu regions have been made in-charge of the programme in their respective areas of jurisdiction. Health authorities in Kashmir have kept five persons with a recent history of travelling to coronavirus-affected countries in the isolation ward of the SKIMS hospital here after they showed symptoms of the disease, […]
The PSA was invoked last month against Omar Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti, also a former chief minister, six months after they were taken into preventive detention in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. The Supreme Court heard Sara Pilot’s plea Thursday challenging the detention of his brother and National Conference […]