Srinagar, Aug 23: Authorities have projected that at least eleven more academic colleges in Srinagar Metropolitan Region (SMR) will be required by year 2035 to cater the student population in the city. The official documents reads, “About eleven additional academic colleges have to be provided by 2035 in Srinagar Metropolitan Region with one college for […]
Srinagar, Aug 23: Jammu and Kashmir Monday recorded one death and 93 fresh positive cases taking the number of total active cases in the Union Territory to 1,054. With one more death, the death toll in the UT stands at 4,403 and 93 fresh positive cases reported on Monday has pushed the tally of positive cases […]
Srinagar, Aug 23: With 1300 school buildings lying vacant in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K’s chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta has directed the General Administration Department (GAD) and Planning Development & Monitoring department to coordinate with respective deputy commissioners for allotment of these buildings. Documents reveal that the directions were passed by the CS during a […]
Budgam, Aug 23: A youth died, another was injured in a road accident in Pandit Colony area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday. A Police official said that a bike bearing registration number JK01AD-7362 lost his control at Pandit Colony near CRPF Camp in Budgam resulting on spot death of Muzamil Rashid son of […]
Srinagar, Aug 23: A Central Reserve Police force (CRPF) Head Constable was on Monday evening injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade in Eidgah area of Srinagar. Official sources said that the militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF bunker of 161 battalion at Ali Masjid at Eidgah area of Srinagar. They said that a CRPF […]
Srinagar, August 23: Jammu and Kashmir police Monday claimed to have killed a TRF/Lashkar-e-Toiba chief and his deputy in a brief shoot-out in Aloochibagh area of Srinagar. A police official said that acting on a specific lead, a special police team zeroed in on a location at Alochibagh area and challenged the militants. “The hiding […]
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 23: The Government of JK has decided that participation in tendering process of works up to an amount of Rs 3 lakh shall be restricted to the residents of the concerned Panchayats. In the event of inadequate response to the tenders, the participation norms will be relaxed to include bidders from the neighbouring […]
Srinagar, Aug 23: All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by incarcerated chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has distanced itself against what it called as “propaganda” being promoted in several media outlets by the authorities about selling admission seats in various medical and technical colleges of Pakistan to aspiring candidates in Kashmir. In a statement, APHC said that […]
Srinagar, Aug 23: Five persons including three jungle smugglers were shifted to Kot Bhalwal Jail Jammu under Public Safety Act. Police sources said that police had arrested three jungle smugglers from South Kashmir’s Shopian district. On the recommendations of Forest Department, PSA was slapped upon them. All these three jungle smugglers were shifted to Kot […]
Kabul: An estimated one million Afghan children are projected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition over the course of this year and could die without treatment, the UN warned on Monday, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, reports said, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said around 10 million children across Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance […]
