Chief Minister reviews pace of work on key educational, technical institutions
JAMMU, : Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti reviewed the pace of work on several upcoming educational and technical institutes in the State at a high level meeting of officers here today. These include IIT, Jammu; IIM, Jammu and their off campuses in Kashmir; NIT, Srinagar and Government Colleges of Engineering & Technology at Jammu, Kathua and […]
88040 unemployed youth registered with DECCs: Veeri
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 9: Minister for Revenue, Hajj and Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri on behalf of Finance Minister, informed the House that 88040 unemployed youth are registered with various District Employment and Counselling Centres of the State till ending 2017. He, however, said that the registration is voluntary and the figure may be […]
Vacant posts of medicos in rural, hilly areas to be filled soon: Bali Bhagat
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 09: Minister for Health and Medical Education Bali Bhagat today informed the House that the Jammu and Kashmir Public Services Commission (JKPSC) has completed the recruitment process for selection of 371 doctors and the selection list is expected to be finalized soon. Replying to a question of Pradeep Sharma, the Minister said that […]
Basant Kumar Rath new IGP Traffic.
Jammu Sh. Basant Kumar Rath, assumed the charge of IGP Traffic J&K today on 09.02.2018 relieving Sh. Jagjit Kumar, IPS. A function was organized in this regard at Traffic Police Hqrs. Channi Rama, Jammu which was attended by various officers. On this occasion a memento was presented to the outgoing officer from all the ranks […]
Altaf Bukhari blames MHRD: CUK stand off
JAMMU Minister for Education Altaf Bukhari today informed the Legislative Assembly that the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (UMHRD) has requested the state government for providing alternate land for the construction of the permanent campus of Central University Kashmir. Responding to a calling attention notice by Sheikh Ishfaq Jabbar, the Minister said following the communication […]
Sajad Lone assures probe in Minority Scholarship scam.
JAMMU Minister for Social Welfare Sajad Gani Lone today assured the Legislative Assembly that the government will thoroughly probe alleged embezzlement in the disbursement of scholarships released by Union Ministry of Minority. Minister was responding to a calling attention notice of GM Saroori regarding alleged embezzlement in the release of scholarship funds. “Though the funds are directly transferred to […]
Government approves 17 new Degree Colleges in State: Priya Sethi
Jammu Minister of State for Education Priya Sethi today informed the House that the government has approved opening of 17 new Degree Colleges and priority would be given to the uncovered areas of the state. Replying to a question of Sofi Yousuf, the Minister informed that the government is working on finalization of the locations […]
Three army men injured in cross border shelling
Police said that three army men who were injured in pak shelling in krishna ghati sector of poonch were airlifted by army for specialised treatment in army hospital of Udhumpur . They were injured in ongoing shelling in poonch sector in which a woman was earlier killed. On Friday morning opposition MLAs raised the issue […]
SC to hear Major Aditya’s plea filed by his father:Shopian incident
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday the plea of father of an Army officer, booked as an accused by Jammu and Kashmir Police in the recent Shopian firing incident. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered advocate Aishwarya Bhati’s submission that the […]
No Friday prayers in major mosques, shrines of Srinagar
Authorities without any announcement have imposed restrictions in downtown Srinagar and some parts of uptown in the city on Friday to prevent protests on the call of separatists. In the morning today, people of downtown Srinagar witnessed concertina wires laid on roads signalling curfew in the area. Authorities have deployed additional paramilitary and police force […]
