Skill development
Central government and J&K administration has a special focus on skill development and lot of funds are being spend to complete the different works in Polytechnics, ITIs. Principal Secretary SDD reviews progress on works under Capex Budget Recently the Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD), chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to review […]
20-year-old youth dies in Nishat road accident
A 20-year-old youth from Hyderpora area of Srinagar lost his life in a road accident in Nishat area of Central Kashmir Srinagar district on Friday afternoon officials said. They told Kashmir Scroll that a youth identified as Moomin Bhat son of Manzoor Ahmad Bhat resident of Hyderpora met with an accident on Boulevard road in […]
UAE president names son as crown prince, presumed future leader
The United Arab Emirates’ president named his eldest son as crown prince of Abu Dhabi late on Wednesday, making him the oil-rich Gulf monarchy’s likely next leader and cementing his family’s hold on power. President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan tapped Sheikh Khaled, 41, his jiu-jitsu-loving son, as the crown prince of the UAE’s […]
Accelerate granting of IoE status: Parl panel tells Centre, seeks status notes
New Delhi: Recommending that the process for granting the Institutes of Eminence (IoE) status be “accelerated”, a Parliamentary panel has sought status notes on the two public and five private higher education institutions which await the final IoE status in the absence of formal agreements with the government. In its report, presented in Parliament on […]
J&K poised to achieve the historic milestone of completing 2 lakh works under MGNREGA
Nearly 6 fold increase since 2018-19 JAMMU, MARCH 30: In a historic achievement J&K is well on target to complete around 2 lakh works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) this financial year. This information was given out in a meeting chaired by Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta to review […]
Kashmir: MeT dept issues ‘orange’ warning for heavy rain
Weather department on Thursday issued an orange warning for isolated heavy rain and thunder and lightning in Jammu and Kashmir on 31 March. A meteorological official told GNS that there was forecast for scattered light rain and thunder over Jammu and Kashmir in the next 24 hours. For the subsequent two days, he said, there […]
Two stabbed to death at Lisbon’s Islamic centre
LISBON: An attacker armed with a knife killed two women on Tuesday at an Islamic centre in the Portuguese capital before being shot and wounded by police, authorities said. The head of the Ismaili community centre in Lisbon, Nazim Ahmad, told the private TV channel SIC that both women were employees of the centre. According […]
Election Commission says looking into AAP’s national status issue
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday said it is looking into the issue of according the national status to the Aam Aadmi Party. “It is under review… We will soon come back to you,” Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told a press conference here when asked about the issue. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s electoral […]
Srinagar Admin launches major crackdown on illegal profiteering in different markets of the city
Fine over Rs 3.53 lakh imposed on erring shopkeepers, one Restaurant and 02 shops sealed DC Srinagar forms special squads to conduct regular market checking, penalizing illegal profiteers and taking strict action against violators SRINAGAR MARCH 29:- On the directions of the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad the District, the special Market Checking […]
Power shutdown
SRINAGAR, MARCH 29: Power Controller Kashmir has informed that, the power supply to receiving stations Pulwama and Pingelana shall remain affected on March 30 from 9 am to 3 pm.
