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Srinagar administration upgrading 180 govt-run schools as ‘smart schools’
Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration has embarked on an ambitious project to upgrade 180 government-run schools as “smart schools” by equipping them with modern amenities and learning tools, officials said.The overall objective of the project is to improve the learning outcome of public schools and bring them at par with…
Read More »PAGD announces seat-sharing arrangement for 3rd phase of DDC polls
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday announced the seat-sharing arrangement for the third phase of the District Development Council (DDC) polls in Jammu and Kashmir on December 4. According to the seat-sharing formula agreed upon by the parties, the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP will contest on eight…
Read More »Div Com Jammu asks DCs to furnish details of Roshni Act land, finalized stamp duty rates
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 17: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today asked the Deputy Commissioners of Jammu division to cancel all the mutations of land transferred under the Roshni Act in the districts and submit the details to his office. He passed these directions while chairing a video conference meeting with the Deputy…
Read More »ACB produces supplementary charge-sheet in Rs. 223 Crore loan scam of JKSTCB
ACB produced a supplementary charge sheet against Mohd Mujib- Ur-Rehman-Ghassi S/o Shri Ghulam Mohd Ghassi R/o Syedpora, Harwan near Syedpora Bridge Tehsil and District Srinagar the then Registrar of Cooperative Societies J&K and Ashiq Hussain Syed Zia-Ud-Din R/o Chewdara Tehsil Berwah District Budgam then Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies J&K…
Read More »CB charge-sheets 3 persons for providing forged documents to bank for loan
Srinagar: The Crime Branch Kashmir has produced a charge sheet against three persons, one of whom is still absconding, in connection with a case related to the forged documents provided to a bank for withdrawal of loan in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district in 2015. According to the…
Read More »Two suspected JeM terrorists held in Delhi
New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists from Sarai Kale Khan area in southeast Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.Abdul Latif Mir (22), a resident of Doru village in Baramulla district and Mohd. Ashraf Khatana (20), a resident of Hat Mulla village in Jammu…
Read More »Terrorism biggest global problem; Countries supporting terrorists need to be held guilty: PM
New Delhi: Asserting that terrorism is the “biggest problem” the world is facing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said there was a need to ensure that countries supporting and assisting terrorists are held guilty, in an oblique reference to Pakistan. Modi made the comments at the 12th BRICS summit,…
Read More »Cartoons in a Conflict state
Zia Darakshan My 8-year-old son hardly pays any attention and poses sleepy if I attempt to narrate a bedtime story to him. He prefers to watch his favorite cartoons like Tom and Jerry, Doraemon, Barbie, etc., and a boom of other cartoons that I hardly have any idea than he…
Read More »Market checking intensified in Tral, special inspection team to monitor markets twice a week
Arising State Desk Tral, 17 November: Market checking was intensified in Tral sub-district of South Kashmir on Tuesday, an official said. He said that on the direction of Additional Deputy Commissioner, Tral, S A Raina, a special market checking squad was framed by the ADC’s office vide Order No:…
Read More »Ahead of harsh winter, rates of Kangri, Charcoal show a sharp increase in Kupwara
Arising State Correspondent Kupwara, Nov 17: With the onset of bone-chilling cold in Kashmir valley, the people in frontier district Kupwara are dismayed over the sharp increase in the rates of Charcoal and Firepots. Regionally known as ‘Kangri’, the firepot is one of the most useful heating gadgets used during…
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