Under the Smart City Project, the administration is planning to convert the historic market street into a walkway. SRINAGAR โ The shopkeepers at the historic Poloview in Srinagar have expressed resentment against the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) for converting the historical market street into a walkway. Under the Smart City Project, the parking space which…
Senior Officials of Cluster University told Mountain Ink that an advertisement for the post was put out last year. โWe had shortlisted the candidates as well but the process was stalled.โ SRINAGAR โ The delay in the appointment of Registrar at the Cluster University in Srinagar has affected the overall functioning of the varsity and…
โAcademic institutions in Jammu and Kashmir are being degraded by over-possessive governments and the same is being sold as upgradation.โ SRINAGAR โ A day after the Health and Medical Education department in J&K proposed to empower administrators, personal officers and administrative officers of Government Medical Colleges and Subordinate Departments of Health and Medical Education Department,…
โThe meeting discussed the strategy to counter โfalse narrative, misinformation campaigns on social mediaโ, giving second chances to militants and putting in collective efforts to plug local-militant recruitment.โ SRINAGAR โ Core Security Group, consisting of top officials of civil administration, intelligence agencies, and government forces in Jammu and Kashmir has called for continued efforts along…
Children of Kashmir are staring at yet another hostage period after the inferred third Covid wave made offline classrooms a primary casualty of the official Covid response. Shamshad Akhtarโs fears have returned to unsettle her daily chores and mental calm.ย Last night, hours after Kashmir administration announced yet another educational curtailment calendar to keep the…
โThe decision of the government is unjustified as all the staff and students are fully vaccinated.โ SRINAGAR โ As the Jammu and Kashmir administration has ordered the closure of Coaching Centres across the valley in view of rising covid-19 cases, the Coaching Centre Association of Kashmir (CCAK) has expressed disappointment terming the administrationโs decision as…
โIn 2018 state government informed the state legislative assembly that more than 21,400 hectares (428000 Kanals) of land was under the unauthorised occupation of the army and other government forces in J&K.โ SRINAGAR โ Governmentโs order of designating over 1300 Kanals of land at two famous tourist resorts of KashmirโGulmarg and Sonmargโas โStrategic Areasโ has…
3247 Kanals and 17 Marlas of land in Badheri village of district Samba of Jammu region has been allotted for the purpose of field firing and artillery practice for a period of 10 years. SRINAGAR โ Tourism Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir has declared 1034 Kanals of land at the famous ski resort, Gulmarg…
The officials declined to comment on the eligibility criteria, saying, โYou should check the PDF (advertisement) and every detail is there.โ SRINAGAR โ The criteria for availing the Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board properties under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY) has raised eyebrows in the erstwhile state, particularly in Kashmir. The eligibility criteria for…
โEarlier, they used to target policemen involved in anti-militancy operations. Now everyone is targeted.โ SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police said that it has killed 171 militants in about 88 military operations in 2021 across the Kashmir valley. The slain militants include 151 local militants and 20 foreigners. A police official said that 82…