Month: November 2022

As a major step towards the empowerment of women in the Administrative Council (AC) of JK which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the HR policy for female Anganwadi Workers (AWWs) and Helpers working in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) of JK. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, JK attended the meeting. The Administrative Council approved the proposal of comprehensive Human Resource Policy to govern the engagement, leave(s), promotion and other important aspects of this very vital work force of the department. AWWs and AWHs shall be re-designated as Sanginis (AWWs) and Sahayikas (AWHs). The unit for selection has also been re-defined in terms of electoral ward to r...

Parents on Wednesday urged authorities to prepone winter vacations for at least upto 10th standard students in wake of the freezing cold conditions and absence of heating arrangements in educational institutions in Kashmir Valley. While classes upto 5th standard have been ordered to observe the winter vacations from December 1 (tomorrow), the vacations in the middle classes (6th to 8th standard) start on December 12 and for other classes upto 12th standard, the weather prompted holidays commence from December 19. A number of parents called GNS and said that there are no heating arrangements in the educational institutions, government or private alike. “We request authorities to prepone the vacations for at least upto 10th standard. The weather conditions are extremely harsh for studen...

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Jammu Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday endorsed Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's criticism of the Bollywood movie ‘The Kashmir Files’. Mehbooba Mufti said the movie was a “sheer propaganda promoted by the ruling party to demonize Muslims, especially Kashmiris”. Lapid, an Israeli filmmaker who headed the jury at the 53rd International Film Festival of India in Goa, said during Monday's closing ceremony that ‘The Kashmir Files’ was a "propaganda movie" that had no place at a film festival, drawing a wave of criticism and outrage on social media. “Finally someone called out a movie that was nothing but sheer propaganda promoted by the ruling party to demonize Muslims especially Kashmiris & widen the gulf between Pandi...

Police on Wednesday recovered an Ak-47 rifle and a pistol along with magazine and bullets from the house of an absconding Overground Worker (OGW), officials said. “In a joint operation, Kupwara Police and Army recovered arms and ammunition from the house of an Overground Worker (OGW) who is absconding since last many days,” a police spokesperson said in a statement to GNS. “During the preceding night, acting upon reliable input, a joint search operation was launched by Police and Army 6 JAKRIF in village Panjitara of Police Post Taad Police Station Karnah where many houses of suspected persons were searched in presence of locals of the area,” he said, adding, “During the search of a house belonging to one Mukhtar Hussain Shah son of Syed Akbar Shah, 01 AK Rifle, 01 AK Magazine, 22 li...