SRINAGAR — In the annual regular results of Class 12th examination declared earlier this evening, two students who have secured first position in Arts and Commerce stream are from government schools while one student, who has topped in Science stream, is from a private school. According to the news agency KNO, among the toppers of government schools include Irtiza Manzoor of Government Girls Higher Secondary School Zaribal who has secured first position in Commerce stream.

SRINAGAR — In a much-awaited announcement, the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) declared the results for the Class 12th annual examinations today. The results have brought both relief and excitement for thousands of students who appeared for the exams earlier this year. The JKBOSE Class 12th…

SRINAGAR — The continuous inclement weather last month has led to a delay in the paddy transplantation process in Kashmir, even as after a few dry days, the agricultural activities have picked up. The farmers need to transplant paddy before June 21. The farmers from different areas of the valley…

SRINAGAR — The weatherman here has predicted a further increase in the temperature across Jammu & Kashmir, saying that the Union Territory would witness warmer days ahead. Director Meteorological Department (MeT), Sonum Lotus told the news agency KNO that the weather would remain mainly dry from June 9 to June…

GANDERBAL — The Urs of Hazrat Baba Nizam-ud-Din Kiyani (RA) was observed with fervour and gaiety here at Baba Nagri in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. According to the news agency KNO, it was a confluence of devotees from across the Union Territory on the 127th annual Urs…

SRINAGAR — A joint meeting of the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema Jammu and Kashmir (MMU) and the Muslim Personal Law Board Jammu and Kashmir was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Grand Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam at his Soura office. The participants in the meeting discussed in detail various problems and issues faced…

JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, along with G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, and Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State attended the Maha Samprokshanam of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams at Jammu, today. After paying their obeisance at the sanctity sanctum, the…

SRINAGAR — Controversy has erupted as Vishwa Bharti Girls School, where boys virtually outnumber female students, allegedly imposed a ban on the use of Abaya (a loose cloak worn by Muslim ladies). The decision sparked a stir with netizens and political leaders lambasting the school authorities which however clarified that…

SRINAGAR — The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday posted Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Shiv Darshan Singh Jamwal as the new police chief of the Union Territory of Ladakh. According to an order, as per the news agency KNO, Jamwal has been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to Ladakh UT. “With the approval of the competent authority, Dr. Shiv Darshan Singh Jamwal, IPS (AGMUT: 1995), Additional Director General of Police, is transferred from Jammu & Kashmir and appointed as Head of Police, UT of Ladakh with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post and until further orders,” reads the order.