Kulgam Updates

JKSRTC starts bus service from Anantnag to Lakhanpur.   The Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) has started 32 seater bus services from Anantnag to Lakhanpur via Jammu. The bus is scheduled to operate on every alternate day from Anantnag to Lakhanpur and will have comfortable space for 32 passengers. Meanwhile the general public is being informed that all those who are interested  to use the services  of this bus for their movement to Jammu or outside the UT may contact the office of the Depot Manager JKSRTC Anantnag or may call on phone no 8899052127.

‘CBSE Board exam will be held between May 4 and June 10 CBSE Board exam will begin from May 4 and conclude till June 10. Results will be declared by July 15. Practical exams will begin from March 1. Earlier this month, Union Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had clarified that there is no possibility of conducting the board examination till February and the dates regarding the same will be decided only after analysing the situation of pandemic in states. He had also confirmed that board examination will be held in offline mode only, as always.

Reliance Jio has announced that it will offer free voice calls to any network starting January 1, 2021. The telecom giant has finally removed Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC), which means that Jio users now won’t need to worry about IUC minutes. Jio introduced new prepaid plans with IUC minutes at the end of 2019. The concept of IUC minutes was added after the Supreme Court delivered its verdict on the case of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR). Now, TRAI will be implementing the ‘Bill and Keep’ regime in the country from January 1, 2021, which will end IUC for all domestic voice calls. “Commitment to revert off-net domestic voice-call charges to zero, as soon as IUC charges are abolished, Jio will once again make all off-net domestic voice calls free, starting 1st January 2021. On-net domestic voice calls have always been free on the Jio network,” the company said. “In September 2019, when TRAI extended the timeline for implementation of the Bill & Keep regime be

Important Update Regarding Panchayat Account Assistants for Post fillings Process: Detail Inside.  Issuance of Executive order for filling up of the pasts of Panchayat Account Assistants. Notice:

 The results of class 10th and 12th annual examination will not be declared before March, an official at JK Board of School Education (BOSE) said on Monday.Talking to Greater Kashmir, Chairperson JKBOSE Veena Pandita said the evalu- ation of answer scripts was started few days ago and the process will take over two months to complete. This year it won’t be possible to have all the evaluators in one hall due to covid19 SoPs, she said, adding that since they call evaluators in groups it will take time to complete the process. The examination of class 10th and 12th students was held from second week of November in Valley as well in winter zones of Jammu division.As per the official figures, around 106465 students including 74465 from Valley and 32000 from Jammu winter zones had registered for class 10th exams. Also, 73569 students including 58514 from Valley and 15055 from winter zones of Jammu had registered for class 12th exams. Pandita said the practical exams of class 10th

#Haseena_Wani passes away!  Ex Nursing Superintendent SKIMS Soura Haseena Wani passed away on Monday morning.  She passed away at Srinagar GMC.  Haseena was Ex Nursing Superintendent SKIMS Soura and Ex Principal IUST College of Nursing. She was also wife of Dr Afzal Wani. May ALLAH grant the departed soul highest place in Jannah!

NHW-44. Subject to fair weather and better road condition, Light Motor Vehicles (passenger) shall be allowed from Srinagar towards Jammu on Jammu- Srinagar NHW CUT OFF TIMING: LMVs from Zig (Qazigund) 0800 hrs to 1200 hrs No Vehicle shall be allowed before and after cut off timing. HMVs/Load Carriers HMVs shall be allowed from Jakheni (Udhampur) towards Srinagar SFs Convoy Movement Security Forces are advised/requested not to ply against advisory/traffic plan in view of traffic congestion on Jammu-Srinagar NHW. They may ply from Jammu towards Srinagar. NOTE:- On 01-01-2021 Friday, there shall be no traffic movement on Jammu-Srinagar NHW from either side in view of maintenance/ repairing of the NHW.

*Kulgam police arrests drug peddler and recovered contraband substance*  Acting tough against the drug dealings, Kulgam Police arrested a drug peddler and recovered contraband substance from his possession. A police party headed by SHO Police Station Kund SI Mohd Hussain while performing Routine checking laid a Naka at Kraloo Kund and intercepted a person moving in suspicious circumstances who after noticing police party tried to flee from the spot but was apprehended tactfully. During checking, Officers were able to recover 3 1/2 Kgs of Poppy Straw like substance concealed in a plastic bag from his possession. He has been identified as Ghulam Hassan Bhat S/O Ghulam Ahmad Bhat resident of Kraloo Kund. Accordingly, a case FIR No. 58/2020 U/S 8/15 NDPS Act has been registered in Police Station Kund and investigation into the matter has been initiated. Community members are requested to come forward with any information regarding drug peddlers in their neighbourhood. Persons

THE JAMMU & KASHMIR BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION ACADEMIC DIVISION, REHARI COLONY, JAMMU-TAWI (NOV-APR)/NEW CAMPUS, BEMINA, SRINAGAR (MAY-OCT) (UNION TERRITORY OF JAMMU & KASHMIR) It is notified for the information of all the candidates of Secondary School Examination (Class 10th), Higher Secondary Part-1st and Part-ll (Classes 11th & 12th) whose results have been declared under failure/reappear category in Annual/Bi-annual (Private) 2019-20 examinations in Winter Zone areas and Biannual (Private) 2020 in Summer Zone areas and are desirous to appear again in ensuing Annual/biannual (Private) 2020-21 Examinations scheduled to be held in the month of (March-April), 2021 in Kashmir Division and Winter Zone areas of Jammu Division including U.T of Ladakh and Bi-annual (Private) 2021 Examinations of Summer Zone areas of Jammu Division scheduled to be held in July, 2021; that the Question papers of following subjects as shown against each will be set from the new/revised

The date of CBSE board examinations for 2021 will be announced on 31st of this month. In a tweet, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said he will announce the date for CBSE board exams on the 31st of December.   Every year, the Central Board of Secondary Education conducts board exams in the month of February and March and release the datesheet in November. However, this year, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the board exams timetable has been delayed.    Mr Pokhriyal had recently informed that the CBSE board exams will be conducted after February and in offline mode.

Lost father in class 5, Qazigund youth bags Ist rank in JKSSB exam.  An orphan from Qazigund belt of South Kashmir's Anantnag on Friday bagged Ist position in accounts assistant, Panchayat exams conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB). Abdul Shakoor Itoo,24, who belongs to Damjan village, ranked Ist in the open merit by scoring  107.25 points. While taking with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Itoo said that after securing ist position in J&K, he feels confident to crack any exams now and will try his luck in other prestigious exams as well. Itoo who did his basic schooling at Iqbal Public School Vessu, passed matriculate from Islamia Model Public School Hablishi, and 12th from Higher Secondary School. He did his bachelors through distance mode from Kashmir University due to financial issues as he had lost his father when he was in class 5. "I completed my graduation in 2018, since then I was preparing for this exam," he sai

JKSSB Panchayat Accounts Assistant Result 2020/Cut off Marks - Check here Other OM candidates will not fall under the select list. A Reserved Category Candidate who has secured a rank above 1889 (76.75 marks) would be selected.   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TFPMUaYDn   MQ5Lybti35ivNkeybk534ne/

Government on Friday extended ban on high speed 3G & 4G Mobile internet services in Jammu & Kashmir except the districts of Ganderbal and Udhampur till December. The directions shall be effective from today, the 25th December, 2020 and remain in force till 8th Jan, 2021, unless modified earlier.

*3 journalists allegedly thrashed by Army, equipments destroyed* Three local journalists were allegedly thrashed by the Army while covering the Jashn-e-Baramulla function here on Friday afternoon. As per the Kashmir Despatch correspondent the Army hosted Jashn-e-Baramulla in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, wherein, Bollywood actor Amisha Patel was the Chief Guest of the occasion. The function as per the journalists was going well until the scribes asked to get a byte from Bollywood actress Amisha Patel in a professional manner. However, as per the journalists, the army officials allegedly started beating them without doing anything wrong. As per the reports, three journalists were allegedly beaten, Suhail Khan, online editor Kashmir Despatch, Kashmir Crown reporter Ashiq Mir and a Mudasir, whose camera was also destroyed by the Army. “First, we were invited to cover the function at Jashn-e-Baramulla by the Army, however after we were covering the event and asked chief g

*South Kashmir: Encounter breaks out in Shopian* Srinagar, December 25:(GNS) Encounter has started between militants and government forces in Kanigam Village of South Kashmir's Shopian district on Friday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police, Army's 44 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Kanigam. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon the forces, triggering off an gunfight. A senior police officer also confirmed to GNS about exchange of firing between militants and security forces.  As per the sources two to three militants are believed to be trapped.(GNS)

Srinagar: There was slight improvement in cold conditions in Kashmir as the minimum temperature rose across the valley on Thursday, even as the MET Office forecast the possibility of light snow over two days from Saturday.The night temperature marked an improvement but continued to settle below the freezing point, MET officials said. The weather has remained dry and cold across Kashmir since the snowfall on December 12, with the night temperature staying several degrees below the freezing point, they said. The officials said Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a low of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius up from the previous night’s minus 5 degrees Celsius. They said the mercury in Pahalgam tourist resort in south Kashmir went up from the previous night’s low of minus 6.6 degrees Celsius to settle at a low of minus 5.2 degrees Celsius. They said the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg, in north Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 5.6 degrees Celsius slightly up from Wednesday’s minus

Restore 4G, Release Detainees If You Want Democracy To Survive: Farooq Srinagar, Dec 24 (GNS): President of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and member parliament Farooq Abdullah on Thursday demanded restoration of 4G internet services in Jammu and Kashmir forthwith even as he asked government not to detain people without reason for “democracy to survive.”   Responding to a question by reporters that if PAGD “would work together hereafter also”, Farooq said that “Absolutely. We are united and will continue to be united.” “Why do have doubts about it. You try to create doubts,” Farooq said even as Muzaffar Shah, ANC vice president seconded him by saying: “it (PAGD) is much stronger than it was at the start.” “Don’t put any such things,” Farooq continues as per GNS correspondent who was present as PAGD members talked to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting called after amalgam’s good performance in the DDC polls.   “ We are united and we will continue to

Top commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad among two militants killed in a gunfight in Wanigam Payeen area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla

As per the exam conducting authority, National Testing agency the JEE mains 2021 would be held in 13 languages including Hindi, English Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu & Urdu as per the New Education Policy of India . The NAT has also released the examination schedule according to which the Session-I exam would be held from February 23 to Feb 26, 2021, the Session-II from March 15 to March 18, 2021, Session-III from April 27 to April 30, 2021 and Session-IV from May 24 to May 28, 2021.

With BJP becoming the single largest party in DDC elections in J&K today J&K BJP MP Jugal Kishore Sharma talked to the media. While talking to the media Jugal Kishore Said “I would like to thank all the people of J&K who voted in the elections and made BJP the single largest party. This win shows that the people of J&K trust Narendra Modi and his policies towards the development of J&K. For the past 70 years the people of UT were waiting for these elections and finally when the elections took place the people participated and elected their candidate for their respective constituencies. It doesn’t matter which leader or party won but the only thing that matters is the Democracy won”. Jugal Kishore also slammed the Gupkar Alliance. He said, “the alliance is misleading the people of J&K and BJP’s win in these elections have shocked these people”. “We have seen people reaching polling booths to cast their vote in severe winter conditions and when asked

Arnab Goswami Breaks Savarkar's Record:Republic TV Apologised 280 Times To British Media Watchdog Arnab Goswami is now being compared with Hindutva icon Savarkar, who got his release from jail after apologising 280 times to Britishers during India's freedom struggle. Soon after Republic Bharat, Hindi news channel of Republic TV, was fined 20,000 pounds (roughly Rs 19.73 lakh) by United Kingdom's communications regulator Office of Communications on December 22, for broadcasting content that included "hate speech", the journalist has apologised 280 times to the regulator. Arnab Goswami is now being compared with Hindutva icon Savarkar, who got his release from jail after apologising 280 times to Britishers during India's freedom struggle. The UK Broadcast regulator criticised views expressed by Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in the channel's "Poochta Hai Bharat" programme aired on September 6, 2019, and mentioned that some gu

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday announced winter vacation for degree colleges in the region.   As per an order issued by Commissioner Secretary J&K Higher Education Department, Talat Parvez Rohella, winter vacation for government colleges in summer zone Jammu shall commence on December 26 till January 4. For those in Kashmir division and winter zone Jammu, this year’s winter vacation shall commence from December 28 till February 14, it added

Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were injured in grenade attack in Tawheed Chowk Daderhama area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district

In continuation to Notification No. FX-11/11/S2/Regular/2021, dated 16-11-2020 and No.: RiExam-111/B/ID/HSP1/SZ/An/Rcp/2021 Dated: 09-12 2020, it is hereby notified for information of all the concerned that last date for Submission of Permission-Cum Admission Forms pertaining to Higher Secondary Examination Part-II (Class-12) Annual Session 2021 Regular Summe Zone, JD has been extended upto 31-12-2020 [inclusive of preparation dayl with the total fees of Rs. 1650/- (Rupees one thousand Six Hundred And Fifty only per candidate, the RR date has been extended upto 30-12-2020 Vide Notification NO. FRR-Renewal/HSP-1/HSP-11/52/2020/10 dated 17-12-2020

*MCA student goes missing in Baramullah, family appeals son to return home.  The family members of a 24-year-old youth, who is missing from December 20 here have urged their beloved son to return home and appealed the government to help them in tracing him. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a 24-year-old youth Saqib Ashraf, son of Muhammad Ashraf Lone of Fategrah Baramulla, is missing since 20 December when he was returning home from Kashmir University. Family members KNO that on 20 December, Saqib left Kashmir University, but didn’t reach home since then, adding that repeated attempts to contact him failed as his phone was switched off. “We tried to search him everywhere. We called all our relatives, friends, but nobody had any clue about Saqib,” the family said, adding that they have also registered a missing report in this regard at Police Station Sheeri. The family has appealed their son to return home.  “We appeal our son to return home for the

*New Covid-19 variant may evade effectiveness of vaccine: DAK* Srinagar, Dec 23 (GNS): With the emergence of new mutated version of the novel coronavirus in United Kingdom and spreading to other countries, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday said it is possible that the changed virus might evade the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccine. While it is anticipated that vaccine efficacy will not be significantly hampered by mutated virus, DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan said the new variant might escape the immune response made by the existing vaccines that have been developed against the original strain of Covid-19.  “A mutated coronavirus strain has wreaked havoc in UK forcing the country to go into strictest lockdown,” he said in a statement issued to GNS.  “Dubbed VUI-202012/01 (first variant under investigation in December 2020), the mutant is more infectious than earlier strains of the virus,” he added. DAK President said the variant carries 1

4G INTERNET SERVICE WILL BE RESTORED SOON :LT GOVERNOR.  Jammu kashmir Governover LG Manoj Sinha exlusively talking with Zee Salaam on DDC elections said 4G internet will restore soon in J&K.

First time the Greater flying Fox also known as Friut Bat captured by wildlife control room Divser at sangas Karwat Kulgam.it is one of the Largest Bats in the World.

The authorities on Friday ordered winter vacation in all the Government Educational Institutions including recognized Private Schools upto Higher Secondary Level functioning in the Kashmir Division and winter zone of Jammu Division from December 21 till February 28. However, as per order issued by B.K Singh, Administrative Secretary School education department , online classes for all classes shall be held by strictly adhering the SOPs of Covd-19 issued by the Government from time to time.  “ It is hereby ordered that all the Government Educational Institutions including recognized Private Schools upto Higher Secondary Level functioning in the Kashmir Division and winter zone of Jammu Division shall observe winter vacation from 21 of December, 2020 to 28 of February, 2021,” reads the order, a copy of which lies . However, winter tutorials for class-11 to 12 and online classes for all classes shall be held by strictly adhering the SOPs of Covd-19 issued by the Go