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Day ahead of R-Day; ACB Inspector, couple among 8 injured in Sgr grenade attack Grenade thrower arrested, he is a chronic stone pelter, resident of Fateh Kadal, Sgr: IGP Kashmir KNO Correspondent Srinagar, Jan 25 (KNO): At least eight people including Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) inspector and seven civilians were injured in a grenade attack at Hari Singh High Street area of Srinagar on Tuesday afternoon. The grenade explosion took place a day ahead of Republic Day and at a time when entire Kashmir is on a high alert amid aerial surveillance of drones and intense area domination. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that unknown persons lobbed a grenade towards police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) party at Hari Singh High Street area this afternoon. They said that eight persons including a non-local resident were wounded in the attack. The injured have been identified as ACB Inspector Tanveer Hussain of Budgam, Tanveera, 38, wife of Muhammad Shafi...

Bhat Imran Srinagar, Oct 20 (KNO): The School Education Department on Wednesday said the registration of private coaching centers of Kashmir division has already expired and have suggested the parents not to enroll their wards in such institutions. In this regard, the communiqué was issued by the Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK), a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). “The validity in registration of private coaching and tuition centres has already expired, DSEK has issued an advisory for information of the general public in November 2017 followed by a series of advisories to the general public not to enroll their wards in un-registered coaching or tuition centres,” it reads. DSEK said that in order to follow up the registration process of private coaching and tuition centres for the year 2021-22 either for renewal of their registration or getting fresh registration, the institution shall follow the criteria devised by the DSEK for the regist...

All Schools, Colleges, Universities to remain closed till August 15: J&K Govt After a detailed review of the current COVID situation in Jammu & Kashmir, the authorities have decided that the schools, colleges and universities shall remain closed till August 15.

Bhat Imran Srinagar, Jul 23 (KNO): The Government of India (GoI) on Friday appointed Prof Sanjeev Jain as a new Vice Chancellor (VC) of Central University of Jammu (CUJ). The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learnt that the Under Secretary to the GoI for Higher Education, C P Ratnakaran has said that he was directed to appoint Jain as a new VC for CUJ. Meanwhile, Ratnakaran in an order has said that the President of India Ram Nath Kovind in his capacity as a visitor of CUJ has pleased to appoint Prof Jain—Director PDPM of Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur as a VC for the varsity. “The appointment was made as per the statute 2 of the Central Universities Act 2009 for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office or until he attains the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier,” it reads. Pertinently, besides Prof Jain, Kovind has appointed 11 more VCs for different universities across the country. Jain w...