J&K BJP delegation calls on Union Health Minister, seeking resolution of SMVD Hospital MBBS admission issue

STC NEWS DESKNEW DELHI, DECEMBER 02 (STC): After igniting a row over the recent MBBS admissions at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME), Katra, a high-level delegation of the Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party today called on Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J.P.Nadda in New Delhi to seek resolution…

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‘Raj Bhavan’ renamed as ‘Lok Bhavan’ in Jammu & Kashmir with immediate effect

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, DECEMBER 02 (STC): In line with directive of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Office has approved a formal change in the name of “Raj Bhavan, Jammu and Kashmir.” Henceforth it will be known as “Lok Bhavan, Jammu and Kashmir.”According to the official notification, the new nomenclature has…

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University of Kashmir asks staff not to share university information on social media without approval

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, DECEMBER 02 (STC): University of Kashmir has issued a directive restraining its employees from posting, sharing, or circulating any university-related content on social media platforms without authorisation.The order envisaged that the administration has taken serious note of “unprofessional conduct” by certain employees who have been posting University affairs online without approval.The directive…

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RUBAIYA SAYEED KIDNAPPING CASE: Court rejects CBI’s request for judicial custody of Shafat Shangloo, releases him for lack of evidence

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, DECEMBER 02 (STC): The Court of the 3rd Additional District and Sessions Judge (TADA/POTA), Jammu, today rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI’s) request for judicial custody of Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, an accused in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed.The special court released him just one day after the CBI had publicly…

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J&K’s foreign medical graduates decry delay in provisional registration; appeal LG to intervene

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, DECEMBER 02 (STC): Even as Health and Medical Education Department of the Jammu and Kashmir government has granted approval to the provisional registration certificates in favour of foreign medical graduates, the certificates have not yet been issued to them. They require these certificates to begin their Compulsory Rotatory Medical Internship. after this…

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