Table-top exercise held at Srinagar for disaster Mock Drill
Chairman DDMA asks officers for prompt, robust disaster response plan
SRINAGAR: To review the emergency disaster response mechanism in Srinagar, a Table Top Exercise was held here on Thursday at DC office in preparation for the Mock Drill to be conducted on Friday at Zero Bridge. The Table Top Exercise was presided over by the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad who is also the […]
CUK, RRU commemorates signing of MoU
Ganderbal: Department of Law, School of Legal Studies (SLS), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) and Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) Thursday commemorated the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions, through online mode. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Farooq Ahmad Mir, Dean SLS, thanked Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir, CUK Vice Chancellor, Prof […]
Advisor Baseer Khan tours District Samba
Inspects RDD works, listens to Public grievances
Jammu: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday visited district Samba and inspected progress of various works of Rural Development Department and also held a Public Grievance camp at conference hall DC office Samba. During the tour programme, Advisor accompanied by District Development Commissioner, Anuradha Gupta, Director RDD Surdershan kumar, visited Rural Haat at […]
CS chairs State Executive Committee’s meeting
Sanctions financial relief to the victims of natural disasters
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Thursday chaired a meeting of the State Executive Committee (SEC) for Disaster Management to finalize budget allocation to districts to take up works and services for disaster management, relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Finance, Home, and Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation & Reconstruction (DMRRR) participated […]
Navin Choudhary chairs State Seed Sub Committee meeting
Approves creation of J&K Organic Products Certification Agency
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary on Thursday chaired a meeting of State Seed Sub Committee at Civil Secretariat Srinagar regarding the formulation of nodal agency for certification of organic products in J&K. After threadbare discussion over the need for creation of certification agency for organic products, Principal Secretary […]
Smart City project: Div Com Jammu orders creation of green spaces
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr Raghav Langer Thursday directed the forest department and other line departments to identify vacant spaces in Jammu City to develop these into green patches. He was chairing a meeting of concerned departments to review their action plans for Plantation of trees under Jammu Smart City Project. The meeting was attended […]
Noorbagh Crewel Artisan Cluster gets registered as company
JAMMU: In a significant step towards the self –reliance of the artisans of Jammu and Kashmir, many clusters were developed under the World Bank funded Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFRP) with an objective of reviving the traditional crafts and providing gainful employment opportunities to youth. One such cluster, Crewel/Chain Stitch Artisan Cluster at Noorbagh, […]
Govt notifies names of Sarpanches, Panches in JK
JAMMU: The government of Jammu and Kashmir has notified the names of Sarpanches and Panches in Halqa Panchayats of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order to this effect was issued which reads, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, […]
Arrangements to control Covid-19 infection reviewed at Pulwama
PULWAMA: Amid surge in number of positive cases, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary Thursday convened a meeting to review the arrangements put in place to contain Covid-19 infection in the district. The meeting was informed about the preventive measures taken in this regard by the Health Department in the district. Speaking […]
High Court puts physical hearing of cases in abeyance
SRINAGAR: In compliance of the order issued by High Court of J&K, the physical hearing of the cases has been kept in abeyance for the time being and the hearing of the cases in the district and subordinate courts shall be conducted through virtual mode till 18 April, 2021. However, as per an official statement […]
