Spine surgery: Minimally invasive procedures revolutionising treatment outcomes
Dr Ayush Sharma With the transformation and development India has seen in the fields of medical science, technology, economy and others, India is already in the making of one of the major superpowers of the world. Neuroscience has seen such a vast progress and expansion in the last few years and the kind of treatment […]
Chief Secretary reviews Tourism promotional activities
Directs promotion of 75 new tourist destinations
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Wednesday chaired a meeting to review various activities being undertaken by the Tourism Department to highlight and promote new tourist destinations. Administrative Secretary, Tourism Department along with MD, JKTDC, and concerned officers of the Department participated in the meeting. It was informed that the Tourism Department is organizing […]
Rohit Kansal reviews power sector in Jammu

Penalty, disconnection drive against willful defaulters
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Power Development Department, Rohit Kansal said that, “Preventive maintenance is the key to avoid undue and unwanted power failures”. He advised the officers and staff of the corporations to carry out exhaustive preventive maintenance activities particularly on 11KV feeders and lines so as to eliminate cases of power outages due to sudden […]
DGP chairs OSCC meeting in Srinagar
Reviews security of oil and Gas infrastructure
Srinagar: A meeting of Onshore Security Coordination Committee (OSCC) was held at Srinagar under the chairmanship of Director General of Police Dilbag Singh, who is also chairman of the OSCC in Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said Wednesday. The DGP expressed his happiness about the organization of the meeting and said the meeting could […]
Admin orders Installation of CCTVs in Anantnag
Srinagar: District administration Anantnag on Wednesday ordered various government departments and private companies besides owners of shopping malls and all other business establishments including hotels, restaurants, clinics, nursing homes and hospitals to install CCTVs in or outside respective premises. In an order by Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla (IAS), the CCTV HDD (storage device) […]
Parl Committee of MEA expresses satisfaction over improved security situation: Army
Srinagar: Army on Wednesday said that an 11-member parliamentary committee of Ministry of External Affairs expressed satisfaction over the “improved security situation” in Kashmir Valley. The members led by committee’s chairman PP Chaudhary visited Chinar Corps headquarters here today and were received by GOC Chinar Corps Lt Gen DP Pandey, a defense ministry spokesman based […]
LAWDA conducts 116th meeting of BPA
SRINAGAR: The J&K Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) Wednesday convened 116th meeting of the Building Permission Authority (BPA) under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman (VC) LAWDA, Dr. Bashir Ahmad Bhat who is also the Chairman of BOCA at Miskeen Bagh Office Complex, here. The agenda for the meeting was disused threadbare and a total […]
PSC on SC, ST interacts with J&K Bank management
SRINAGAR: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Wednesday held several interaction and deliberation sessions with J&K Bank management and employees as well as officers and Jawans of Border Security Forces (BSF) to know about the working conditions and other issues of the committee’s subject matters. On the outset, […]
Government initiates process to appoint Dir SKIMS
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has finally started the process for appointment of director SKIMS Soura by inviting applications for the coveted post. A notification issued by SKIMS, Soura in this regard reads that online applications on prescribed proforma are invited from Indian Nationals for the position of Director, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences […]
Sopore residents protest dilapidated conditions of link road
Sopore: Residents of Amberpora Tarzoo in north Kashmir’s Baramulla District on Wednesday hit the roads to protest against Roads and Buildings (R&B) department for failing to repair and macadamize a link road which connects them to Sopore via Tarzoo, reports said. The residents alleged that the road has not been repaired from the past six […]