Lt Guv presents Gallantry Awards

JAMMU: The Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, presented Gallantry Awards and Distinguished Service Decorations at the Jammu Kashmir Police Investiture Ceremony held at Raj Bhawan Tuesday. During the Ceremony, 218 medals were conferred by the Lt Governor to the Police Personnel. 1 President’s Police medal for Gallantry was awarded to Constable Imtiyaz Ahmad (posthumously for Year […]

Govt launches path breaking interventions in education profile in JK: Officials

SRINAGAR: The path breaking interventions and concrete efforts by the government are transforming the educational scenario of Jammu and Kashmir. The School Education Department has taken up several initiatives like reducing dropout ratio, increasing enrolment rate and others. The whole nation is witnessing significant transformation in the education system with implementation of new National Education […]

Facebook’s parent Meta to fire another 10,000 people

Move aimed to improve its financial performance

New York: Facebook’s parent company Meta announced on Tuesday it will fire another 10,000 people, implementing a second round of jobs cuts after it slashed 11,000 positions in November last year, to improve its financial performance in a “difficult environment”. Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said in a post that overall “we expect to reduce our […]

90,000 Smart-meters Installed in Srinagar: MD KPDCL

Says move aimed to improve power scenario during Ramadan

Srinagar: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) Tuesday announced to have installed around ninety-thousand smart-meters in Srinagar district while remarking the department is gearing up to significantly improve the power scenario with the beginning of holy month of Ramadan. Talking to media, MD KPDCL Yasin Choudhary, said that the department is proudly announcing that KPDCL […]

Over 300 kgs of seized drugs destroyed in Samba

Jammu: Over 300 kilograms of seized narcotic substances were destroyed in Samba district on Tuesday by the Narcotics Control Bureau’s Jammu zonal unit, an official said The drugs, which included 153 kgs of heroin and 177 kgs of charas were destroyed in an incinerator at Rakh Rara village, the official said. Last year, NCB Jammu […]

JK receives Rs 1,547 cr investment in 2022-23: MoS Home

New Delhi: A record investment of Rs 1,547 crore has been received by Jammu and Kashmir in the current fiscal till January, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Rai said the government expects investments to further increase in the next five years in various important sectors […]

Former Minister calls on Lt Governor

JAMMU: Surjit Singh Slathia, Former Minister called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan Tuesday. The former minister submitted a memorandum to the Lt Governor pertaining to the demands of inhabitants of District Samba. The demands included enhancement of infrastructure in GDC Samba, a degree college for Sumb area, besides augmentation of power […]

ICMR project for capacity building of palliative care launched in Jammu

Jammu: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Project on Pain and Palliative Care was launched at the Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar here on Tuesday with a focus on capacity building to reduce the suffering of patients with chronic debilitating conditions. The project was launched in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences […]

Two-day national workshop on MSME concludes in JK

Srinagar: A two-day national workshop on design components under the MSME innovative scheme to generate new knowledge, build infrastructure and educate entrepreneurs concluded here on Tuesday. The workshop was organised by the Union MSME Ministry through Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IIEDC), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar and Br MSME DFO Srinagar at SKICC […]