Omicron, sub-lineages dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants in India: Govt
New Delhi: Omicron and its sub-lineages are the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variants in India, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. During the last four months, more than 1900 Omicron sub-variants have been detected among the samples analysed by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) across the country, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar […]
Atal Dulloo reviews farmer’s orientation program under HADP
JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, Tuesday convened a meeting of officers and technical experts on farmers’ orientation under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) in agriculture and allied sectors at Civil Secretariat here. A PowerPoint Presentation was presented by the technical officer of Administrative Department in which it was mentioned that […]
Principal Secretary chairs 83rd BoDs meet of JKSPDC
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Power Development Department (PDD), H Rajesh Prasad, Tuesday chaired the 83rd Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting of Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDCL) at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Managing Director, JKSPDC, Raja Yaqoob Farooq; CPES, CE, HPM, Central Electricity Authority, Manoj Tripathi; Chief Engineer, Ministry […]
Police arrests three drug peddlers in Baramulla, Kulgam
Srinagar: Police arrested three drug peddlers in Baramulla and Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that in Baramulla, a police party during naka checking at Ferozpora crossing Tangmarg arrested two drug peddlers identified as Arif Ahmad Khan son of Ghulam Nabi Khan resident of Hoom Tangmarg […]
Div Com reviews arrangements for Ramzan ul Mubarak, Navratra
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri Tuesday convened a meeting of officers to make arrangements for the forthcoming Holy Month of Ramzan and Navratra. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioners; Divisional and District officers of PDD, R&B, PHE, Transport, FCS&CA departments besides officers from Traffic Police. While taking the stock of availability of […]
Div Com chairs review meeting on opening of Tulip garden
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri Tuesday chaired a meeting regarding opening of Tulip Garden and the arrangements to streamline vehicular movement for hassle-free movement of visitors. The meeting was attended by Commissioner, SMC Srinagar; Director Floriculture, Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, SSP traffic & Chief Engineer R&B. The meeting deliberated over regulation of movement […]
DC Srinagar visits District Hub for Empowerment of women at Bemina
SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner(DC), Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Tuesday visited One Stop Centre for Women(OSC) and District Hub for Empowerment of women(DHEW) here at Bemina and took stock of the functioning of both the services and measures being taken to further strengthen the facilities to ensure their effective functioning. Chief Planning Officer, Mohammad Yaseen Lone, District […]
DC B’la takes holistic review of RDD Works, other schemes
BARAMULLA: Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, Dr Syed Sehrish Asgar Tuesday chaired a meeting with the functionaries of Rural Development Department Baramulla to take a holistic review about the physical and financial progress of works under different schemes and sponsored programmes. Additional District Development Commissioner Baramulla, Aijaz Abdullah Saraf, Joint Director Planning, Mohammad Yousuf Rather, Assistant Commissioner […]
100’s of farmers get attracted in fish farming in Kupwara
Over 10744 Quintals of fish production recorded in the district during FY 2022-23
KUPWARA: Fish farming is quickly becoming a prospective carrier option for young farmers in frontier Kupwara district as a large number of youth are turning to fish farming in order to support themselves financially and provide work for others. The fish farmers in the private sector have increased manifold with hundreds of people getting attracted […]
