Officials explore tourism potential near LoC in Poonch

Jammu: With peace prevailing along the India-Pakistan border, a team of government officials visited several villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district to explore tourism opportunities, an official said on Wednesday. According to an official spokesperson, Poonch Deputy Commissioner Yasin M Choudhary visited Serian, Degwar, Maldyana, Nakarkote, Langoor Post, Noorkote, and Khari Karmara — villages […]

Delegation of Kashmir Advocates Association calls on Lt Guv

SRINAGAR: A delegation of Kashmir Advocates Association called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan Wednesday. The members of the delegation led by its President Adv Waseem Gul apprised the Lt Governor about the need of setting up a Digital Library for lawyers of J&K UT and one time age relaxation for upcoming Civil […]

Div Com Kashmir instructs for facelift of Govt buildings along Major roads.

Says small interventions of painting buildings, roofs will give beautiful look to city

SRINAGAR: The Srinagar city was transformed into a beautiful city during the last few months changing the shabby look of buildings and roads. The Smart City projects changed the look of the city centre through creative development which is now attracting a huge crowd. To add more to the beautification of the city, and in […]

Lethpora-Ladhoo road lying in dilapidated conditions, locals demand macadamisation

Pulwama: The residents of Ladhoo area of Awantipora sub division in south Kashmir’s  Pulwama district have demanded  macadmisation of vital Lethpora-Ladhoo road which according to them is lying in a dilapidated condition. The residents of the area said that road wasn’t macadamised for last several years due to which its condition has turned from bad […]

Director CSIR-IIIM inaugurates AIC-IIIM Leather Training Centre

SRINAGAR: CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, a premiere R&D organisation of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), under Union Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India, Wednesday started the leather training course besides various others soft initiatives under Atal Incubator Centre (AIC-IIIM). Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Director, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu who is ex-officio Chairman of […]

Principal Secretary APD visits Narkara, Mamath, Bugam areas of Budgam

Interacts with progressive farmers

UDGAM: Principal Secretary Agriculture Production Department (APD), Shailendra Kumar Wednesday visited organic vegetable cluster Narkara here, held interaction with the progressive farmers and also took stock of the agriculture activities in the areas. During the visit, he also reviewed the progress on various projects under holistic agriculture development programme. Interacting with the farmers, Principal Secretary […]

  HP&M Deptt organises day-long awareness workshop on PM-FME

SRINAGAR: Department of Horticulture Planning and Marketing (HP&M) Wednesday organised a day long awareness workshop on Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro-food Processing Enterprises (PM-FME) Scheme at Srinagar. Secretary in Agriculture Production Department, Shabnam Shah Kamili, Managing Director JKHPMC Imam-ud-din, Special Secretary APD, Farooq Ahmad Dar, State Coordinator/ Manager Branding and Marketing for J&K, Neha Ganju, […]

Bhrashtachar Mukt J&K Week: DDC Chairperson flags-off ‘JJM Prachar Rath’ from Mini Secretariat, Bandipora

BANDIPORA: In order to promote transparency and ensure corruption-free implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), the Chairperson, District Development Council (DDC) Bandipora, Abdul Gani Bhat Tuesday flagged-off the ‘JJM Prachar Rath’ from the Mini Secretariat. Additional Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Umar Shafi Pandit along with Executive Engineer PHE Bandipora and other senior officers of the […]

DC Ganderbal chairs grievance redressal camp at Hariganwan

GANDERAL: With a purpose to redress the grievances of people living in far flung areas, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shyambir Wednesday convened a mega grievance redressal camp at Govt Boys Higher Secondary School Hariganwan as part of weekly Block Diwas programme. The camp witnessed overwhelming participation of PRI members and prominent citizens of block […]