CS reviews crop insurance coverage under PMFBY
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Friday chaired a crucial meeting to review progress on the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). The PMFBY, which now covers all 20 districts in the UT, provides insurance to the farmers for notified crops such as paddy, maize and oilseeds. The meeting focused on accelerating the enrolment of farmers, […]
Power shutdown announced
SRINAGAR: According to the Chief Engineer, Distribution, KPDCL, in order to carry out the erection of V-Cross/ Channels and laying of conductor, shutdown of 33KV Arizal Tapline line shall be observed due to which 33/11KV Receiving Station at Arizal shall remain off while power supply to Arizal, Zanigam, Raiyar, Hardpanzoo will be affected from 07:00 […]
A Day in ATL Lab: Sopore Students Step into the World of AI and Technology
By: Bilal Ahmad Sopore: A one-day interactive workshop, A Day in ATAL Tinkering Lab, was successfully conducted at Government Boys Higher Secondary School Sopore, supported by Learning Links Foundation and Dell Technologies under the ATL Adoption Program. The event brought together around 80 students from nearly 15 schools falling under cluster head Government Boys Higher […]
CS pushes for faster reforms to boost Ease of Doing Business
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Friday chaired a meeting to review implementation of compliance reduction and deregulation reforms recommended by the National Task Force, headed by the Cabinet Secretary, Government of India, to ensure Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) across the country. The meeting was attended by senior officers including Commissioner Secretary, Housing & Urban […]
Tiranga Rally: Principal Secretary Culture Deptt, Div Com review final arrangements
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Culture, Brij Mohan Sharma and Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri jointly chaired a meeting of officers to finalize the arrangements regarding conduct of a massive Tiranga rally of over ten thousand participants on the boulevard road from SKICC to Botanical Garden on August 12. Addressing the meeting, the Principal Secretary directed […]
ACB arrests govt official at Rajouri for accepting bribe
Rajouri: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a Jr. Assistant in the office of ACR Rajouri for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 4000, the anti-graft body said in a statement issued here. The ACB received a complaint alleging therein that complainant has to register 03 marlas of land in his name […]
Handicrafts dept records brisk sale of woollen carpets during product sales at Sgr
SRINAGAR: Buoyed by the overwhelming response to Trainee Product Sale, organised as part of National Handloom Day, Department of Handicrafts and Handlooms, Kashmir, is organizing a Gandhi Shilp Bazaar at Kashmir Haat, also known as Numaish Gah, from August 20-27, later this month. A large number of visitors turned up at Kashmir Haat on to […]
CBK presents charge-sheet in multiple-crore online financial fraud case
Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir on Friday said that it has filed a preliminary chargesheet in Case FIR No. 28/2025 under Sections 318(4), 316(5) read with 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, of Police Station Kangan (transferred to Economic Offences Wing) before the Court of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, […]
Building damaged in fire mishap at Kupwara in north Kashmir
Srinagar: A fire broke out overnight in a commercial cum residential building in Batergam area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Officials said that a fire broke out late on Thursday evening in a commercial-cum-residential building at Batergam. Soon a team of police and Fire & Emergency Services reached to the spot and managed to bring […]
Union Cabinet approves Rs 30,000 cr subsidy to compensate oil firms for LPG losses
NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (PTI): Cabinet on Friday approved Rs 30,000 crore LPG subsidy to state-run oil companies — Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL), and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) — to compensate for losses incurred from selling LPG at below cost over the past 15 months. The compensation to oil marketing companies (OMCs) will […]