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DC Bandipora reviews District CAPEX Budget

Directs Officers to focus on high social impact projects, timely execution BANDIPORA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora Manzoor Ahmad Qadri on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the progress of District CAPEX Budget 2024-25 and preparations for the formulation of District CAPEX budget 2025-26. During the meeting, DC reviewed sector wise financial and physical progress under […]

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DDC Kupwara chairs DLRC meeting

Emphasizes on mass awareness of schemes, financial inclusion and employment generation KUPWARA: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Ayushi Sudan, chaired the meeting of District Level Review Committee (DLRC) here to review the performance of line departments and banks with regard to saturation of different government schemes in the district. Addressing the meeting, DDC emphasized upon […]

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Missing woman’s body recovered from Madumati stream in north Kashmir’s Bandipora

Srinagar: The dead body of a woman, who was missing since yesterday, has been recovered from Madumati stream in Sonarwani area of Bandipora district on Tuesday, officials said. An official said that the body was found behind the BSF camp in Sonarwani The woman has been identified as Jani Begum (30) wife of Nawab Chowan […]

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Youth injured in Bijbehara road mishap succumbs

Anantnag: The death toll in the Bijbehara accident rose to two as the budding cricketer who had sustained critical injuries succumbed on Tuesday. An official said that cricketer Jasif Hassan, son of Ghulam Hassan Dar of Sangam was rushed to GMC Anantnag in a critical condition last evening. Despite efforts by doctors to save him, […]

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Srinagar records season’s hottest day at 28.2 degrees Celsius

MeT issues yellow alert for April 9, predicts rains, snow, gusty winds   Srinagar: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and other parts of Kashmir recorded the hottest day of the season on Monday while as the weatherman here predicted light snow and rains on April 9 (Wednesday). According to the details Srinagar […]

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Over Rs 300 crore allocated to tourism sector in J&K in two-years: Govt

Over Rs 300 crore allocated to tourism sector in J&K in two-years: Govt

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has said that it has allocated over Rs 305.27 crore in the past two financial years to boost the tourism sector in the Union Territory. Data suggests that the Kashmir division received the lion’s share — Rs 9,210 lakh in 2022-23 and Rs 9,527 lakh in 2023-24, while Jammu […]

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Govt to establish Joint Control Rooms for Forest Fires

JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Forest, Ecology & Environment Department, Sheetal Nanda Monday chaired a meeting to review the preparedness and action plan for forest fires management. The meeting had a detailed discussion on the prevailing scenario with regard to forest fires. It was informed that the Kashmir Division is prone to forest fires during March and […]

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No land acquired for Baramulla-Kupwara railway line: Govt

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday affirmed that no land has been acquired for the Baramulla-Kupwara Railway Line, however, confirmed that the land has been acquired for the road widening project in Handwara belt. Responding to queries by MLA Sheikh Khursheed, the government, said that Rs 4.06 crore has already been disbursed as […]

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Over 8 lakh beneficiaries receive monthly pension in J&K: Govt

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that over 8 lakh beneficiaries across the Union Territory receive monthly financial assistance under several schemes, with 4.5 lakh in Kashmir and 3.6 lakh in Jammu. Responding to a query by MLA Irfan Hafiz Lone, the minister incharge, while denying the claims of […]

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How healthy is our air

How healthy is our air

The air we breathe in plays a vital role in determining our health status and also figures out how healthy we can remain in the near future. Air and its quality has a direct bearing on all the life forms on this planet and that being the reason that concerns about deteriorating air quality has […]