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Div Com reviews arrangements for Navratra Festival at Katra

'Annual Event bound to revive tourists inflow & promote pilgrimage tourism ‘

KATRA: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar Thursday reviewed the arrangements for smooth conduct of annual Navratra festival in Katra here at a meeting of concerned officers. The meeting was informed that the nine day festival would commence on September 26, 2022 and culminate on October 4, 2022. The inaugural function of the festival has been […]

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Secy H&ME reviews functioning of Directorate of Ayush

Reviews progress on implementation of National Ayush Mission

JAMMU: Secretary, Health and Medical Education (H&ME) department, Bhupinder Kumar Thursday chaired a meeting to review the functioning of Directorate of Ayush J&K as well as progress on implementation National Ayush Mission. During the meeting, a detailed discussion on National Ayush Mission was held wherein all the components of National Ayush Mission were discussed besides […]

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Lt Guv visits Old City: We have to restore reputation of Shahr-e-Khas: Lt Guv

Lt Guv visits Old City: We have to restore reputation of Shahr-e-Khas: Lt Guv

Says old city was once called the heartbeat of Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday called for restoring the reputation of Shahr-e-Khas which he said was once called the heartbeat of Kashmir. “Some people with vested interest are rattled by the all-round development taking place in J&K UT. Efforts were also made to mislead many of our youth. The entire families of those […]

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CS discusses distribution reforms in power sector

Asks the department to reduce AT&D losses by 10% each year

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Wednesday chaired the meeting of Power Development Department (PDD) to discuss the prospective reforms to be taken up in the distribution sector here in J&K. The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Finance; Principal Secretary, PDD; DG Budget; Chief Engineers of the department and many other officers […]

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KU ‘Data Breach’: VC seeks probe by central agency CERT-In

KU ‘Data Breach’: VC seeks probe by central agency CERT-In

Stake-holders demand shifting of IT head to pave way for fair inquiry

Muhammad Adnan Srinagar: The authorities of the Kashmir University (KU) have asked for a third party evaluation of all its IT operations/systems and software to get to the bottom of the recent data breach incident, days after ‘Kashmir Vision’ reported about the issue that has brought bad name to the University at the national level. […]

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Lt Guv chairs high level meet, reviews progress of mega road projects

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday chaired a high level meeting, at Civil Secretariat, to review the implementation and progress of mega road projects in Jammu & Kashmir. During the meeting, the Lt Governor took stock of the status of various roads, tunnels, bridges projects under Central sector, Centrally Sponsored and UT Sector schemes including […]

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Govt approves modernisation of 120 schools in Tribal areas

Govt approves modernisation of 120 schools in Tribal areas

SRINAGAR: The Tribal Affairs Department has approved modernisation of 120 schools in tribal areas to provide modern educational facilities in these remotely located schools in an endeavour to promote quality education. In Phase-I of the plan more than 100 schools have already been modernised at a cost of Rs 20.00 Cr Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha […]

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JK reports fresh 80 covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 80 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that ten cases were reported from Jammu division and 70 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 478495. Among the cases, 173807 are from Jammu […]

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Five JKAS officers transferred

Five JKAS officers transferred

Srinagar: Five JKAS officers were transferred in the interest of administration with immediate effect on Wednesday, an official spokesman said. According to a government order, Sandesh Kumar Sharma (JKAS), Additional Deputy Commissioner Billawar, holding additional charge of Sub Registrar, Billawar, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary to the Government, Revenue Department. Tilak Raj […]

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Kashmiri student pursuing MBBS in Bangladesh dies

Kashmiri student pursuing MBBS in Bangladesh dies

Srinagar: A girl student from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has died in Bangladesh where she was pursuing MBBS even as her family has appealed to the authorities to help them bring her body back home. One of the family members said that Khusboo Manzoor daughter of Manzoor Ahmad of Katoo village of Bijbehara fell off […]