When news is stressful
By: Lisa Harrison It all begins innocently – a late-night peek at your favourite social media site before bed. You catch a headline that grabs your attention with “breaking news” you can’t afford to miss. Like following digital breadcrumbs, one click leads to another. Before you know it, you’re tumbling down a rabbit hole of […]
The Impact of Stress on Physical Health
By: Mukhtar Ahmad Qureshi Stress is one thing we have with us day and night. Starting from completing our office tasks within time to managing personal relations, stress can strike in anything that may require time to manage and finish. The mental stress often seems minimal until we begin experiencing serious effects on our bodies, […]
CS reaffirms commitment for complete digitisation of land records
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting to review progress on digitisation of land records of revenue villages of J&K under Digital India Land Record Modernisation Program (DlLRMP). The meeting besides Financial Commissioner (ACS), Revenue was attended by Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD; Secretary, Revenue; Director, Land Records; SIO, NIC besides other concerned officers. While […]
Police arrests two drug peddlers in Srinagar
Srinagar: Police in Srinagar arrested two drug peddlers and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Wednesday. He said that a police team at a checkpoint established at Maharaj Gunj, Srinagar arrested a drug peddler namely Owais Mushtaq Dar son of Mushtaq Ahmad Dar resident of Sheikh Mohalla, SR Gunj. During search, […]
Illegal extraction of minerals, police seizes 11 vehicles
Srinagar: Police seized 11 Tippers within this week, who were involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, a police spokesman said Wednesday. The vehicles (tippers) were seized in various areas including Ganderbal, Kheerbhawani, Lar, Safapora and in Police Post Nagbal. This proactive approach to curb illegal mining has been actively taken up by district […]
CEO Ganderbal visited winter tutorial of Anderwan belt
Srinagar: Chief Education Officer Ganderbal, Surjeet Kumar Sharma, conducted a visit to Winter Tutorial schools in the far-flung areas of Zone Kangan to oversee the functioning of the winter tutorials and ensure that students in these areas are receiving quality education`. As part of visit, the CEO inspected the 1. High School Anderwan and Middle […]
Union Minister reviews construction of ESIC Hospital at Budgam
SRINAGAR: Union Minister of State (MoS) for Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Labour and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, today chaired a meeting to review construction of 100-bedded Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital at SIDCO Industrial Complex, Ompora, Budgam. The hospital being constructed at a cost of Rs 160 crore would be equipped […]
Govt orders transfer, posting of three IAS, one KAS officer
Srinagar: The government on Wednesday ordered transfer and posting of three IAS and one KAS officers in the general administration department. As per an order issued by GAD said that Shantmanu, IAS (AGMUT:1991) Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Higher Education Department (additional charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Information Technology Department) shall hold the […]
Daily wagers, casual labourers of wildlife dept protest outside CM’s residence
Srinagar: The casual labourers and daily wagers of Wildlife department Wednesday protested outside chief minister’s residence in Srinagar, demanding regularisation of services and wages at par with other employees. Reports said that scores of daily wagers and casual labourers assembled outside CM’s Gupkar residence to press for their demands. “We have been serving the department […]
Javed Rana calls on Union Forest Minister, HP Chief Minister
Seeks greater financial, policy support for Forest Conservation, Tribal Welfare in J&K NEW DELHI: Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology & Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana, called on Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, in New Delhi to discuss key environmental and tribal welfare issues concerning Jammu & Kashmir. […]
