CS launches Youth Portal, Website of Mission Youth
Says government focuses Youth empowerment through diverse opportunities
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta THursday launched the Website and Youth portal of Mission Youth which will serve as a one-stop platform for registration under several schemes under the Mission. The new portal will facilitate the consolidation of youth database for targeted interventions aimed at youth empowerment. Underscoring the importance of the e-service […]
Advisor Baseer Khan visits Kulgam
Inspects Rural Development, Flood Protection, PDD works
KULGAM: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Thursday conducted an extensive tour of Kulgam to inspect various development works being executed in the district besides reviewing Independence Day preparations, flood protection and Power Development Department works. Advisor inspected ongoing restoration work on Hernag at Pahaloo being executed by Rural Development Department under MGNREGA with […]
Reading Zone to be established at Habbakadal: Libraries Dept
SRINAGAR: As a follow-up to the instructions issued by the Lieutenant Governor for digitally transforming the public libraries in J&K, the Director, Libraries & Research, Mohammad Rafi Thursday visited various Public Libraries in Old City of Srinagar to personally take stock of the infrastructure requirement for upgrading these libraries as e-Learning-cum-Career Counselling hubs for the […]
Two gamblers held in Ganderbal: Police
Srinagar: Police on Thursday arrested two gamblers from a gambling site and seized stake money from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that acting on specific information, a police party from Police Post Shadipora raided a gambling site in forest area of Authkhuroo, Shadipora following an input about gambling activities and apprehended two […]
Workshop on Snow Leopard Population Assessment inaugurated
JAMMU: Chairman Pollution Control Committee, Suresh Chugh, Thursday inaugurated one day workshop on Snow Leopard Population Assessment in Jammu and Kashmir organised by Wildlife Protection Department at Manda here. Snow Leopard, a threatened species which has resemblance with common leopard, is an apex predator of high altitude cold mountain eco-system whose population is declining due […]
CUK holds webinars on ‘higher education opportunities’
Ganderbal: School of Engineering & Technology (SoET), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Thursday organised a webinar on “Overview of the Higher Education Opportunities in the US” in collaboration with United States – India Educational Foundation (USIEF). Registrar, Prof. M. Afzal Zargar, who was the chief guest, emphasized on the importance of holding such sessions that […]
Youth ends life in north Kashmir’s Tangmarg
Baramulla: A 22-year-old youth on Thursday allegedly ended his life in Warpora Village of Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that the youth hanged himself inside his room in the wee hours today. They said that his family members immediately rushed him to a nearby healthcare facility, however, he was declared dead […]
Create plenteous, gainful employment opportunities for women: Advisor Farooq Khan
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan Thursday chaired the 26th Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Women’s Development Corporation (JKWDC) at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Secretary Social Welfare Department, Sheetal Nanda; Managing Director, JKWDC, Dr. Naheed Soz; representatives of Finance, Planning and other allied departments besides representatives […]
Awantipora residents decry drinking water shortage
Pulwama: Residents of Gulzarpora area in Awantipora hamlet of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday said that they are facing shortage of clean drinking water in the area. Locals said that they are facing shortage of water despite being connected to a water supply scheme. “We get water supply just once or twice a week,” […]