Dr Samoon reviews up-skilling of women SHGs

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the up-skilling of 60,000 SHG’s through customized courses and trainings in convergence with other departments. The meeting was attended by Director, Skill Development Department, J&K, Mission Director, NRLM. Out station officers attended the meeting through video conferencing. While chairing […]

Skill training, ABC, feedback systems to revolutionise education sector: Rohit Kansal

'J&K’s Academic calendar now in sync with the rest of India'

JAMMU: Principal Secretary Higher Education Department (HED) Rohit Kansal on Tuesday said the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 aims to break down silos and create a multi disciplinary, flexible educational ecosystem that will equip learners to be not just employable but also better equipped for a fast changing world. He was chairing the inaugural session of […]

SHA rolls out door to door campaign

SRINAGAR: State Health Agency (SHA) has rolled out an ambitious door-to-door exercise to achieve 100 percent saturation under the Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT scheme by the end of August month. Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education M K Diwedi in a high-level meeting directed for launching result-oriented door- to -door campaigns in all areas of […]

Advisor Bhatnagar reviews performance, functioning of SDD

SRINAGAR: Advisor to J&K Lieutenant Governor (LG) Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the performance and functioning of Skill Development Department (SDD) at Civil Secretariat here. During the meeting the Advisor held detailed deliberations on progress of different Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), physical and financial progress on establishment of new Polytechnic Colleges, […]

DG CISF calls on Lt Guv

SRINAGAR: Director General Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) ShSheel Vardhan Singh on Tuesday called on J&K Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here. The LG and the DG CISF held discussion on various matters pertaining to security arrangements at the important installations, government institutions and industrial establishments. Sinha lauded the commendable efforts of […]

12 kgs heroin recovered in Jammu, three persons held: Police

Srinagar: Police on Tuesday said that 12 Kgs of heroin worth Rs 24 crores in the international market and cash of Rs 11 lakhs were recovered by Jammu Police in Bahu Fort area of Jammu. Three peddlers were arrested in connection with the recovery, police said. “Initial investigation points towards drugs being drone dropped from […]

Ex-gratia for Amarnath tragedy victims

Lt Governor expresses gratitude to Prime Minister Modi

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sanctioning ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh in favour of Next of Kin of all those who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident of flash-flood near Amarnath cave on July 08. The Prime Minister Office has also sanctioned Rs. 50,000 […]

DC Kupwara reviews issues of persons with special abilities

Says specially abled persons need special attention

KUPWARA: Deputy Commissioner (DC), Kupwara, Khalid Jahangir Tuesday convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the issues related to the persons with special abilities. The DC discussed threadbare various issues pertaining to the welfare of specially abled persons in the district and received updated status and feedback from the concerned officers. He stressed on […]