Govt employees get 15 lakh accidental Insurance cover

Lt Governor rolls out scheme, launches J&K Bank’s 'Phone Pe Loan' facility

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinah Wednesday rolled out ‘Accidental Insurance Scheme’ for employees of the J&K Government. Under the scheme, Jammu & Kashmir Bank will extend free group personal insurance cover of Rs 15 lakh to all the employees. The Lt Governor also launched J&K Bank’s ‘Phone Pe Loan’ facility for the government employees. The […]

Shift 178 services to online mode by mid June: CS to Officials

Appeals public to share feedback in large numbers

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Wednesday chaired a meeting with the concerned Administrative Secretaries to review the implementation of the Rapid Assessment System (RAS) in Jammu and Kashmir and the nature of feedback being received. It was informed that a total of 178 online services of 23 departments are being taken up for […]

AC approves scheme for promotion of PM package employees

Declares all posts under the PM Package as divisional level posts in Kashmir Division

SRINAGAR: In a bid to streamline the career progression of employees engaged under the Prime Minister’s Development Package, the Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the scheme for promotion of PM package employees. This will remove the bottleneck in career progression of employees appointed under […]

Drones may replace weather balloons soon

New Delhi: India is set to deploy drones to gather atmospheric data that is currently collated by sending sensors through weather balloons released from at least 55 locations across the country twice every day. The sensors embedded in a radiosonde, which is a telemetry instrument carried by a weather balloon, record atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind […]

LG visits slain teacher’s house in Samba, assures support to her family

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday visited the residence of slain school teacher Rajni Bala in Samba district and assured every possible assistance and support to her family. Bala was shot dead by terrorists at her school in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on May 31. Met the family members of Smt. Rajni Bala at […]

Amarnath Yatra: DGP visits yatra transit camps enroute national highway

Takes stock of security arrangements, area domination

Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbag Sing Wednesday visited Yatra Transit Camps where he took stock of security arrangements put in place for the pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra. He also reviewed security arrangements at Navyug Tunnel and interacted with the jurisdictional and CRPF officers and sought their reports regarding the security arrangements and area […]

JK reports 11 new covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported eleven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said that seven cases were reported from Jammu district and four from Baramulla, taking the overall tally to 454301—166514 in Jammu division and 287787 in Kashmir. There […]