Police arrests five drug peddlers
Srinagar: Police arrested five drug peddlers in Ganderbal, Awantipora and Baramulla districts and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that police personnel during routine checking at Shafa-Kadal in Ganderbal intercepted one person in a suspicious condition. During checking, officers were able to recover 1Kg of Charas Powder, 50 […]
Man posing as magician held in Budgam
Srinagar: Police in Budgam arrested one person who was posing as fake magician and recovered stolen property from his possession, a police spokesman said Tuesday. He said that on 25/03/2022, a written complaint was received from Abdul Rashid Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat resident of Ichgam Budgam complaining therein that a person posing as […]
Advisor Bhatnagar chairs BoDs meet of J&K SIDCO, SICOP
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar Tuesday chaired the 140th Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting of J&K SIDCO at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce, Ranjan Prakash Thakur; Secretary Planning, Development and Monitoring, Sushma Chauhan; MD SIDCO/SICOP, Smita Sethi; Director I&C, Jammu, Anu Malhotra; Director I&C, […]
Deadlines set for farmer welfare delivery schemes: Official
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, has called for achieving hundred percent coverage under flagship farmers’ welfare schemes of Government of India. Navin Choudhary, while chairing a meeting of the department held in this regard, set deadline for achieving complete saturation under schemes like PM KISAN, PM Fasal Bima Yojana, […]
Capacity Building for quality up-gradation of cricket bat manufacturing begins
JAMMU: The Sports Goods Export Promotion Council, New Delhi, on Tuesday organised an Inaugural Function to mark the start of Capacity Building and Quality Up gradation of Cricket Bats at Industrial Training Institute (ITI), R.S.Pura, Jammu. The occasion was graced by Sudershan Kumar, Director Skill Development, J&K; Anoo Malhotra, Director Industries & Commerce, Jammu; Tarun […]
Shahid Choudhary addresses induction programme for TRI Fellows
SRINAGAR: Secretary Tribal Affairs Department and Director, Tribal Research Institute (TRI), Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Tuesday held an interaction with selected Fellows and Associate Fellows of Tribal Research Institute, at the induction programme organised at Civil Secretariat Srinagar and asked to conduct in-depth research, studies and also formulate plans for socio-economic and infrastructure development of […]
KVIB holds daylong workshop on PMEGP, JKREGP employment schemes
BUDGAM: The Jammu and Kashmir, Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB), Tuesday held a daylong workshop on employment generation by implementation of PMEGP and JKREGP schemes at ITI Budgam. The programme conducted under the directions from Chairperson J&K KVIB, Dr Hina Shafi Bhat witnessed a good gathering of aspiring entrepreneurs, applicants and students. Speaking on […]
NEP-2020: KU’s Management Studies Department organises national level conference
Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Department of Management Studies on Tuesday organised a national-level conference on New Education Policy-2020. The day-long conference titled “NEP: bridging the skill gap and employing youth for promising future under Kashmir-Punjab education initiative KASPUN 2.0” was organised in collaboration with CT University Punjab to highlight the impact of New Education Policy on […]
J&Ks’ Transformational Budget: Animal, Sheep Husbandry, allied sectors get big push
SRINAGAR: Livestock is one of the widely expanding sectors which has established its significance in growth and development of rural economy over the years. The sector not only supplements income of farmers but also provides gainful employment besides meeting the vital and varied nutritional requirements of the individual. With most of the rural population involved […]
Budget 2022-23: Push to realizing PM’s vision of doubling farmers’ income in JK: Officials
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir is predominantly agrarian with over 70 percent of the population directly or indirectly engaged in agricultural and allied sectors thus complimented with specific crop adapted to local climate and topography of the region. The recently announced budget of Central Government for Jammu-Kashmir brings hope for agriculture sector which aims at doubling […]
