Will create schools, hospitals too from Waqf property proceeds: Andrabi
Jammu: J&K Wakf Board’s newly-elected chairperson Darakshan Andrabi has expressed her resolve to create assets like schools, universities and hospitals in the Union Territory from the proceeds of waqf property. Andrabi, also a BJP’s national executive member, was unanimously elected as chairperson of the Wakf board in the maiden meeting of its newly appointed members […]
Advisors greet people in eve of ‘Holi-Festival of Colours’
JAMMU: Advisors to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar and Farooq Khan have extended warm greetings to the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the auspicious occasion of ‘Holi-Festival of Colours’. While extending their greetings, the Advisors remarked that this festival indicating the onset of spring in our country, is an occasion to rejoice in the […]
Smart city project: Procurement, operation of AC electric buses for Jammu, Srinagar cities reviewed
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Dheeraj Gupta, Thursday chaired a meeting to review procurement, operation and maintenance of AC electric buses for Jammu and Srinagar cities at the Civil Secretariat. Principal Secretary was informed about the contract, prototypes and timeline of procurement of electric buses for the twin smart cities. He […]
Collective efforts needed for making Jammu as cleanest city: Mayor
JAMMU: Mayor of Jammu, Chander Mohan Gupta, Thursday emphasized the need for collective efforts towards making Jammu the cleanest city of India. He was speaking at the culmination function of anti-polythene drive carried out by the Department of Social Forestry, Jammu, from Kunjwani Chowk to Sidhra here at Eco Park, Raika. Gupta said that the […]
Status of skill mapping of youth in JK by UNICEF reviewed
AMMU: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Thursday chaired a meeting to review status of skill mapping of youth in Jammu and Kashmir by UNICEF at Civil Secretariat. During the discussion, the meeting was informed that the UNICEF through different programs has been focusing across India and several other countries on […]
CUK holds three-day workshop
Ganderbal: The three-day workshop “Kasher Zabane Manz Sciencuk Tarjumei” Scientific Translation in Kashmiri Language, organised by the Department of Convergent Journalism (DCJ), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in association with the University of Kashmir (KU), under Science & Technology Communication, Popularization & its Extension (SCOPE) concluded at varsity’s Tulmulla campus here on Thursday. During the […]
Police arrests three drug peddlers in Pulwama
Srinagar: Police arrested three drug peddlers in Pulwama and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said on Thursday. He said that police personnel at a checkpoint established at Pinglena Pulwama intercepted a vehicle (Truck) bearing registration number PB06M-2585 with three persons on board. They have been identified as Jeet Masih son of […]
Transforming J&K: Mahila Sashaktikaran Yojana empowering rural women: Officials
JAMMU: Women empowerment is a process that leads women to claim their rights to have access to equal opportunities in economic, cultural, social and political spheres of life and realize their full potential. This progress has to be accompanied by their freedom in decision making both within and outside their home with the ability to […]
DG Horticulture visits South Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Director General (DG) Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat Thursday extensively toured South Kashmir to take stock of availability of Horticulture Mineral Oil (HMO) and inspect warehouses located in South Kashmir particularly in Shopian District. The visit was conducted in the backdrop of a campaign of controlling the sale/distribution of spurious and unauthorized pesticides and […]
