Navin discusses proposed annual action plans of Centrally Sponsored Schemes
Directs concerned departments to revise & formulate comprehensive AAPs
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Agriculture Production & Farmers’ Welfare Department (AP&FWD), Navin Kumar Choudhary Thursday chaired a meeting of senior officers to discuss the proposals of various centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) for the financial year of 2022-23. The State Level Executive Meeting (SLEC) over Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM) & Sub-Mission on Seeding & Planting (SMAP), […]
Tourism Deptt felicitates Tourism Icons : Honesty, fair play biggest branding of Kashmir tourism: Dir Tourism
SRINAGAR: The Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir Thursday felicitated the tourism players who have exhibited exemplary honesty, dedication and commitment in their trade and in the service of tourists. The felicitations were done in collaboration with a local tourist trade body, Nigeen Tourist Trade Association. These tourism players have either rescued the tourists from very extreme […]
Two-week refresher course in IT concludes at KU
Srinagar: An interdisciplinary refresher course in Information Technology concluded at the University of Kashmir, a spokesman of the KU said Thursday. The two-week online course was organised by the varsity’s UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) for faculty members working in colleges and universities in J&K and other parts of the country. Addressing the participants as […]
Progress on de-weeding, cleanliness in Dal, Nigeen lakes reviewed
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta, Thursday had an exhaustive visit of Dal and Nigeen Lakes to inspect progress on several de-weeding and cleanliness works being executed there. Vice Chairman, JK Lake Conservation and Management Authority (JKLCMA), Dr. Bashir Ahmad Bhat besides Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineers and other officers of JKLCMA […]
Transforming J&K : NEP-2020: A way for transforming educational scenario of country
JAMMU: National Education Policy (NEP) was approved by the Union Cabinet on July 28th, 2020 in order to transform the educational scenario of the country. After a gap of 34 years, the government consolidated feedback from 2.5 lakh village-level stakeholders to two national parliamentary level committees, over more than 50 months of consultations and workshops […]
RDD refutes news regarding implementation of Panchayati Raj Act in J&K
JAMMU: Reacting to a news item carried by local daily on Thursday, mentioning that several key provisions of Panchayati Raj Act are yet to be implemented in Jammu and Kashmir, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department has said that the J&K government has implemented several provisions of the Act in the UT to empower […]
Sensitization on CLU policy with officers of A&FW department held
ANANTNAG: A sensistization session was held at DC Office here regarding recently notified Jammu and Kashmir Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non Agricultural Purposes) Regulations, 2022.The session was presided over by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Ghulam Hassan Sheikh. Addressing the participants, the ADC gave an overview of the Land Revenue Act with focus on amendments. He […]
Patwari arrested for accepting bribe, misbehaving with ACB team
Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a Patwari red-handed inside his house while accepting a bribe in Baghat area of Srinagar. During the raid, the Patwari and his family members misbehaved with the ACB team, prompting ACB to get an FIR lodged against him at the concerned police station. An official from ACB said that a […]
Army man dies, four others injured in road mishap
Srinagar: An army man was killed and four others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday afternoon. An official said that an army vehicle carrying personnel from 21 Mahar Regiment turned near Sarkulli, while on way from Machil. Five army personnel sustained […]
Highway reopens after several hours of closure due to landslide
Srinagar: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the lone surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the outside world, has been thrown open for traffic after remaining blocked for several hours due to landslide at Nachlana on Thursday, officials said. Official sources said that men and machinery were pressed into service to clear the debris at Nachlana, the area which […]
