Secretary Tribal Affairs flags off Farmers’ Training cum exposure tour

JAMMU: Secretary, Tribal Affairs, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, on Wednesday flagged off 18 Bhains Paalan Progressive Milk farmers, belonging to tribal community of Jammu division, for 2 day training cum exposure tour to Haryana. The training programme, which was organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Advisory Board for Development of Kisans in collaboration with National […]

DIC Anantnag organizes colorful Cultural programme

ANANTNAG: The District Information Centre (DIC) Anantnag Wednesday organized a colourful cultural program at HSS Bijbehara, here. Songs welcoming students back to schools were played on the occasion. Further, it was impressed upon the students and staff to adhere to COVID appropriate behavior and maintain social distancing. Staff members including the Principal shared their views […]

Amira Kadal grenade blast : DC Srinagar visits family of deceased girl, expresses solidarity

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad accompanied by Senior Superintendent of Police, Rakesh Balwal Wednesday visited the family of Rafiya Nazir of Saderbal Check in Hazratbal area of the district who was killed in a grenade explosion at Amira Kadal on Sunday to provide ex-gratia relief and express solidarity with the bereaved family […]

Div Com inaugurates anti-polythene campaign at Gbl

Kick-starts plantation drive, facilitates Eco-Guards

GANDERBAL: Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Wednesday inaugurated a clean-up drive in the vicinity of a Public Park in Ward 8 of Chak Duderhama area of the town during his visit to the district. The Div Com was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal Krittika Jyotsna, Director, Urban Local Bodies Department, Mathura Masoom […]

CS inaugurates workshop on capacity building

Pitches for making JK a model in green initiatives

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Wednesday chaired inaugural session of two day workshop on capacity building of JK Forest and other departments being conducted under REDD-Plus Action for Jammu and Kashmir. The REDD-plus mechanism of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) aims to provide financial incentive for forestry based climate change […]

Advisor Farooq Khan meets scores of public delegations, individuals

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan Wednesday met scores of public delegations and individuals at Civil Secretariat here. The delegations and individuals in their interaction projected several demands and issues before the Advisor and sought their redressal. While interacting with the delegations, the Advisor highlighted that the interface between the public and administration has […]

Modalities for development of Agri, allied sectors reviewed

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Wednesday discussed modalities for development of agriculture and its allied sectors in Jammu and Kashmir with a team ofInternational Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and NABARD here at civil secretariat. He asked the experts from both the organizations to formulate a long term plan […]

Frequent traffic jam in Shopian irks commuters

Shopian: The mismanagement of the traffic in Shopian town in south Kashmir is giving tough time to commuters who allege that they have to spend hours to travel through the township. Locals said that heavy vehicles are entering the town during the day time which often leads to heavy traffic jam. They said despite the […]

Four drug peddlers held in Budgam

Budgam: Police arrested four drug peddlers in Budgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Wednesday. He said that police personnel established a check point at Adina Crossing Magam and intercepted four persons roaming in suspicious condition who tried to flee from the spot when directed to stop. “All the four […]