Renew your romance with JK: Sarmad tells film makers

Pitches for making JK premier shooting destination
MUMBAI: Secretary, Tourism & Culture, Sarmad Hafeez Monday appealed to the film fraternity of the country to renew its decades’ old romance with Jammu & Kashmir even as he pitched for making the UT as the premier shooting destination of India. Attending the national level Film Tourism symposium, organized jointly by the Ministries of Tourism […]
10 officials of Handicrafts & Handloom Kashmir dept promoted
SRINAGAR: The Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) of Handicrafts & Handloom Kashmir Monday cleared the promotion of 10 officials of ministerial/ executive and technical cadre of the Department for promotion to the next higher level/ grade. The DPC was held under the Chairmanship of Director Handicrafts & Handloom Kashmir and the other members of the DPC […]
DGP sanctions meritorious scholarship for 30 students
Jammu: With an aim to promote the merit and instill the spirit of competition among the wards of Police personnel, Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh has sanctioned meritorious scholarship of over rupees1.50 lakh in favour of wards of retired police personnel and serving SPOs, a police spokesman said Monday. The meritorious scholarship has […]
HDFC Bank launches 5th Parivartan SmartUp Grants
Srinagar: HDFC Bank opened applications for its fifth edition of SmartUp grants. This annual programme awards funds to social start-ups and incubators under #Parivartan, HDFC Bank’s umbrella for its corporate social responsibility. This year the bank has allocated up to Rs 15 crore toward SmartUp grants. The Bank intends to select 12-15 incubators and around […]
Disaster management: Prof Talat inaugurates week-long training programme
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Monday inaugurated a week-long training programme in disaster management. The programme titled “Multi-Hazard Risk Management in Changing Climate: Sustaining Economic Development and Livelihood in Western Himalaya” has been organised by the varsity’s Department of Geography and Disaster Management (DGDM) in collaboration with National Institute of Disaster […]
Implementation of CSSs: Union Commissioner Agriculture, Horticulture reviews progress
SRINAGAR: Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Horticulture, Dr. S.K.Malhotra Monday convened a meeting of Agriculture Department at Lalmandi, here to review the progress made under various centrally sponsored schemes (CSSs) and other flagship programmes under implementation in Kashmir. During the meeting, the Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal apprised the visiting dignitary of various initiatives […]