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Friday Following Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW) observed

Srinagar: On the eve of Friday following Eid-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), thousands of devotees converged at the Kashmir’s revered shrine of Hazratbal Dargah that houses the holy relic of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to have a glimpse of the Holy relic. Notably, Eid-e-Milad (SAW), the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was observed on Tuesday with religious zeal […]

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Implementation of SMART governance: CS approves implementation of ‘District Good Governance Index’

SRINAGAR: Aimed at to implement SMART Governance and assess the status of governance of various interventions taken by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India and Jammu and Kashmir administration, an exercise was initiated for measuring the status of governance in the districts based on selected indicators and parameters. In this […]

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JK reports 108 new covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 108 new covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Friday. Among the fresh cases, 21 were reported from Jammu Division and 87 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 331494. There was no death due to the virus […]

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Union MoS presides over daylong capacity building program

Terms Kashmir as treasure trove of herbs with vast opportunities

GANDERBAL: As part of the Union Government’s public outreach programme, Union Minister of State for Ayush, Women and Child Development, Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai Friday visited Government Unani Medical College and Hospital (GUMC&H) Nawabagh Ganderbal. During his visit, the Minister presided over One–Day Capacity Building Program for potential Farmers/Growers of Medicinal Plants for promotion and cultivation […]

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CS inaugurates Mining Department’s Web Portal

CS inaugurates Mining Department’s Web Portal

24X7 e-portal to allow transparent, and time-bound processing

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta Friday inaugurated the e-services web portal of Geology and Mining Department to provide single touch point between the applicant and the Department and strength accountability and responsiveness. The e- services portal will ensure 24×7 services to the citizens/businesses in a transparent and time-bound manner. The portal designed for […]

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Police arrests three drug peddlers

Srinagar: Police have arrested three drug peddlers in Awantipora and Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Friday. He said that a police party in Awantipora established a check point at Literabal Pampore and intercepted two persons riding a scooty bearing registration number JK13F-1366. They duo were identified as Javaid […]

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VC inaugurates special social service camp at Hazratbal

Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Talat Ahmad on Friday inaugurated a special social service camp at Dargah Hazratbal. The day-long camp was organised by the Department of Students Welfare (DSW) to serve refreshment to devotees visiting the Hazratbal shrine on the revered occasion of Friday-following Milad-un-Nabi (SAW). Prof Talat, who led top varsity officers […]

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CWSR organises awareness camp on breast cancer

Srinagar: The Centre for Women’s Studies and Research (CWSR) University of Kashmir organised an awareness camp on ‘Breast Cancer and Reproductive Health of Women’ at Wangidar village in Pahalgam. The day-long camp was organised as part of a series of such programmes already organised under CWSR’s community-based outreach programme under the aegis of a Rashtriya […]

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Dead body of non-local recovered in Anantnag, police rules out militant hand

Srinagar: A dead body of an ‘unsound person’, apparently a non-local, was found at Shamshan Gath Bilal Colony area of Janglatmandi on Friday. While police have taken the body into custody, death due to the bullet(s) was unlikely given the nature of the wound, officials said. “Although there is some wound in the head, it […]

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House, four shops gutted in Uttersoo Anantnag

Anantnag: A residential house and four shops were gutted in a fire at Krad area of Uttersoo in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Friday. An official said that a massive fire broke out during the midnight in the shops/house of one Ghulam Nabi Itoo son Mohammad Akbar Itoo at Krad Uttersoo Anantnag. Later […]