Chief Secretary reviews mining operations
Directs installation of helpline numbers to facilitate grievance redressal
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Saturday chaired a meeting to review mining activities towards ensuring the availability of construction material at reasonable prices in Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Revenue, Mining, Forest, Ecology & Environment, besides Director, Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board (PCB), Divisional Commissioners […]
Chairperson DDC Baramulla calls on Lt Guv
SRINAGAR: Safina Baig, DDC Chairperson, Baramulla Saturday called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. Baig apprised the Lt Governor about various important issues pertaining to the development of her district and welfare of its people. She also put forth the demand of granting ST status to Pahari-speaking people, besides raising salary of […]
Take PRIs onboard in planning, execution of projects: Advisor Khan to officers
ANANTNAG: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Saturday visited Qazigund and assessed the status of development projects being executed in the area. The Advisor was accompanied by Director Agriculture, Kashmir and Director Horticulture Kashmir besides other senior officers. Advisor met several delegations of PRI members, Councillors of Municipal Committee Qazigund, local trader and Auqaf associations […]
Forest department conducts trainings on forest rights act
SRINAGAR: J&K Forest Department organized a weeklong orientation and capacity building programmes for implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006 in different districts of Kashmir Region. Dr. Arvind Jha,IFS (Retd), Former Commissioner, Tribal Research Institute, Pune Maharashtra was the expert resource person who conducted series of sessions for members of District Level Committees, Sub Divisional Level […]
Row over rice distribution: FCS&CA Department rebuts media reports of inadequate supply
SRINAGAR: Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), has strongly rebutted the news item circulated in a section of media regarding distribution of inadequate quantity of rice by some FPS dealers and quality not being up to mark, in certain areas, among the ration-card holders. Taking strong note of the news, the concerned […]
Police arrests drug peddler in Anantnag
Huge quantity of contraband substances recovered
Srinagar: Police on Saturday arrested a drug peddler in Anantnag and recovered huge quantity of contraband substances from his possession, a police spokesman said. He said that police received a specific information that a person identified as Mudasir Ahmad Ganie son of Abdul Ahad Ganie resident of Kandipora Bijbehara has indulged in drug peddling and […]
Illegal extraction, transportation of minerals
Police arrests four people in Ganderbal
Srinagar: Police in Ganderbal have arrested four persons and seized as many vehicles involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, a police spokesman said. He said that police officials seized the four vehicles involved in extraction and transportation of sand illegally extracted in District Ganderbal. Four drivers have also been arrested and shifted to […]
Army man ends life in Kupwara
Srinagar: An army man died after shooting himself using his service rifle in Tsuntwari in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, official sources said Saturday. They said that the army man identified as P. Harish Kumar, serving in 21 Mahar shot himself fatally while on duty at Forward Post. He was shifted to 92 Base Hospital in […]
