LG compliments officers for achieving 100% first dose vaccination at weekly meeting of Covid Task Force , DCs, SPs
DCs directed to saturate the 2nd dose of covid vaccine on priority
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday congratulated the Health Department and District Administrations for achieving a new milestone with 100 percent coverage of first dose of vaccination in J&K for above 18 age group. The Lt Governor was chairing the weekly meetings to review Covid containment measures and status of vaccination coverage with the Covid […]
CS reviews arrangements to mitigate dengue outbreak
Directs to take all necessary measures for dengue’s containment and treatment Srinagar: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review the medical preparedness in mitigating dengue breakout in Jammu and Kashmir. Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education, along with concerned officers and medical professionals participated in the meeting. It […]
DGP chairs officers meeting, reviews security scenario
Srinagar: To review the current security scenario of the valley, the Director General of Police, J&K Dilbag Singh chaired the officers meeting at Police Control Room Kashmir here today. Spl DG CID J&K R R Swain, ADGP Armed J&K SJM Gillani, IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar, DIG CKR Sujit Kumar, SSP Srinagar Sandeep Chaudhary, Commandants […]
COVID-19 vaccination: JK achieves 100 pc coverage of first dose

93 fresh covid-19 cases reported on Thursday
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday achieved 100 per cent coverage of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines for the age group of 18 years and above, even as the Union territory recorded 93 fresh cases of coronavirus, taking the infected number of persons to 3,30,834. As many as 82,229 doses of COVID vaccine were […]
Metro Rail Project in JK to be approved by next week: Union Minister
Says LPG Gas Pipeline to be given a top priority
JAMMU: Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Development, Hardeep Singh Puri Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Development Model emphasises that the benefits of every centrally sponsored scheme should reach directly to the beneficiaries be that of the Ujjwala Yojana, Ayushman Bharat, PM Awas Yojana or others. Puri said […]
JK will be power surplus in near future: Union Minister
KISHTWAR: Union Minister for Power, New & Renewable Energy, R. K. Singh who was on a visit to Kishtwar inspected Dul Hasti Hydroelectric Power Project besides took stock of the construction of other power projects with a total generation capacity of 2554 megawatts in Kishtwar. He was accompanied by Principal Secretary PDD, Rohit Kansal; CMD […]
Chairs review meeting on power issues
SRINAGAR: Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy R K Singh chaired a meeting on power issues in Jammu and Kashmir. The Minister is on a two day visit to the Union Territory as part of the Central Government’s Public Outreach Initiative. Singh mentioned during the meeting that the Central Government is committed […]
CEO, NITI Aayog holds interactive session with Administrative Secretaries
Assures support to the Union territory in various sectors
SRINAGAR: CEO, NITIAayog (National Institution for Transforming India), Amitabh Kant, in presence of the Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, had an interaction with the Administrative Secretaries of different Departments, here Thursday. The CEO, who is on a four day visit to Jammu & Kashmir, at the outset of the interactive meeting, congratulated and complimented […]
JCO, soldier killed in Poonch encounter
Jammu: A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the army and a soldier were killed in an encounter that broke out between militants and security forces in Bhata Dhurian village area located along Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch national highway near Bhimber Gali area of Mendhar sub division on Thursday. Today’s encounter comes just three days after the army lost […]
Soldier commits suicide
Kupwara: A soldier allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle at a camp in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, official sources said Thursday. They said Sepoy Deeraj Kumar of Engineering Unit was posted in a camp at Kralpora when his shot at himself. He was shifted to military hospital Drugmulla wherefrom he was referred […]