JK reports 100 fresh covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 100 fresh covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. They said 24 of the cases were confirmed from Jammu division and 76 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 329320. There was no death due to […]

NIFT Srinagar campus to be completed by May 2022: CS

Asks Institute to establish ‘Centre of Excellence’ for promoting JK’s traditional products

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Wednesday chaired the meeting of the UT Level Advisory Committee of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Srinagar. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Finance, Industries & Commerce, and Higher Education, besides, Director-General NIFT, MD SIDCO, and concerned officers participated in the meeting. At the outset, a detailed […]

Union Minister reaches Kupwara for three day visit

KUPWARA: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nìtyanand Rai reached the frontier district Kupwara for a three day visit as part of the Union Government’s public outreach programme to Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, an official spokesman said Wednesday. He said that the Minister on reaching Kupwara laid foundation stone of Model Agriculture Farm […]

Three-Day Anantnag visit of Union MoS concludes

ANANTNAG: On the concluding day of his visit to Anantnag, Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Civil Aviation, Gen. (Retd.) Dr. V. K. Singh Wednesday inspected the Emergency Landing Project on Srinagar – Qazigund section of National Highway-44 at Bijbehara. The officers of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) briefed the […]

Submit weekly report about public interactions, redressal of grievances: Govt to Officials

Srinagar: The administration on Wednesday directed all administrative secretaries and deputy commissioners of the Union Territory to submit details of public interactions and grievances redressed by them on weekly basis to it for appraisal of Raj Bhavan. The general administration department (GAD) Wednesday directed administrative secretaries to furnish the details of public interactions/grievances redressed by […]

Concern: JK records over 16 percent dropout rate at secondary level

Srinagar: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has said that there was a dropout rate of nearly 17 percent among the students at secondary level in Jammu and Kashmir. The MoE has also said that the highest dropout rate in the School Education Department was at secondary level. According to the official documents “Drop-out rate at […]

ACB traps, arrests Patwari for accepting bribe

Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday said that it trapped and arrested a Patwari for accepting bribe in Duroo area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district In a statement a spokesperson said that ACB trapped and arrested a Patwari, Ghulam Mustafa Lone of Halqa Duroo Sopore for accepting bribe for issuance of documents pertaining […]