Tourism Deptt holds camp at Yousmarg
Dir Tourism also attends relief distribution camp for local stakeholders
YOUSMARG: Tourism Department along with district administration Budgam organised a day long camp here Monday for ponywallas for an on spot redressal of their issues and demands. On the occasion, the tourism unit holders were made aware about the importance and procedure of getting registered with the Department for carrying out fair trade activities. Officers […]
Altaf Bukhari seeks free participation of parties in political process
Srinagar: Former minister and Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari Monday asked the government to create an atmosphere conducive for parties to freely participate in the political process. “As the political process is going to be started, an environment should be created so that people from every political party operating here move freely, convey their message […]
Advisor Bhatnagar visits SDH, NTPHC Pahalgam
Inspects health facilities, reviews status of Covid vaccination
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar Monday visited Sub-District hospital Pahalgam to review its functioning and the facilities being provided to public there. The Advisor was accompanied by Director Health Services Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmed Rather, Executive Engineer and other concerned officers of the health department. During the visit, Advisor Bhatnagar took a detailed […]
Steps initiated for Forest Rights Act implementation: Official
Says budget earmarked for basic infrastructure, capacity building
SRINAGAR: Government has initiated the process for implementation of The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 i.e Forest Rights Act and planning for post-claim support process including facilities. In line with the announcement made by the Lt Governor Sh Manoj Sinha for expeditious implementation of Forest Rights Act […]
HDF employees stage protest in Achabal, demand pending wages
Anantnag: Employees working against Hospital Development Fund (HDF) of Shangus block of Anantnag district on Monday staged a protest in Achabal and pressed for the release of wages in their demands. Reports said that scores of HDF employees assembled at Achabal cafeteria and started raising slogans in favour of their demands including regularization of ervices, […]
Three drug peddlers arrested in Budgam
Srinagar: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Police arrested three notorious drug peddlers in Budgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said. He said that police established a checkpoint established at Dafpora Nasrullapora and intercepted a vehicle (Eco Van) bearing registration number JK04E-9755 with three […]
30 Senior JKAS officers begin Capacity Building Training at LBSNAA, Mussoorie
SRINAGAR: After the adoption of “Good Governance-Behater Nizam-e-Hukmat Kashmir Alamia” resolution by J&K Government during Two Days Regional Conference on Replication of Good Governance Practices in the UT of J&K and MoU signed by J&K IMPARD with National Centre for Good Governance(NCGG) and Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances & Pensions (DAR&PG) Govt. of […]
NSS organises lecture at KU on ‘Wellbeing Amidst Pandemic’
Srinagar: The office of National Service Scheme (NSS), University of Kashmir, organised a lecture on ‘Wellbeing Amidst the Pandemic’. Dr Farzana Shora, General Practitioner, NHS, UK and Dr Ishaq Pala, Consultant Psychiatrist, Kent And Medway, NHS Trust, UK, were chief resource persons for the online lecture. In his message, Dr Musavir Ahmed, Programme Coordinator, NSS, […]
300 participants to attend conference on Nanotechnology
Srinagar: Around 300 participants are expected to attend 7th edition of the biennial International Conference on Nanotechnology for Better Living (NBL-21) at National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. The conference is being held under the aegis of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) in association with Anna University, SKUAST-K, NIT Mizoram, SSM College of Engineering, IIT […]
Elderly man slips to death in Kupwara
Kupwara: An elderly man died after slipping from a hillock in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Police sources said that a 65-year old man from Amrohi Karna area of Kupwara slipped down from a hillock and fell into a deep gorge. The man died on the spot. He has been identified as Abdul Qayoom […]
