Leopard caught in Handwara village
Handwara: A team of Wildlife department assisted by local inhabitants captured a leopard in Punzwa Villgam village in Handwara on Friday afternoon. Reports said that the leopard had taken shelter in a school building in the vicinity two days before. Wildlife department was informed accordingly, however a team arriving at the scene was successful in […]
Advisor Baseer Khan meets deputations, individuals
SRINAGAR: Several deputations and individuals Friday called on Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan at Civil Secretariat here and apprised him of their grievances and demands. The delegations raised various issues of public importance of their respective localities and sought the intervention of the Advisor in this regard. A delegation from Seer Hamdan, Sopore […]
Guidelines issued for reopening of higher educational institutions in Ladakh
Leh: With COVID-19 cases on a steady decline, authorities in the Union Territory of Ladakh have issued guidelines for the reopening of higher educational institutions from next week. Ladakh has recorded only four new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, taking the overall infection tally to 20,324, while eight such patients recovered bringing down […]
CS launches Youth Portal, Website of Mission Youth
Says government focuses Youth empowerment through diverse opportunities
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta THursday launched the Website and Youth portal of Mission Youth which will serve as a one-stop platform for registration under several schemes under the Mission. The new portal will facilitate the consolidation of youth database for targeted interventions aimed at youth empowerment. Underscoring the importance of the e-service […]
Advisor Baseer Khan visits Kulgam
Inspects Rural Development, Flood Protection, PDD works
KULGAM: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Thursday conducted an extensive tour of Kulgam to inspect various development works being executed in the district besides reviewing Independence Day preparations, flood protection and Power Development Department works. Advisor inspected ongoing restoration work on Hernag at Pahaloo being executed by Rural Development Department under MGNREGA with […]
Reading Zone to be established at Habbakadal: Libraries Dept
SRINAGAR: As a follow-up to the instructions issued by the Lieutenant Governor for digitally transforming the public libraries in J&K, the Director, Libraries & Research, Mohammad Rafi Thursday visited various Public Libraries in Old City of Srinagar to personally take stock of the infrastructure requirement for upgrading these libraries as e-Learning-cum-Career Counselling hubs for the […]
