Workshop on natural dyeing at IICT Campus inaugurated
SRINAGAR: The Director Handicrafts and Handloom (H&H) department Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah inaugurated a 3- day awareness workshop cum training Programme on Natural Dyeing at the campus of Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT) Baghi Ali Mardan Khan, Nowshera here. The workshop cum training programme will be conducted under the expert guidance of one of […]
Admin directs secretaries to strictly adhere to transfer policy
Asks them to discourage premature transfers
Srinagar: The administration has directed administrative secretaries to strictly adhere to transfer policy and discourage premature transfers. Officials said that these directions were passed to administrative secretaries of the UT during a meeting chaired by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on May 31 at civil secretariat Srinagar. “All administrative secretaries were advised to strictly adhere to […]
JK reports 428 new Covid-19 cases, seven deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 428 new covid-19 cases, 36 of them travelers, while seven persons succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said 148 cases from reported Jammu Division and 280 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total count to 312584. Regarding the fatalities, they said, there were […]
Govt lists phone numbers for people to request help
Srinagar: Government on Tuesday issued five dedicated telephone numbers for the general public for reaching out to the Administrative Secretaries and other officers of the departments for registration of “requests” by team of dedicated officials allocated for this purpose. The telephone numbers are: 0194-2506144; 0194-2500115; 0194-2506102; 0194-2506111 and 0194-2506112. “General public is hereby informed that […]
Leopard kills 22 sheep in Kunzer Baramulla
Baramulla: A leopard killed at least 22 sheep and injured four others in Kunzer area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, locals said on Tuesday. Reports said that the sheep belonging to Mehraj Din Reshi were killed in Rembalpora village of Kunzer last night. “This morning when I went to animal shed to feed them, I […]
Top LeT commander among 3 militants killed, Soldier injured in Sopore
Srinagar: A top Lashker-e-Toiba commander was among three militants killed and a soldier was injured in an overnight gunfight in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla distric, officials said on Monday. “During the intervening night of June 20 and 21, acting on a specific information generated by Sopore Police about presence of (militants) in Gundibrath […]
