Every household in JK to get piped drinking water by September, 2022

100% coverage of schools and anganwadi centres to be ensured within one month
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the progress achieved under the centrally sponsored scheme ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in Jammu and Kashmir. Chairman and member of J&K Water Resources Regulatory Authority(JKWRRA), Commissioner/Secretary Jal Shakti Department and Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission and officer of the Department participated in the […]
J&K Bank commissions ATM at Aaripanthan in Beerwah
Srinagar: J&K Bank has dedicated an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to public near EBU (Easy Business Unit) at Aaripanthan, Beerwah in Budgam district. While following the COVID-19 protocols, District Development Commissioner Budgam Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza inaugurated the On-Site ATM facility at Aaripanthan in presence of Zonal Head Kashmir Central (II) Tabassum Nazir, Cluster Head Budgam […]
Family accuses man of killing his wife, demands exhumation
Srinagar: A family from Hajin Sonawara area Tuesday staged a protest demanding exhumation and post-mortem of a woman who died in the house of her in-laws at Gund Jahangir Sumbal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The family from Khumna Baharabad area of Bandipora emerged here in Press Enclave Srinagar and staged protest. “My daughter […]
Nursing home owners, GMC Anantnag Doctors warned against ‘Private Practice’
Anantnag: As more than half of doctors sanctioned for GMC Anantnag were found absent during a surprise visit officials, the authorities have warned Nursing Home owners in the south Kashmir district against allowing medical practitioner from the heath facility to practice during office hours. In a letter to the owners of the Nursing Homes, Principal […]
Covid-19: Follow all precautions: HoD Medicine GMC Jammu
Jammu: A large number of Covid patients remain asymptomatic and recover without observing any significant ailment or symptoms of the infection. All individuals are therefore expected to be skeptic about every other individual, including oneself, as carrier of Covid-19 virus, just as a precautionary measure. Still, if ever in doubt, the doctors suggest taking the […]
Apni Party demands inquiry into Flood Management Programme
Srinagar: Apni Party on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the dismal results of work done under Flood Management Programme in Kashmir division thereby putting a question mark on the efficiency and integrity of the executing agency and the concerned administrative department. A spokesman of the Party said that after the 2014 deluge a single private […]