Navin Choudhary chairs State Seed Sub Committee meeting

Approves creation of J&K Organic Products Certification Agency

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary on Thursday chaired a meeting of State Seed Sub Committee at Civil Secretariat Srinagar regarding the formulation of nodal agency for certification of organic products in J&K. After threadbare discussion over the need for creation of certification agency for organic products, Principal Secretary […]

Smart City project: Div Com Jammu orders creation of green spaces

JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Dr Raghav Langer Thursday directed the forest department and other line departments to identify vacant spaces in Jammu City to develop these into green patches. He was chairing a meeting of concerned departments to review their action plans for Plantation of trees under Jammu Smart City Project. The meeting was attended […]

Govt notifies names of Sarpanches, Panches in JK

JAMMU: The government of Jammu and Kashmir has notified the names of Sarpanches and Panches in Halqa Panchayats of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order to this effect was issued which reads, “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 4 of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, […]

Arrangements to control Covid-19 infection reviewed at Pulwama

PULWAMA: Amid surge in number of positive cases, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary Thursday convened a meeting to review the arrangements put in place to contain Covid-19 infection in the district. The meeting was informed about the preventive measures taken in this regard by the Health Department in the district. Speaking […]

High Court puts physical hearing of cases in abeyance

SRINAGAR: In compliance of the order issued by High Court of J&K, the physical hearing of the cases has been kept in abeyance for the time being and the hearing of the cases in the district and subordinate courts shall be conducted through virtual mode till 18 April, 2021. However, as per an official statement […]

DHSK disengages all contractual employees

Srinagar: Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) Thursday issued a circular, disengaging all the contractual appointees, who were hired by the department in wake of extraordinary situation that had arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year. In a circular, Director Health Services Kashmir directed all the Chief Medical Officers (CMO), Medical Superintendents and other […]

Fire in Kulgam village renders six families homeless

Kulgam: At least six families were rendered homeless after a devastating fire incident turned their residential houses into ashes in Damhal Hanjipora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursay morning. Tehsildar Damhal Hanjipora, Niyaz Ahmad Bhat said that the residential houses belonging to six brothers at Watigam were reduced to ashes after massive fire […]

Teenager killed in Srinagar road mishap, another injured

Srinagar: A 17-year-old youth was killed while another one was critically injured in a road accident that took place near GB Panth hospital in Sonwar area of Srinagar on Thursday morning. An official said that two persons were critically in a road accident near GB Panth hospital today morning and one of them died on […]

DC Srinagar reviews progress of Jal Jeevan Mission

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Thursday reviewed the progress of works under Jal Jeevan Mission with an aim to expedite the pace of ongoing works. The meeting was attended by Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Joint Director Planning, Superintendent Engineers of R&B, Superintendent Engineer Hydrualic, Circle Srinagar, Chief Agriculture Officer, Chief […]