Afforestation drives under Green India Mission reviewed
Five lakh trees to be planted in Jammu, Srinagar
JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Forests, Ecology and Environment, Sanjeev Verma Saturday chaired an inter-departmental meeting to review afforestation drives under Green India Mission, at the Civil Secretariat here. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Dr Mohit Gera; Director Social Forestry, Dr Neelu Gera; Director Higher Education, Dr MY Peerzada; ADC Jammu, Satish Kumar Sharma; Joint Director Education […]
JK posts 2.94 percent growth in GST collections in FY21

Jammu: The gross GST revenue collections including settlement for the financial year 2020-21 in Jammu and Kashmir stood at Rs 4,890.35 crore as against Rs 4,750.60 crore in the previous year, registering a growth of 2.94 per cent, officials said on Friday. The growth in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue collections was posted […]
Cricket Administrator, Sports Promoter, others calls on Lt Guv

JAMMU: Cricket Administrator and Sports Promoter, Ranjeet Kalra called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here Friday and briefed him about the activities being undertaken to foster the sports culture in the Union Territory. Kalra who also serves as a Co-Chairman of Sports Council of Central University of Jammu and is the […]
Former Minister, delegation of elected representative’s call on Lt Guv
JAMMU: Former Minister, Sukhnandan Choudhary Friday called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. Sukhnandan Choudhary apprised the Lt Governor regarding various issues of the farming community and discussed with him the issues related to desilting of irrigation canals, provision of fertilizer, and augmenting power supply in rural areas. Meanwhile, a delegation of […]
KU observes World Autism Awareness Day
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Friday organised a programme to observe the World Autism Awareness Day. Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad presided over the day-long event, organised by the varsity’s Department of Social Work (DoSW) in collaboration with Learning Edge, Centre for Autism and Early Intervention. In his presidential address, Prof Talat called for doing […]
Govt constitutes committee to resolve seniority issues of employees
Srinagar: The Lieutenant Governor-led dispensation has on Friday granted assent to the constitution of a committee to resolve issues vis-à-vis seniority of employees appointed under Prime Minister’s Special Package in different departments in Jammu and Kashmir. The Administrative Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction will act as Chairman and Administrative Secretary, Department […]
Three dead bodies recovered in Jammu
Jammu: Three bodies including that of a woman were recovered in two separate incidents in Jammu district on Friday morning, officials said here. They said that bodies of a woman and a man were recovered from Phalian Mandal area of Jammu today morning. They said that both the bodies were shifted to a hospital. Similarly, […]