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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 […]

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JK reports 517 new COVID cases, 5 deaths

Death toll crosses 2000

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 517 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1,31,938, while five fresh fatalities took the death toll to 2,003, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 96 were from the Jammu Division and 421 from the Kashmir Division of the union territory, they said. The officials said Srinagar […]

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Monitoring COVID trajectory

Admin to focus on districts with increased tourist footfall: CS

Jammu: Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam on Friday said the administration is consistently monitoring the COVID trajectory with a special focus on districts with an increased tourist footfall. He also said that the administration would be carrying out a fast-track vaccination drive to cover all persons in the eligible age groups in four districts […]

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Covid-19 surge: DMs asked to take call on physical classes in schools

Jammu: Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory administration has asked district magistrates to take a call on the continuation of physical classes in schools in their areas, considering students’ safety. The J&K administration issued the direction after dozens of students and teachers tested positive for […]

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JK posts 2.94 percent growth in GST collections in FY21

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 […]

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Cricket Administrator, Sports Promoter, others calls on Lt Guv

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]