Jammu and Srinagar Smart City projects: Lt Guv reviews progress
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting here to review the progress being made on the Jammu and Srinagar Smart City projects, an official spokesperson said. During the review meeting, Sinha asked the concerned functionaries to make a visible impact while working with high professionalism and clear vision, […]
Shopian village reels under darkness as transformer develops snag
Shopian: The residents of Ustad Mohalla of Sugan village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district have been reeling under darkness for the past seven days as the local transformer developed a snag, the locals said. The aggrieved residents said that they have not been provided electricity for a last seven days, as the transformer of the […]
CRPF vehicle hits and injures teenager in old city
Srinagar: A teenage boy was critically injured after being hit by a CRPF vehicle in Saida Kadal area of Srinagar on Wednesday. A relative of the boy said that Safran Ahmad (16) son of Ghulam Mohammad Kathjoo, a resident of Naidyar was critically injured when he was hit by a CRPF vehicle at Saida Kadal. […]
Altaf Bukhari threatens agitation over sand extraction contract allotments
Srinagar, Mar 17: Expressing serious concern over the shortage of construction material in J&K which has pushed almost 5 lakh people on the verge of starvation, J&K Apni Party chief Syed Muhammad Altaf Bukhari Wednesday urged the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to roll back the sand extraction order and give contracts of extraction and other […]
Four-day long workshop on Solid Waste Management inaugurated at SKICC
Ganderbal: Director Rural Sanitation Tariq Ahmad Ganaie on Wednesday inaugurated four-day workshop on Solid Waste Management at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre Srinagar. Assistant Commissioner Development Ganderbal Bilal Mukhtar, Deputy Director Rural Sanitation Aijaz Ahmad Shah, DPOs, Executive Engineers of RDD Kashmir, PRI members besides other senior officers of the Mission were present on the occasion. […]
Lt Gen Raju to be new DGMO, hands over command of XV Corps to Lt Gen Pandey
Srinagar: Lieutenant General B S Raju who will take over as the new Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) handed over the charge of the strategic XV Corps of the Army, which guards the Line of Control in Kashmir Valley, to Lt Gen D P Pandey on Wednesday. At a simple ceremony held at the […]
Development of tourist destinations admin’s top priority: Advisor Baseer Khan
Visits famous tourist hill station Patnitop
UDHAMPUR: To boost the tourism sector in the region, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Wednesday visited famous tourist hill station Patnitop and convened a meeting of officers of Patnitop Development Authority (PDA), district officers, Hotels & Restaurant Owners at JKTDC Conference Hall here. The meeting was attended by Secretary Tourism, Sarmad Hafeez; District […]
Process initiated for undertaking Skill gap study, youth aspiration survey: JKSDM
JAMMU: Mission Director J&K Skill Development Mission (JKSDM), Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah Wednesday chaired a meeting to initiate the process of devising fresh skill policy and skill roadmap for Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Director, Skill Development Department Sajad Hussain Ganai, Director (Finance), Skill Development Department Mohamad Ayub Nasir, senior staff […]
Community outreach: CUK organises activities at Babasaleh
Ganderbal: As part of its community outreach programme, the Women’s Empowerment Committee and HELD Change Programme of the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) and Middle School Babasaleh Wednesday organised a series of events at Babasaleh here to commemorate the International Women’s Day. Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir said the […]
