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Advisor Baseer Khan inaugurates Sonamarg winter festival

Event witnesses participation of hundreds of tourists, locals

GANDERBAL: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday inaugurated one-day Sonamarg winter festival that witnessed the participation of hundreds of locals and tourists. During the festival, various colourful activities and cultural programmes were performed. During the day-long event various snow sports activities including skiing, snow sledge, snow biking, etc. were held in which athletes […]

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Principal Secy to LG reviews Srinagar Smart City Projects

Directs for transforming Srinagar city into an advanced city

SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Nitishwar Kumar on Thursday chaired a meeting with the concerned officers of Srinagar Smart City projects to review its progress here at the Raj Bhavan. At the outset, the Principal Secretary sought the latest status of the progress in implementation of projects under Srinagar Smart City programme. He said […]

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Advisor Bhatnagar conducts surprise inspection of GHSS Chandi Lora, CHC Gulmarg

BARAMULLA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar Thursday conducted surprise inspections of Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Chandi Lora, Tangmarg and CHC Gulmarg and took stock of the infrastructure at the institute and facilities provided by the health centre to the public. The Advisor was accompanied by senior officials of school education department and […]

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Implementation of transfer of funds to Municipal Bodies reviewed

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Dheeraj Gupta, Thursday reviewed implementation of transfer of funds, functions and functionaries to various Municipal Bodies of the Union Territory including Jammu Municipal Corporation, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Urban Local Bodies, Jammu and Kashmir. It was informed that seven departments have issued orders in pursuance to the […]

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Security situation in JK has improved: Army Chief

Security situation in JK has improved: Army Chief

Says Pak-sponsored terror threat remains

New Delhi: Army chief Gen M M Naravane Wednesday said that there is “definitely a great improvement” in the internal security situation in Jammu and Kashmir but Pakistan-promoted terror still remains a threat. He said Pakistan is committed to the strategy of supporting militancy in all its forms as militant launch pads continue to be […]

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Bird flu confirmed in ten districts in JK

No case of bird flu reported in poultry: Official

Srinagar: The cases of Avian Influenza (H5N8), popularly known as Bird flu have been reported in 10 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, however, no case has been reported among poultry birds as of now. Officials said that the first cases of bird flu among dead crows were reported from Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Budgam on […]

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Covid surge: Centre rushes high level teams to JK, other states

New Delhi: The Centre has deputed multi-disciplinary teams to states witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases, including Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, to support them in effectively tackling the pandemic. The three member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said. […]

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Govt agrees to 19% fare hike as transporters call off strike

Srinagar: All Jammu and Kashmir Transporters Welfare Committee – an amalgam of various transport associations— on Wednesday called off its indefinite strike in J&K. General Secretary, Kashmir Welfare Transporters Association, Sheikh Muhammad Yusuf, told that the decision to call of the strike was taken after government decided to increase fare by 19%. The decision, he […]

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Chopper carrying Govt officials makes emergency landing

Jammu: A chopper carrying government officials including a Secretary rank officer made an emergency landing in Reasi after some technical snag. An official said that a Pawan Hans chopper made an emergency landing at Jyotipuram area of Reasi. He said that the chopper, carrying Sheetal Nanda, Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj J&K, was going […]

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PSC to maintain confidential reserve list of CCE

Says only JK domiciles can sit for exams

Srinagar: From now onwards, the Jammu & Kashmir Public Service(JKPSC) would maintain a confidential reserve list of candidates below the last recommended candidate under each category in the combined competitive examination (CCE). The Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday evening amended the rules governing combined competitive examination (CCE), which is conducted annually by the PSC to […]