Div Com calls for time bound issuance of NOCs to private schools

SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole Saturday chaired a meeting with representatives of Private Schools of Kashmir. The meeting, among others was attended by Director School Education Kashmir, Director Social Welfare, CE R&B, CE PHE, Deputy Labour Commissioner Kashmir, Joint Secretary JK BOSE, SSP Traffic Rural, representative of private schools and other concerned. […]

State Level Committee meeting held, subsidy claims cleared

JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Industries &Commerce Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, chaired meetings of State Level committees for sanctioning of subsidy cases under the Central Package of Incentives and sanctioning of 30% Central Capital Investment Incentive for Access to Credit (CCIIAC) respectively under Industrial Development Scheme (IDS) here today. The Committees sanctioned cases of 100% Insurance Subsidy, […]

Advisor Baseer Khan to hear public grievances

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, will convene a public hearing at Grievance Cell, Church Lane, Srinagar on January 18 (Monday) from 11:30 am onwards. The public deputations and individuals, who want to bring their grievances and demands into the notice of Government, can meet the Advisor at the said venue. It is […]

Director Agriculture reviews flagship programs

SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Muhammad Iqbal Chowdhary Saturday convened a meeting here to review implementation of flagship programmes under agriculture sector. The Director on the occasion reviewed submission of DPRs on Micro Food Processing Enterprise Scheme (FME), Self Help Groups, progress on Farm Produce Organizations (FPOs), status of DBT in respect of CSS/Capex, Machinery distributed […]

JKDIPR employees condole demise

SRINAGAR: The employees of Jammu and Kashmir Department of Information and Public Relations (JKDIPR) have expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of the sister of Mohammad Iqbal Hajam, an official of the department. In this connection, a condolence meeting was held under the Chairmanship of the Joint Director Information, Kashmir, at Joint Director Information […]

Five militant associates held in Tral

Srinagar: Five alleged militant associates were arrested for pasting threat posters in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said on Saturday. Threat posters of a militant outfit were found pasted in Seer and Batagund villages of Tral area of the south Kashmir district, a police spokesman said. Accordingly, a case was registered and a police […]

Police officer dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest

Srinagar: A police officer died of cardio-pulmonary arrest here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Police sources said that an Assistant Sub-Inspector, posted at Shergari Police Station was shifted to SMHS Hospital after he complained of chest pain. The police officer died in the hospital while the cause of his death is attributed to cardio-pulmonary arrest. The […]

Involve community for fire safety: DG Fire Services

Far flung villages to be equipped with Fire Extinguishers: Div Com

SRINAGAR: A webinar on Fire Safety Measures in Winter was jointly organised by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Institution of Engineers (India) J&K State Centre, Srinagar in collaboration with J&K Fire and Emergency Services, SDRF, Divisional Administration Kashmir and State Emergency Operation Centre. The webinar was inaugurated by Dr. B. Srinivas, Director General, Fire […]

Two sustain injuries as load carrier rolls into Jhelum

Bandipora: Two persons were injured after a load carrier they were travelling in plunged into a river Jhelum near Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Reports said that a Bandipora -bound Tata mobile bearing registration number (JK15A 5193) met with an accident after the driver purportedly lost control over the vehicle near Prang […]