DPC approves 529 CR annual Plan for Bandipore
65% funds to be spent on JJM, PMGSY works
BANDIPORA: A Plan allocation of Rs 529.88 crore including Rs 56 Crores under UT component, Rs 444.00 Crore under Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Rs 28 Crore as loan component for District Bandipora has been approved for the financial year 2021-22 at the District Development Council Meeting that was chaired by Chairman DDC, Abdul Gani Bhat. […]
Grenade attack on police party in Samba, no loss of life
Jammu: Suspected militants carried out a grenade attack on a police party in Samba district of Jammu division but there was no report of any casualty, officials said on Wednesday. A grenade was hurled by unidentified persons at a police party which was engaged in checking vehicles at Nad on Samba-Udhampur road around 10 pm […]
CUK to organise motivational lectures, online quiz competition
Ganderbal: Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir Tuesday said the university will organise motivational lectures and weeklong online extracurricular activities including online quiz and debate competitions for the students to de-stress them. “Covid-19 pandemic has caused lot of anxiety and stress among the students who have been confined to […]
NGO provides Immunity boosters to red zone Area residents in Mehjoor Nagar
Srinagar: ‘We Volunteers’ an NGO in association with Ansar Ul Masakeen organised a day long awareness campaign in Mehjoor Nagar on Monday. The aim of the programme was to create awareness among the residents of the area which has been declared as a ‘Red Zone’. The organizers also distributed Immunity Booster kits among the locals. […]
NGO distributes food Parcel among needy at Tangmarg
Tangmarg: ‘Orphans in Need’, an NGO embarked upon reaching out to the masses living on the margins and distributed food kids among widows in the Gulmarg sub division of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a handout issued by the organization said. It said that the initiative was aimed at reaching to the needy people at this […]
Kashmir has 23500 lpm Oxygen generation capacity: Officials
‘2100-2300 bulk cylinders at the disposal of hospitals’
SRINAGAR: After the onset of 2nd wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the hospitals associated with covid-care in Kashmir have witnessed a steep rise in requirement of medical oxygen as more number of patients who have tested Covid-19 positive are turning up to the hospitals after their saturation level decreases in home isolation. To give an information […]
Webinar on Pashmina concludes
Experts give their views on issues, prospects
SRINAGAR: As part of the webinar series on Pashmina and its future prospects, second edition of the webinar was held today in which domain experts, stakeholder, departmental representatives and INTACH, J&K joined the session. The session began with the introductory remarks of Director Handicrafts & Handloom Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah, who gave the present status […]