1574 passengers arrive at Jammu, Srinagar Airports
JAMMU: About 15 domestic flights with 1574 passengers on board arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports on Thursday after resumption of the air services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 294 passengers aboard 6 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 9 flights with about 1280 passengers on […]
Admin initiates major project for conservation of environment
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar district administration has initiated a major environmental project around the Jhelum river. The project comprises multiple components ranging from soil and moisture conservation to plantation to environmental education in schools to research-based planning and impact assessment. This was informed in a meeting of convened here under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Srinagar […]
Covid-19 management initiatives reviewed in Anantnag
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan, Thursday convened a meeting at Civil Secretariat, Jammu to review and assess the management and initiatives being taken up to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Anantnag district. Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, K.K Sidha, SSP, Anantnag, ADC Anantnag, ACD Anantnag, Nodal Officers for Covid-19 and other district officers attended […]
Centre assures full support for evacuating JK residents stranded abroad
Jammu: The Centre has assured the Jammu and Kashmir administration of full support in evacuating the union territory residents stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown, an official spokesman said on Thursday. A repatriation flight for the J and K residents from Muscat to Srinagar has been scheduled on June 2, he said. It was […]
Transgenders in JK to get financial assistance from govt
JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded sanction to the extension of coverage of J&K Integrated Social Security Scheme (ISSS) to transgenders, by including them as beneficiaries under the Scheme. Earlier, the transgenders did not qualify for financial benefits under ISSS. However, with this […]
Six persons discharged from quarantine center test positive, probe ordered
Pulwama: District authorities here on Thursday ordered a time-bound inquiry regarding discharging six persons from a quarantine center in Tral without waiting for their test report which came out to be positive later. Official sources said that a committee headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner has been constituted with Deputy CMO and BDO Tral are its […]
Admission process in Polytechnics in JK revamped
JAMMU: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, approved the proposal of the Technical Education Department bringing in key reforms in the department. The AC accorded sanction to the change in nomenclature, structural and procedural reforms and revamping of admission process to the polytechnics. The decision […]
