Apiculture and Mushroom Schemes reviewed
DCTCs will be upgraded during the current year: Officials
SRINAGAR: Joint Director (Agriculture) Apiculture and Mushrooms, Farooq Ahmad Shah Thursday convened a meeting to review the Mushroom and Apiculture Schemes of Kashmir Division. Speaking on the occasion, Farooq Ahmad Shah said that Joint Directorate for Apiculture and Mushroom has been created for development of these two sectors to new heights through introduction of new […]
Former Legislator, delegation of APMC calls on Lt Guv
JAMMU: A delegation of All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) Thursday called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The members of the delegation led by its Chairman, Vinod Pandit comprising K C. Bharati and Adv. Arun Kandroo apprised the Lt Governor about various concerning issues of Kashmiri Migrant employees working under Prime […]
SDA to reserve 25% commercial space at Mechanised Parking for Women
JAMMU: The 79th meeting of the Board of Directors of Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) was Thursday chaired by Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Secretary Planning Development and Monitoring Department Simrandeep Singh; Vice Chairman Srinagar Development Authority Dr. Bashir Ahmad Lone; Chief Architect […]
Functioning of Fisheries Department reviewed
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, chaired a review meeting of Fisheries Department here Thursday. The meeting had a detailed review of implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, PMMSY besides assessing status of release of funds by the Finance Department. Pertinently, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana is an […]
Seven months on, ICDS workers and helpers denied honorarium
Tousif Raza Tangmarg: The ICDS workers and ground workers have demanded the release of their salaries which they claim have been withheld for seven months now. The workers claimed that the denial of salary has put them in a fix. “We have been without salary since the last seven months and have been subject to […]
After ten months jail inmates meet their families
Jammu: The joy of nine-year-old Mohammad Hussain knew no bounds as he accompanied his mother to meet his father lodged at a jail here, as authorities on Wednesday resumed ‘Mulaqat’ after a gap of over 10 months due to coronavirus-driven restrictions. Mulaqat’ facility allows prisoners to meet their family members. Hussain joined several other families […]
Soldier killed, 3 injured in IED blast
Srinagar: A soldier was killed and three others were injured in an IED explosion triggered by militants in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, police said. Four soldiers of an Army patrol team sustained splinter injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast inside an abandoned building of a school at Subhanpora in Kulgam district, […]
Lt Guv holds public Mulaqaat
Says government making administrative system transparent
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha Wednesday held the 4th run of LG’s Mulaqaat- Live Public Grievance Hearing here at Civil Secretariat. The move is aimed at bringing reforms in public grievance redressal mechanism making it more robust and responsive. During the two-hour long live interactive programme, the Lt Governor interacted with as many as 22 […]