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 […]
42kgs of Charas recovered from house in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that 42Kgs of Charas were recovered from a residential house at Bonpora, Tukhan in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “On specific information, a Police Party headed by SDPO Bijbehara along with Executive Magistrate Bijbehara raided a residential house of Bilal Ahmed Dar at Bonpora, Tulkhan. During searches, officers were able to […]
WhatsApp delays new privacy policy by three months
Houston: WhatsApp announced delaying by three months the implementation of a new privacy policy that has faced massive backlash with tens of millions of its users moving from the platform to rivals like Signal and Telegram. The policy change was originally scheduled to come into effect on February 8, the Facebook-owned company said. It has […]
JK, Ladakh set to start Covid-19 vaccine drive today
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh is all set to kick-start the Covid-19 vaccination drive today, officials said. Commissioner Health and Medical Education Atal Dulloo (IAS) said they have received almost 1.46 lakh Covishield doses of covid-19 vaccine for Jammu and Kashmir out of which almost 75,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for Kashmir division. “There […]
Govt actively pursuing GI registration of new crafts: Dwivedi
JAMMU: Following the registration of seven world-famous handicrafts of Jammu & Kashmir under Geographical Indication of Goods (GI) Act, the Government is now actively pursuing GI registration of five more crafts for quality assurance so that their marketing in the national and international market receives considerable fillip. This information was given out in a meeting […]
35 MNCs, local industries participate in mega job fair
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Friday inaugurated mega job fair organised by Government Polytechnic Bikram Chowk, Jammu. The event, which was attended by more than 1200 students of Polytechnic/ITI, was participated by about 35 Multi-National companies and local industries to hire the Diploma Polytechnic and ITI students. Director Skill Development, […]
Kansal calls for safety of line workers
Stresses need to follow SOPs, use PPEs
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Power Development Department and Information, Rohit Kansal, Friday convened a meeting of senior officers to discuss safety issues of field workers of the department. Kansal said that safety of field workers including daily wagers engaged in operation and maintenance of power stations and lines is government’s prime priority. He observed that a […]