Commission orders inquiry into death neonats at L D hospital
SRINAGAR: The J&K State Commission for Protection of Women & Child Rights (J&KSCPWCR), Friday took suo-moto cognizance of death of twin neonats at L D hospital Srinagar and asked an inquiry committee to find the facts. The Commission had come across reports appearing in a section of media about mishandling of cases in L D […]
Secy RDD reviews RDD projects in Kashmir, Ladakh Divisions
SRINAGAR: Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda Friday chaired a meeting to review the progress and implementation of programmes of RDD and Panchayati Raj. The meeting was attended by Director Rural Development, Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar, Director Panchayats, Muhammad Nazir Sheikh, Chief Operating Officer, Himayat, Kapil Sharma, Mission Director, Umeed, Abdul Rashid […]
78784 grievances received during Governor’s Rule in JK
SRINAGAR: Since the imposition of Governor’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir, on 20 June, 2018 till 19 July, 2019, the Grievance Cell (including Governor’s Secretariat) received 78784 complaints/grievances of which 78204 have been dealt with or forwarded to the concerned quarters for timely redressal, the state government said on Friday. It said that 580 grievances […]
457 Hajj pilgrims leave for Saudi Arabia
BUDGAM: Sixteenth batch of pilgrims consisting of 457 Hujaj Kiram, 247 male and 209 female and an infant left for Saudi Arabia in three Spice Jet Flights from Srinagar International Airport on Friday. The pilgrims were seen off at airport by District Administration Budgam, Hajj Committee Officers/Officials and other concerned.
Kifayat Rizvi appointed Honorary Gen Secy, IRCS, JK Branch
SRINAGAR: Former Commissioner-Secretary, Syed Kifayat Hussain Rizvi has been appointed as Honorary General Secretary to J&K State Branch of Indian Red Cross Society. An order to this effect was issued by the Governor, S P Malik here, who is the President of Indian Red Cross Society, J&K State Branch. As per the order, the tenure […]
Functioning of Tourism Department reviewed

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Tourism & Industries, Navin Kumar Choudhary Friday reviewed the functioning of Tourism Department, Jammu here today. He enquired about various infrastructure development projects in Jammu Province taken up under different schemes viz. PMDP, CAPEX & State Plan. Principal Secretary Tourism enquired about the measures being taken by the Department for increasing tourist […]
DPL Handwara gets J&K Bank ATM
Srinagar: Adding one more Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to its network of alternate delivery channels, J&K Bank on Thursday commissioned an ATM in District Police Lines (DPL) complex at Tutigund, Handwara. The Bank’s Zonal Head Kashmir (North), Karanjit Singh inaugurated the ATM jointly withDeputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) DPL Tutigund, Farooq Ahmad Wani in presence […]
Providing healthcare facilities

Providing healthcare facilities for the poor have been always a point of discussion in a place like Jammu and Kashmir. The state has a major chunk of population that cannot afford to spend money on availing healthcare facilities. People living in cities as well as those living in far off areas have been demanding for […]