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Director Agriculture visits SMF Gangbugh

Inspects different blocks of farm, takes stock of different activities

SRINAGAR: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal  visited Seed Multiplication Farm (SMF) Gangbugh and inspected different blocks of the farm besides taking stock of different Agriculture activities. While interacting with the staff and technical experts of Gangbugh Farm, the Director said that the Department has started an initiative and is endeavouring to optimize the […]

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Awareness/, Enrollment camp for PWD voters under SVEEP held

KUPWARA: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, the Electoral Registration Officer (AC-05) Handwara  organized a mega Awareness-cum-Enrolment Camp, under Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP), for specially-abled persons at Environment Hall Handwara. Tehsildar Handwara, Tehsil Social Welfare Officer Handwara, District Election Trainer, Election Staff, besides, a large gathering of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) […]

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VBSY covers 22 more Panchayats in Kupwara

Mega Event held at Panchayat Halqa Magam B

KUPWARA: The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) continues in frontier Kupwara district with massive public participation. 22 Panchayats of Magam, Nutnoosa and Handwara blocks were covered under VBSY. With this, 217 Panchayats of the district have been covered till date under the campaign in which more than 70,000 people have participated. A mega event of […]

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Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra continues in full swing at Kulgam

09 Panchayats of block Qaimoo, Kulgam covered on day-13

KULGAM: The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) continued in full swing in Kulgam district on Thursday and reached 09 more Panchayats of Blocks of Kulgam district. These 09 Panchayats include Wangund, Khudwani, Rehpora, Wanpora, Aamnoo, Chekpora, Laroo, Awgam and Shurat. The venues presented a festive look with colourful cultural events besides presentation of success stories […]

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NABARD sponsored Skill Training concludes at RSETI Shopian

30 Specially-abled candidates completed skill training on tailoring

SHOPIAN: Under NABARDs Skill Development scheme, 30 specially-abled candidates from Shopian completed their one month on-site skill training programme on tailoring at Zainpora. The training was conducted by Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) Shopian. The valediction ceremony was held at RSETI Shopian in which the District Development Manager NABARD, Rouf Zargar was invited as […]

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Two-day mega Job Fair organised at Boniyar B’la

BARAMULLA: In a groundbreaking collaboration between the District Employment and Counseling Centre (DE&CC/MCC) Baramulla and the Dagger Division of the Indian Army, a two-day Mega Job Fair was inaugurated at NOU JAWAAN Club Boniyar. The event, graced by Gen Rajesh Sethi, GOC of Dagger Division, and Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Baramulla Aijaz Abdullah Sharaf, […]

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Cold condition intensify in Kashmir, night temperature below freezing point

Srinagar: The minimum temperature across Kashmir settled below the freezing point as the cold conditions intensified in the valley, officials said on Wednesday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2 degrees Celsius, down from minus 1.4 degrees Celsius the previous night, they said. Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag […]

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Lok Sabha passes JK Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill

Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill also gets nod

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to the legislative assembly. The House also passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to change […]

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CS asks traffic Department to enhance vigil on roads

Directs for framing comprehensive strategy to minimize road fatalities

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Wednesday while discussing the traffic scenario and its effective management in the UT with the concerned authorities made out that it should be the duty of every traffic cop to man the road for better traffic management in the UT. The Chief Secretary further maintained that the city roads and […]

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The climate change we caused is here to stay

The climate change we caused is here to stay

By:  Jan Zalasiewicz, Colin Waters, Jens Zinke and Mark Williams In February 2000, Paul Crutzen rose to speak at the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme in Mexico. And when he spoke, people took notice. He was then one of the world’s most cited scientists, a Nobel laureate working on huge-scale problems the ozone hole, the effects of […]