Minister reviews progress of Diary Village project
Minister for Animal, Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Abdul Ghani Kohli today reviewed the progress made in the implementation of Dairy village project here at a meeting of senior functionaries of the concerned department. The project, in its pilot phase, envisages setting up five dairy villages under Doodh Yojana Scheme to promote dairy farming on modern […]
Gold Purity Testing Machine installed at LMD Jammu
Terming Consumer Protection as top priority of Government, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today said that there will be no compromise on safeguarding Consumer Rights in the state and those found involved in unfair trade practices will be dealt sternly. The Minister was addressing representatives of Sarafa Association, […]
Minister for developing Gulmarg as prime tourist destination
Minister for Horticulture, Syed Basharat Bukhari, today visited Gulmarg to review pace of various development works undertaken by different departments there and to interact with people associated with tourism sector to promote the skiing destination as prime tourist place. Legislator Mohammad Abbas Wani also accompanied the Minister during the visit. On the occasion, Bukhari took […]
Vietnamese tour operators on a FAM tour to promote Kashmir
A group of leading Vietnamese tour operators today arrived in Kashmir on a 5-days familiarity tour to promote Kashmir’s unmatched beauty and landscape. The tour operators are in Valley to get familiar with beauty, language, art, craft, people, food and cuisines of Kashmir to promote it among the foreign as an option to other Indian […]
FM pitches for channelizing more investment in medical research
Minister for Finance, Labour and Employment, Dr Haseeb A Drabu, today addressed concluding session of 2nd J&K Medical Sciences Congress-2017 and first Annual Conference of MP-PCOS here and highlighted the need for quality research to harness the potential of young scholars for overall development of medical sciences in the State. While addressing the valedictory […]
Army to rename its Goodwill School to honour Lt Ummer
Army Saturday said that as a mark of solidarity with the bereaved family of Lt Ummer Fayaz, who was killed by gunmen on 10 May while on leave, Victor Force Commander Maj Gen B S Raju along with DC and SP Kulgam and other officials from Army, Police and Civil Administration visited the home […]
Farooq, Omar express grief over deaths
National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Working President Mr Omar Abdullah today condemned continued shelling from across the border in Naushehra and Manjakote sectors along Line of Control and expressed deep grief and anguish over the deaths of civilians in forward areas. The President and the Working President prayed for peace to the departed […]
Govt to weed out frivolous litigations, ensure timely justice: Minister
The State’s Law department will soon have a special cell to look into the frivolous litigations in courts so as to withdraw these for providing timely justice to the aggrieved persons. This was stated by the Minister for Law and Justice Abdul Haq during his interaction with the Government Lawyers at Advocate General’s Office today. […]
Centre needs to change its outlook towards JK: Nayeem Khan
Senior Hurriyat leader and Jammu Kashmir National Front chairman, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, on Saturday, said that unless New Delhi changes its outlook, there can be no ending to the bloodshed in Kashmir. While addressing a meeting of party workers, Nayeem Khan said that Centre is using its local collaborators to suppress the voices in the […]
BJP trying to divide us, says Gujjar-Bakerwal leaders
Gujjar and Bakerwal Students Association Saturday alleged that BJP is dividing people in the state. Youth leaders Zahid Parwaz Choudhary and Choudhary Fayaz Karnahi said, “We appeal to BJP to not divide us. We are one and will remain one in future too. We are being evicted by BJP leaders from our respective lands where […]