Blood can’t be manufactured – it can be only donated!
The lack of availability of a matching blood group at the local blood bank and the tears of despair and helplessness of a woman, in need of blood for her husband, undergoing an emergency surgery is still fresh in my mind. The sigh of relief she felt when she got a blood donor. And a […]
Editorial: New faces new approach
Srinagar: Governing a state like Jammu and Kashmir is an uphill task. Not because of some unusual traits of the state but due to the lack of political stability in the state. The state continues to miss out on governance front as the region stands no chance of being calculated as a developed region when […]
‘Need of keeping liabilities under check, avoid unwarranted fiscal liabilities’
Jammu: Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu has stressed the need for keeping liabilities under check and to ensure that the projects are taken up in consonance with the resource allocations to avoid unwarranted fiscal liabilities. This was stated by the Finance Minister while chairing a meeting to discuss the expenditure and […]
Govt to cover all districts under RSBY health insurance scheme: Minister
Jammu: Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat informed that the government would cover all the districts of the state under prestigious Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). “With the implementation of the scheme in the remaining districts, the BPL families and senior citizens would also be able to avail the benefit of health […]
Adhere strictly to quality norms in dev works: Minister to Officers
Jammu: Emphasizing expeditious completion of all development works to extend timely benefit to the people, Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander Parkash Ganga today exhorted upon the officers to keep a close and constant monitoring on the works and ensure that quality norms are strictly adhered to while executing the development projects. “The government is […]
Div Com directs strengthening mobile network in Gurez, Tulail
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir today directed the district administration Bandipora and mobile operators to work in tandem so that all the network connectivity issues faced by people in flung areas of Gurez and Tulail are addressed at the earliest. The Div Com was chairing a meeting with representatives of telecom operators including BSNL, JIO, Airtel, […]
Awareness camp for sheep breeders held
Shopian: Sheep Husbandry department organised a daylong awareness camp for sheep breeders at Keller. During the workshop, it was revealed that the sheep population in district Shopian has reached to 1.80 lakh. Simultaneously, the number of cross-breed sheep has risen to 1.34 lakh. The mutton production in the district has shown improvement and it has […]
KVIC office bearers to get salary hike
New Delhi: The new year would be merrier for the employees working in Khadi industries as the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has decided to increase their salary by linking it with the sales performance of each unit starting from January 1. The hike in renumeration of the secretaries and chairman of KVIC was approved […]
JK govt to cover all districts under RSBY
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government would cover all 22 districts of the state under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), a health insurance scheme for the poor, Health minister Bali Bhagat said today. The scheme was initially launched by the Centre in two districts — Jammu and Srinagar — in December 2011 on pilot basis […]
Fin Min reviews expenditure, liability position of key departments
JAMMU: Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment, Dr Haseeb Drabu has stressed the need for keeping liabilities under check and to ensure that the projects are taken up in consonance with the resource allocations to avoid unwarranted fiscal liabilities. This was stated by the Finance Minister while chairing a meeting to discuss the expenditure and […]