Transforming J&K: JK witnessing golden era of sports revolution: Officials
Players bag 72 Gold, 90 silver, 145 bronze medals in 2020-21
SRINAGAR: Giving a huge impetus to overall sports ecosystem across Jammu and Kashmir, the UT dispensation has completed 347 prestigious sports infrastructure projects out of a total of 1080 taken up under different schemes. These projects would encourage sports participation among youth who possess immense sports potential with many players from the UT representing the […]
Safe banking practices: HDFC Bank concludes second round of ‘Mooh Band Rakho campaign
Mumbai: HDFC Bank concluded the second edition of its “Mooh Band Rakho” campaign, which created history by spreading awareness on safe banking practices among more than 100 million Indians, through print and digital media. In November 2021, the second edition of the campaign was launched which involved a 360-degree consumer education program on cyber frauds […]
23,000 fine imposed on FBOs at Ganderbal
GANDERBAL: The Court of Adjudicating Officer, Additional District Magistrate Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba Thursday imposed a fine of Rs 23,000 on Food Business Operators (FBOs) including manufacturers, wholesale dealers and retailers for violating the Sec.51 and 52 of FSS Act-2006. The fine was imposed on the erring traders (for miss branded and sub standard food) […]
Budget 2022-23: Highest allocation of Rs 11,832 crore made for education department, say Officials
500 Kindergartens will be established in government schools for increasing enrollment
JAMMU: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has introduced major changes in the education sector with path-breaking decisions to ensure quality, equity, accessibility, accountability and affordability in the system, officials said. The department of School Education has achieved landmark strides so far by effectively implementing all schemes and projects envisaging a notable improvement in the […]
J&K Bank warmly farewells its top management functionaries
SRINAGAR: J&K Bank gave a warm send off to its two top management functionaries Sunil Gupta and Karanjit Singh, who superannuated yesterday as the Bank’s Executive President and President respectively, after serving the institution for around three-and-half decades in different capacities and situations. Sunil Gupta was heading various portfolios that primarily included IT and Government […]
Three mutton shops, one restaurant sealed in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: The Enforcement squad of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Department Friday sealed three mutton shops at different places of Srinagar after they were found selling mutton at very high rates other than fixed by the Govt and one Restaurant was also sealed for violation of the Essential Commodities Act. The action against […]
HRD ministry adjudges HDFC bank as best performer in SHG linkage
Mumbai: HDFC Bank has been adjudged Best Performing Bank in SHG Linkage by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India, a statement issued by the bank said. At a function organized in New Delhi, the award was presented by Giriraj Singh, Minister of Rural Development to K Venkatesh, Head […]
Dairy farming proving lucrative, viable economic activity for youth
GANDERBAL: Sajid Bashir Shah of district Ganderbal was among the educated unemployed youth of J&K, with a MBA degree in hand. He always had an eye for business after finding it futile to run after the government jobs. He once visited the veterinary campus Ganderbal to obtain first hand information about the scopes of dairy […]
J&K Bank signs MoU with SKIMS for digital payment system
SRINAGAR: As part of its strategic drive towards digitalization of banking services, J&K Bank signed MoU with the valley’s premier healthcare institute SKIMS. The MoU for starting an online payment system was signed between the Bank and SKIMS during an important event organised to integrate the Hospital Information Systems (HIS) of SKIMS with Ayushman Bharat […]
Navin Choudhary reviews action plans for CSSs
Calls for enhanced publicity of animal, sheep husbandry initiatives
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Animal & Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Friday chaired a meeting to discuss proposed action plans for all Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Central Sector Schemes for the year 2022-23. Officers from all line departments presented detailed description about their respective action plans for the upcoming financial year through a […]