DC Kulgam reviews implementation of self-employment schemes
KULGAM: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Athar Aamir Khan conducted a comprehensive review of the progress made in implementation of self-employment generation schemes in the district. During the meeting, DC took stock of the existing employment schemes being implemented by different departments in the district including DIC, Employment, JKEDI, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Handloom, […]
DC Bandipora reviews District CAPEX Budget
Directs Officers to focus on high social impact projects, timely execution BANDIPORA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora Manzoor Ahmad Qadri on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the progress of District CAPEX Budget 2024-25 and preparations for the formulation of District CAPEX budget 2025-26. During the meeting, DC reviewed sector wise financial and physical progress under […]
DDC Kupwara chairs DLRC meeting
Emphasizes on mass awareness of schemes, financial inclusion and employment generation KUPWARA: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Ayushi Sudan, chaired the meeting of District Level Review Committee (DLRC) here to review the performance of line departments and banks with regard to saturation of different government schemes in the district. Addressing the meeting, DDC emphasized upon […]
Missing woman’s body recovered from Madumati stream in north Kashmir’s Bandipora
Srinagar: The dead body of a woman, who was missing since yesterday, has been recovered from Madumati stream in Sonarwani area of Bandipora district on Tuesday, officials said. An official said that the body was found behind the BSF camp in Sonarwani The woman has been identified as Jani Begum (30) wife of Nawab Chowan […]
Youth injured in Bijbehara road mishap succumbs
Anantnag: The death toll in the Bijbehara accident rose to two as the budding cricketer who had sustained critical injuries succumbed on Tuesday. An official said that cricketer Jasif Hassan, son of Ghulam Hassan Dar of Sangam was rushed to GMC Anantnag in a critical condition last evening. Despite efforts by doctors to save him, […]
Advisor to CM meets delegations, individuals; assures prompt action on genuine concerns

SRINAGAR: Continuing government’s commitment to resolve issues of general public, Advisor to Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani, met various delegations and individuals at Chief Minister’s Public Service and Outreach Office, Gupkar here today. The JK Government Employees Joint Consultative Committee led by its Chairman, Aijaz Khan, called on the Advisor and highlighted various issues confronted […]
Police arrested three drug peddlers in Sopore
Srinagar: Police in north Kashmir’s Sopore arrested three drug peddlers and recovered psychotropic substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that a police party at Tarzoo Sopore at a checkpoint established at Krankshivan Colony, intercepted a vehicle (Omni) bearing registration number JK05F-5796 with three persons on board. They have been identified […]
Police attaches property of notorious drug peddler in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police in Anantnag have attached property of a notorious drug peddler under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, further intensifying its crackdown on the drug menace in the district, a police spokesman said Monday. He said that a double-storeyed residential house built over five marlas of land and owned by Peer Iftikar […]
Family of former BJP MLA Devender Rana meets Union HM
Jammu: The family of former BJP legislator Devender Singh Rana on Monday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Raj Bhawan here, an official said. Rana, 59, passed away at a private hospital in Haryana’s Faridabad in October last year after a prolonged illness, a few weeks after he won Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls […]
Man arrested with 2 kg Ganja, illegal weapon in Jammu
Jammu: Police on Monday arrested a suspected criminal during a routine patrol in Jammu district and seized 2 kg of ganja and an illegal weapon from his possession, officials said. Bhuvan Prasad Kewat, a native of Chhattisgarh, was travelling to Bhagatpur via Ring Road when he tried to flee after seeing the police, but the […]