Advisor Bhatnagar chairs joint BoDs meeting of JKHC, JKHDC
Calls upon officers to optimally use corporation’s resources
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, RR Bhatnagar Thursday chaired the 4th Joint Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting of J&K Handicrafts (S&E) Corporation (JKHC) and J&K Handloom Development Corporation (JKHDC) at Civil Secretariat here. Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce Department, Ranjan Prakash Thakur; Managing Director J&K Handloom & Handicrafts Corporation, Hashmat Ali Yatoo; Director Handicrafts and […]
Police arrests three drug peddlers in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police in Anantnag arrested three drug peddlers and recovered contraband substance from their possession, a police spokesman said Thursday. He said that police at a checkpoint established at Uranhall Bijbehara intercepted three persons identified as Fayaz Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Rashid Dar resident of Subhanpora Qaimoh, Mohammad Asif Bhat son of Mohammad Khaleel […]
Two BJP leaders arrested for extortion
Srinagar: Two BJP leaders were arrested in north Kashmir’s Bandipora on Thursday for allegedly extorting money from a woman in order to get her brother out of jail, officials said. They identified the arrested men as BJP’s Bandipora district president Abdul Rehman Tikri and sarpanch Mushtaq Ahmad. The woman, in her complaint, alleged that she […]
Registrar Cooperative Societies visits Budgam
Assesses working of different Cooperative institutions
BUDGAM: The Registrar Cooperative Societies J&K, Shafqat Iqbal Thursday visited Budgam to have an assessment of working of different Cooperative Institutions in the district and to review the status of ongoing Construction work of District Cooperative Consumer Store Budgam. The Registrar Cooperative Societies J&K visited Gousia Cooperative Educational Institution Panzan Chadoora, where he was informed […]
500 kWp capacity Rooftop Solar Power Plant inaugurated
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Science & Technology (S&T) Department, Alok Kumar Thursday inaugurated 500 kWp capacity Grid Connected Rooftop Solar Power Plant at Maulana Azad Memorial (MAM) College here. The Rooftop Solar Project at MAM College has been executed at a total project cost of Rs 2.75 crores which will generate a minimum of 7 lakh […]
Liabilities of MGNREGA: RDD&PR refutes news item
JAMMU: Reacting to a news item carried by a local daily, mentioning that over Rs 200 cr liabilities of MGNREGA are pending for 2016-17, 2017-18, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RDD&PR) of J&K government clarified that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA) scheme mainly focuses upon wage employment for unskilled manual work. […]
Progress on Plan Formulation 2022-23 under SAMAGRA SHIKSHA reviewed
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, School Education Department (SED), B.K Singh Thursday chaired a meeting to review the progress on Plan Formulation under SAMAGRA SHIKSHA, for the year 2022-23 at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by the Director Samagra Shiksha, Deep Raj; Director School Education Jammu, Ravi Shanker Sharma; Director School Education Kashmir, Tassaduq Hussain; […]
Govt committed to welfare of minorities in JK: Syed Shahezadi
SRINAGAR: Syed Shahezadi, Officiating Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities Thursday said that the Union Government in committed to the welfare and progress of the minority communities in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference at Srinagar, Syed Shahezadi said that the government is providing special focus to the overall development of Jammu and […]
DC Srinagar holds Public grievance redressal camp at Sanat Nagar
SRINAGAR: To listen to the public issues, grievances at their door steps and to ensure on spot resolution of the developmental issues, the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Wednesday held a Public Grievance Redressal Camp at Sanant Nagar in Chanapora Tehsil of the district under public out Reach programme. The programme witnessed large […]
Principal Secretary HUDD calls for accelerating development works
Asks HoDs to submit monthly project progress report
JAMMU: Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta, Wednesday chaired a meeting to discuss annual action plan proposals submitted by various heads of departments. Principal Secretary acknowledged that more projects could have been executed and finished in the last financial year and directed executing agencies to pump up their performance in the current […]
