Two held for illegal extraction of minerals

Srinagar: Police in Budgam arrested two persons and seized s many vehicles for being involved in illegal extraction and transportation of minerals, a police spokesman said Friday. He said that acting on specific information regarding illegal extraction and transportation of minerals at Sehipora Magam, a police party established a checking point in the area. During […]

Over 1.76 lakh pilgrims visit cave shrine of Vaishno Devi during ‘Navratras’

Jammu: Amid tight security arrangements, over 1.76 lakh pilgrims have visited the famous cave shrine of Vaishno Devi during the first six days of the ‘Navratri’ festival in the Katra town here, officials said. Located 42 kilometres from the winter capital, Jammu, along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, Katra the base camp for the pilgrims was […]

CS inaugurates Public Lounge, VC Hall at DC Office Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta on Thursday inaugurated Public Lounge and Video Conference Hall here at DC Office Complex, Srinagar. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, P.K Pole, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad were present on the occasion. The Chief Secretary took a round of the newly created public facilities in the DC office Complex […]

State Marriage Assistance programme reviewed

ANANTNAG: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Dr Piyush Singla reviewed the implementation of State Marriage Assistance programme, here. At the outset, the DC directed DSWO to hold awareness campaigns regarding the requirements as well as benefits of the programme. Taking note of the extensive documentation required for processing applications, Dr Singla said that the new […]

Govt creating massive school edu infra along with quality human resources: Officials

SRINAGAR: 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. The department of School Education has achieved landmark strides so far by effectively implementing all schemes and projects envisaging a notable improvement in the existing curriculum […]

Atal Dulloo launches portal for verification of government works

JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Atal Dulloo, Thursday launched Physical Verification Portal (PVP) for physical verification of government works at Civil Secretariat here. The portal has been developed by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics in collaboration with National Informatics Centre for filling of online verification report in a structured and standardized format for analyzing, […]

Principal Secretary e-launches YSS Cup 2022

Asks for involving PRIs in sports activities

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports (YSS), Alok Kumar, Thursday e-launched YSS Cup 2022 at Directorate of Youth Services and Sports, MA Stadium. He asked the concerned for ensure involvement of all Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) in sports activities being held in their respective areas. He also directed them to invite DDCs, BDCs, Corporators, […]

Multipurpose Project: Principal Secretary I&FC reviews progress

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC), Ashok Kumar Parmar, Thursday convened a meeting to review progress on execution of Ujh Multipurpose Project. Secretary Technical, Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, MD JKPDC, Chief Engineer, I&FC/RTIC Jammu, Chief Engineer JKPDC, Joint Director (E&S), Superintending Engineer (RTIC), representatives of WAPCOS and other stakeholders attended the meeting. […]

JK reports seven fresh covid-19 cases

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new positive cases of novel corona virus all from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 453845. Moreover,26 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including two from Jammu division and 24 from Kashmir division. Officials said […]