Tourism Dept. showcases 75 offbeat destinations during water screen presentation at Dal

CS, several Admn Secys witness closing function of ‘Spring Festival’

SRINAGAR: The Spring and Tulip Festival series organised by the Department of Tourism concluded here last evening with a spectacular show of light and sound in the Dal Lake. The main attraction of the function was the display of a water screen, something for the first time, in the middle of the Dal Lake which […]

Critical Apheresis Kits to poor patients under CSR

J&K Bank collaborates with SKIMS, GMC Jammu

SRINAGAR: Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program, J&K Bank has presented an aggregate amount of Rs 15.70 Lacs to two premier healthcare institutions of Jammu and Kashmir for procurement of Platelet/Therapeutic Plasma Apheresis kits for treatment of poor patients suffering from cancer and severe blood dysfunctional diseases. The Bank’s Zonal Head Srinagar, Syed Shafat […]

Gram Swaraj Mahina : Activities start throughout Anantnag district

ANANTNAG: Various Gram Swaraj Mahina related activities were kick started here, today. The activities are aimed at highlighting achievements of panchayats in the last year, carry out awareness programs and adopt resolutions for sustainable development in Panchayats and deliberate at the Panchayat level on development plans for the present fiscal. Joint departmental camps will be […]

626 BSF recruits pass out of STC Udhampur

Jammu: As many as 626 BSF recruits took oath to serve the nation at an attestation-cum-passing out parade at the Subsidiary Training Centre (STC) in Udhampur district on Saturday. This is BSF’s second passing out parade at the STC here within a fortnight. On March 20, 636 candidates passed out of the centre and the […]

Sopore students shine in National Kick Boxing Championship

Bag 16 medals during competition at Himachal

Sopore : Students of Shahi-Hamdan Sports Academy Sopore have brought laurels to the academy as well as to Jammu and Kashmir by winning 16 medals in the National Kick Boxing championship conducted by Himachal Pradesh Kick Boxing Association at Raja Virbhadra Singh stadium, Kumarhatti Solan. According to details shared by coaches of academy Adil Akbar […]

CS flags off first ever Open Kayaking, Canoeing Marathon Race

Says JK should emerge as sports power house of the country

SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta flagged off the first ever Open Kayaking and Canoeing Marathon Race in river Jhelum organised by J&K Sports Council here Saturday. Around 100 participants, included 10 female athletes, took part in the marathon, which started from the famous Zero Bridge to the Ganpatyar area of […]

DC Srinagar visits Dargah Hazratbal, Dastgeer Sahib Shrine

Oversee arrangements for Taraawi during Ramadan

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Saturday visited Dargah Hazratbal and Dastageer Sahib RA Khanyar to review the arrangements made for Taraawi (night prayers) during the holy month of Ramzan. CEO, Wakaf, Mufti Fareed u Din, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr Syed Haneef Balkhi, Senior officers from all concerned departments accompanied the DC during […]

People need to learn to live with Covid-19: DAK

Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said people need to learn to live with Covid-19 and get back to normal life. “Covid-19 will become yet another infection joining many other diseases that humanity has learned to live,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said we have entered into […]

J&K Budget 2022-23 : Social and Tribal Welfare gains momentum: Officials

JAMMU: The schemes under the social welfare sector, like Old Age Persons, Women in Distress, Physically Challenged People, Mal-Nourished children, Lactating and expecting women, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and other Economically Weaker sections of the society plays an important role in improving the lives of these segments of the society, officials said. […]