Man held for making objectionable remarks on social media
Jammu: Police on Monday night arrested a man here for making objectionable remarks during an interview on social media, an official spokesperson said. The accused has been identified as Mohd Yousaf Wani, a resident of Lal Chowk in Srinagar, the police spokesperson said. During an anti-encroachment drive conducted by the Jammu administration on Sunday, Wani […]
Budget 2022-23: Push to realizing PM’s vision of doubling farmers’ income in JK: Officials
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir is predominantly agrarian with over 70 percent of the population directly or indirectly engaged in agricultural and allied sectors thus complimented with specific crop adapted to local climate and topography of the region. The recently announced budget of Central Government for Jammu-Kashmir brings hope for agriculture sector which aims at doubling […]
Registrar Cooperative Societies reviews working of the Department
Lays emphasis on establishment of new Super Bazars in Districts
SRINAGAR: The Registrar Cooperative Society J&K, Shafqat Iqbal Monday convened a meeting here to review the progress on registration of new cooperative societies/cooperatives and FPOs; revival of cooperatives societies/cooperatives; progress under Capex Budget 2021-22 and progress on modernization of Super Bazars and other issues related to the department. The meeting was attended by Additional Registrar […]
Five- Day Training program on implementation of SBM (G) phase –II inaugurated
JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Rural Development Department (RDD) & Panchayati Raj, Mandeep Kaur Monday inaugurated five-days training programme of Trainers (ToT) on Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission-Gramin, Phase-II in at the Panchayat Bhawan, Railway Road, Jammu today. The training programme is being organized by the Directorate of Rural Sanitation, J&K in collaboration with UNICEF, Development partners […]
DC chairs DLAC meet on ‘Safe Food & Healthy Diet’
SHOPIAN: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya Monday chaired a meeting of the District Level Advisory Committee (DLAC) on Food safety at Mini Secretariat Arhama, here. At the outset, a detailed presentation was given by Secretary DLAC, Assistant Commissioner Food Safety, Gh Qadir Azhar. On the occasion, the DC held one-to-one interaction with each […]
MERC students organise street theatre at Main Campus
Srinagar: Kashmir University’s Media Education Research Centre (MERC) on Monday organised a street theatre at the varsity’s main campus to celebrate the World Theatre Day. A street play titled ‘Aes Chi Online’ (We are Online) was performed by MERC students to spread awareness about the ‘overuse of mobile phones by youth.’ The play, curated by […]
Yateem Foundation organises Blood Donation Camp at DH Handwara
Srinagar: J&K Yateem Foundation volunteers donated 52 Blood pints at the Blood Donations Camp organised by District unit Kupwara. The camp was help at District hospital Handwara, a spokesman of the J&KYF said in a statement issued here. Besides Additional Deputy commissioner Handwara Nazir Ahmad(KAS), Medical Superintendent District District Hospital Dr Nissar Ahmad Wani, General […]
Over 900 sheep, goat units set up under ISDS scheme in 2021-22: Govt
Jammu: Over 900 sheep and goat units have been established in the financial year 2021-22 under the Integrated Sheep Development Scheme (ISDS) in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. ISDS is one of the schemes of the Jammu and Kashmir sheep husbandry department aimed at achieving breakthroughs in wool and mutton production and addressing […]
Ramban faces shortage of teaching staff: Report
Ramban/Jammu: Government-run schools in Ramban district are facing an acute shortage of teaching staff as 586 posts of principals, lecturers, headmasters and teachers are vacant out a sanctioned strength of 2,073. In addition, two school buildings have been declared unsafe, according to official data. Schools in the district reopened last month after a long break […]
Modern infrastructural facilities inaugurated for SMG
JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Transport, Hirdesh Kumar, Monday inaugurated modern infrastructure here at the workshop of State Motor Garages (SMG) for speedy and quality maintenance of vehicles of the department. He said that this up gradation of infrastructure will be immensely helpful towards ensuring quality and timely repair of departmental vehicles. He maintained that such a […]
