Two Jammu power dept officials arrested for graft
Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested two engineers of Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (JPDCL) for accepting a bribe of Rs 48,000, an official here said. Assistant Executive Engineer, Surinder Kumar, and Assistant Engineer Charanjeet Singh were caught red-handed accepting the Rs 48,000 in bribe, a spokesman of the ACB said. The arrest […]
Collection of revenue ‘extracts’
People urged not to visit CRR Bemina
SRINAGAR: Regional Director, Survey and Land Records Srinagar, has urged the general public not to visit the Central Record Room Bemina, Srinagar, (CRR) on every Saturday for collecting extracts of their old land records in view of sorting of mixed records provided by the RAM Tech Company Private Limited after proper scanning.
DDC reviews shifting of utilities from Emergency Airstrip
ANANTNAG: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Anantnag, Dr Piyush Singla Tuesday reviewed the progress with regard to shifting of utility services within the alignment of Emergency Airstrip at Bijbehara, here. Reviewing the present status of 11Kv Arwani, Railway and Tulkhan feeder lines as well as 33Kv Shamsipora supply line, Executive Engineer KPDCL said that the […]
Fire breaks out in CRPF post in Sopore
Sopore: A fire broke out in a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) post located at Iqbal market area of, Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday afternoon, witnesses said. They said that the fire broke out in the post of 179 Battalion CRPF situated at Iqbal market Sopore causing some damage to the roof […]
Animal carcasses get stuck up in ropes in Jhelum river
Sand miners have tied ropes across Jehlum, say locals
Pulwama: The carcasses of dead animals are getting stuck with the ropes that have been tied across river Jehlum by sand extractors in Pulwama district, locals have alleged. They said that the as a result the carcasses start decomposing on the surface of the water which causes immense trouble to the locals. People from Marwal […]
Man killed in Sopore road mishap
Srinagar: A 51-year-old man was killed after a mini-truck hit him at Pouthkha Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday afternoon. Reports said that a person identified as Abdul Majeed Sheikh son of Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh a resident of Frasdobh Khaitnag sustained critical injuries after being hit by a mini-truck bearing registration number JK05E […]
Panchayati Raj System: Steering JK towards highest echelons of rural emancipation
JAMMU: The Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), through which the self-government of villages is realized, have been entrusted with task of “economic development, strengthening social justice and implementation of Central and State Government Schemes at grassroots level. The modern Panchayati raj system was formalized and introduced in India in April 1999 as the 73rd Amendment to […]
SCERT holds 4-Day Orientation Workshop
SRINAGAR: In a run-up to the nationwide Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) survey to be conducted in the last week of this month, a 4-Day orientation workshop began at the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) division office here today. The workshop is being organized by the Educational Research Survey and Assessment (ERSA) […]
DIPR hosts symposium at GHSS (Boys) Nowabad
JAMMU: The Cultural Wing of Department of Information and Public Relations Monday organised a symposium on Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ here at Government Higher Secondary School (Boys) Nowabad, Jammu. The School Principal, Sandhra Malhotra was the chief guest on the occasion. As many as 15 students participated in the competition. The 1st position was bagged […]
Drug menace : Youth engagement, outreach programme organised at Tral
PULWAMA: The District Social Welfare office in collaboration with BDO Office Tral and AD Employment Pulwama Monday organized a programme on Drug menace in Town Hall Tral, Tehsil office Tral and Tehsil Social Welfare office Tral. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC)Tral, Shabir Ahmad Raina was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Vesides, Psychiatrist and other resource […]
