Secretary DLSA Udhampur visits Udhampur blast victims
UDHAMPUR: On the direction of Y.P Bourney Chairman District Legal Services Authority Udhampur (Pr District & Session Judge), Secretary DLSA, Sub Judge Rajni Sharma along with a team Wednesday visited District hospital Udhampur to meet people who were injured in the mysterious blast at Slathia Chowk near district court complex Udhampur. Terming it an unfortunate […]
DC holds Public Darbar at Narbal
BUDGAM: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza Wednesday held a public darbar at ICDS Office Narbal, here. On the occasion, the DC stressed on up-gradation of existing health and education related infrastructure to provide better healthcare and education facilities to the people in the area. He instructed concerned to ensure all doctors and para- […]
Anti Smoking Day : Cultural Unit Srinagar, DIPR organises Nukkad Natak, Ladishah
SRINAGAR: In order to spread awareness about the ill effects of smoking, the Cultural Unit Srinagar of Department of Information and Public Relation (DIPR) Wednesday organised Nukkad Natak and Ladishah near Ghanta Ghar Lalchowk, here. On the occasion, artists performed the thematic Nukkad Natak and Ladishah which attracted hundreds of spectators.
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Horticulture contributing significantly to economy: Officials
SRINAGAR: Horticulture is one of the important sectors of Jammu and Kashmir and contributes immensely to the economy here, officials said. This sector strengthens the financial condition of people associated with it and also helps in poverty alleviation, employment generation and other developmental aspects of the Union Territory. The variety of horticultural products of J&K […]
JKEDI launches EDP under Mission Youth’s Tejeswani Scheme
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) Tuesday launched Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) under Tejaswani (The Radiant) livelihood Scheme, a special endeavour of Mission Youth to empower the young women enabling them become self-reliant. This programme was initially started in 12 districts of the Union Territory in the first phase while all other districts […]
Madr-e-Meharban Institute SKIMS celebrates IWD
Srinagar: Madr-e-Meharban Institute of Nursing Science & Research SKIMS Celebrated Women’s International Day on Tuesday with focus on this year’s theme “Gender Equality”. The participants deliberated on various aspects of the theme and underlined the importance of greater participation and elimination of bias at different levels for cohesive society. Director SKIMS & EOSG Prof. Parvaiz […]
41 Commercial vehicles distributed under Mumkin scheme
SHOPIAN: To uplift, mentor and to provide sustainable livelihood to the youth of the district, the Chairperson, District Development Council (DDC) Shopian, Bilqees Jan Tuesday distributed highly- subsidised 41 commercial vehicles under ‘Mumkin’ scheme among the beneficiaries, here. The beneficiaries had applied through the self-employment component of the livelihood programme ‘Mumkin’ under Mission Youth in […]
Fire breaks out in Sopore Court room
Sopore: A minor fire broke out in a court room in North Kashmir’s Sopore town on Tuesday. However, the timely action from firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the building. An official from Fire and Emergency Services said that due to an electric short circuit fire broke out in the e-section […]
28-yr-old woman charred to death in Bemina blaze
Srinagar: A 28-year-woman was charred to death in a fire incident at Hyderia Colony Khumani Chowk Bemina area of Srinagar on Tuesday evening. Official sources said that a 28-year-old woman identified as Nahida Nabi, daughter of Ghulam Nabi of Khabroo Kargil at present Hyderia Colony Khumani Chowk was critically injured in a fire incident. They […]
Navin Kmar chairs SLEC meeting of MIDH
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Horticulture, Agriculture Production and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Chaudhary, Tuesday chaired the State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) meeting of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH). Navin Choudhary had a detailed review of progress made under the mission during 2021-22 besides deliberating on annual action plan for the financial year 2022-23 […]