District Level Plastic Waste Management Cell meets
DC asks BDOs to put in efforts to make panchayats plastic free
SRINAGAR: A meeting of District Level Plastic Waste Management Cell was held Tuesday under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad at Meeting Hall of DC Office Complex, here. The Cell has been set up to address the issue of plastic pollution by strictly implementing Plastic Waste Management Rules and eliminating single […]
Bijnari Khrew residents rue lack of basic facilities : Demand intervention of higher ups
Pulwama: The residents of Bijnari Khrew area of Pampore hamlet in south Kashmir’s Pulwama are up against the local administration for failing to providing basic facilities in the area. The people of the area said that they are facing shortage of drinking water since decades but no attention is being provided towards this grave issue. […]
Mehraj Ul Alam arrangements reviewed
BANDIPORA: The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Bandipora, Zahoor Ahmad Mir Tuesday convened a meeting with the concerned officers here to review the arrangements being put in place for the ensuing auspicious Mehraj Un Nabi (SAW) in the district. On the occasion, a threadbare discussion with regard to the subject was held during which ADC directed […]
Covid-19: 32 fresh cases in Ladakh
Leh: Ladakh reported 32 fresh Covid cases that pushed the infection tally to 27,867, officials said on Tuesday. The number of active cases stands at 321 — 276 cases in Leh and 45 cases in Kargil district, they said. The Union Territory has recorded 228 Covid-related deaths — 168 in Leh and 60 in Kargil, […]
Youth attempts suicide while protesting demolition of complex
Srinagar: A 27-year-old youth set himself on fire as soon as a demolition squad comprising police and men from Irrigation and flood control department were about to pull down his newly constructed complex in Harran Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday. A video of the incident, which is doing rounds on social […]
Functioning of Tribal Affairs Department reviewed : Aadhaar cards, golden health cards and bank accounts to be saturated: CS
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Monday chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the Tribal Affairs Department. The Administrative Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Director Tribal Affairs Department, and concerned officers of the Department participated in the meeting. The Chief Secretary was apprised about the outcome of the first-ever survey of the transhumant […]
Language main component, identity of community: CUK-VC
Ganderbal: Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Farooq Ahmed Shah Monday underscored the importance of preservation and promotion of Kashmiri language stating that the language is the main component and identity of any community. “There is a dire need of promoting the Kashmiri language and emphasis should be to inculcate the habit among […]
Administration working on dairy development to double farmers’ income
Srinagar: To double farmers’ income, the Jammu and Kashmir government is working on several schemes on dairy development in the union territory, officials said on Monday. Being an agrarian region, the agriculture sector contributes 16.18 per cent to J&K’s GDP, of which dairy sector constitutes more than one-third, they said. “Dairy is one of the […]
Train crushes man to death in Budgam
Budgam: A man was crushed to death by a moving train in between Nowgam-Budgam railway section in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday. An official said that a man was hit by a train and he died on the spot near 69/0 to 70/2/3 km (Budgam-Srinagar section), he said. The man died on the spot […]
Power woes end in Anantnag as much awaited receiving station commissioned
Anantnag: After a long wait of around four year, the power receiving station at Ara Khushipora in Anantnag district has been made functional which has ended power paucity in the area. An official working on the project said that it was part of Prime Ministry Development Package and approved under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana […]
