Div Com Kashmir visits border area Karnah, Machill

KUPWARA: Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Friday visited border and snow bound areas of Karnah and Machill of district Kupwara. He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Imam Din. The Div Com took a detailed review of the developmental scenario of these border areas and took stock of essential commodities, power supply […]

Participate enthusiastically in Vigilance Awareness fortnight: DDC Chairman

ANANTNAG: The District Development Council (DDC) Chairman, Anantnag M Y Gorsi Friday held a preparatory meeting with PRIs of the district regarding the upcoming Vigilance Awareness fortnight, here. The fortnight is being held between 7th and 21st February throughout the UT and vigilance committees at District, Block and Panchayat level have been constituted. The DDC […]

DWE seeks action against those circulating photos of acid attack survivor

Also urges police to act against those collecting donations in her name

SRINAGAR: Taking strong note of certain messages circulating on social media, regarding fundraising in favour of the Acid attack survivor of Srinagar, the Director Women Empowerment, Shabnam Shah Kamili has said that the government is providing every kind of help to the survivor. In a letter addressed to SSP Srinagar, Kamili has urged police to […]

ADC chairs meeting of Law Enforcement agencies

Directs to ensure availability, distribution of quality pesticides, fertilizers

KULGAM: Additional Development Commissioner (ADC) Kulgam, Showkat Ahmad Rather Friday chaired a meeting of officers of enforcement agencies at the mini-secretariat, here. During the meeting, the ADC instructed the regulating agencies to conduct regular checking and lift samples to plug supply of spurious fertilizers and pesticides in the district. He directed the concerned officers to […]

ETO Anantnag holds awareness camp

ANANTNAG: To prevent illicit cultivation of Poppy/Bhang, a team of Excise officials of Excise Range Anantnag-Pulwama-Shopian-Kulgam has carried out an awareness campaign involving religious heads/Imams in Kokernag Tehsil of Anantnag district of Excise Range South Kashmir. The Awareness focused on involving the religious heads with the purpose to create massive awareness generation, preventive education and […]

‘World Wetland Day’ commemorates at Hygam

SRINAGAR: To the Week of World Wetland Day (WWD) which is celebrated on 2nd of February every year, an inaugural function was organized by the Department of Wildlife Protection J&K Government, Wetlands Division Kashmir at Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve a famous Wetland of Jammu & Kashmir. On the occasion, Regional Wildlife Warden, Kashmir Region, Rashid […]

FSD conducts special drive on sanitation at Pulwama

PULWAMA: On the directions of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, a special drive was conducted by the Food Safety Department (FSD) Pulwama to check the sanitation, hygiene of Butcher and Chicken shops and also check the quality of meat and meat products available. During the drive, Six Butcher shops were found violating Sanitation and Hygiene requirements under […]

Zirpora Bijbehara shopkeepers await rehabilitation

Bijbehara: The shopkeepers whose shops were demolished around two months back in Zirpora area of Bijbehara town in Anantnag district await for rehabilitation. The shopkeepers said that before the demolition of their shops the administration asked them to cooperate with them and they will be rehabilitated within 10 days. They added that they cooperated with […]

Major push to infrastructure, development in JK

21 major projects under PMDP completed, 100% electrification under Saubhagya achieved

JAMMU: Central Government’s unstinting support in accelerating the pace of development in Jammu and Kashmir has resulted in the transformation of Union Territory on all fronts. The transformation in every sector has brought economic enabling the UT to march towards a golden future as the government is making every effort to ensure that benefits of […]