NSD’s TIE workshop concludes at Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The 15-day long Drama-in-education workshop of Theatre-in-Education (TIE) Centre of the National School of Drama (NSD), Srinagar which began on December, 20 last year concluded here yesterday. Held in collaboration with J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, the purpose of the workshop was to introduce Kashmiri youth to techniques and nuances of drama-in-education. […]

Official calls for control trials of maize, millet in Jammu

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary, chaired a meeting to discuss marketing strategies for Agriculture and Horticulture products of J&K here Thursday. Territory Head J&K, Policy Advocacy Research Centre (PARC), Ruchita Rane also attended and shared her expertise during the meeting. The objective of the meeting was to discuss technical interventions […]

Poetry Festival begins with Hindi ‘Kavi Sammelan’ at JKAACL

JAMMU: A 4-day Poetry Festival organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) commenced here Thursday. The event was presided over by renowned Hindi Poet and Writer Prof. (Dr.) Raj Kumar. Prof. Nirmal Vinod, Dr. A S Amn Additional Secretary and Dr. Javaid Rahi Chief Editor of JKAACL were in the […]

Restoration of heritage architecture

DC Srinagar visits shrines, temples identified for revival

KV News Network SRINAGAR: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Wednesday undertook an extensive visit of various City areas to assess the spot position of identified Religious places/Assets for Restoration, Revival, Preservation and Maintenance of Architecture and Heritage in Srinagar district. The DC accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Syed Hanief […]

Div Com visits Kulgam, participates in Block Diwas

KULGAM: As part of weekly Block Diwas initiative and to take governance at the door steps of people, the Public Outreach programmes were Wednesday held at three blocks of Kulgam district. The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole presided over the public outreach programme held at Common Facility Centre in Block D.H.Pora. DDC […]

Tangmarg villagers complain of water scarcity

Srinagar: Residents of Tangmarg villages have complained acute scarcity of water during these harsh and chilly winter days. Locals from Tehsil Kawarhama falling in Sub division Tangmarg complained that from the past last three daysthe village is facing acute shortage of water. “We have been facing scarcity of water since the past several days and […]

Ladakh reports 32 new Covid cases, 16 cured

Leh: Ladakh has reported 32 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total count to 22,321 out of which 21,836 patients have cured while the active cases in the union territory has gone down to 265, officials said. The union territory has recorded 220 Covid-related deaths — 162 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the […]

DM Shopian takes stock of Snow clearance

Emphasizes for speeding up vaccination process

SHOPIAN: The District Magistrate (DM) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya Wednesday visited far flung areas of Keller, Shopian to take stock of snow clearance operation and vaccination status of the age group of 15 to 17 years. It was informed that all the roads have been cleared of snow to facilitate movement of the general public. […]

DC Kupwara visits District Hospital Handwara, SDH Kupwara

Takes stock of Health services, snow clearance

KUPWARA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Imam Din Wednesday visited District Hospital Handwara and Sub District Hospital (SDH) Kupwara and took stock of the health services, snow clearance. He was accompanied by concerned officers of Administration. The DC visited the District Hospital Handwara and inspected various sections of the hospital including OPD, IPD, Emergency, Gynea, Casualty, […]