Kulgam commuters rue lack of parking space

Kulgam: With no space available for parking in south Kashmir’s Kulgam town, the visitors are finding it very difficult to travel through the market. According to locals, there is no space available for parking of private vehicles and visitors who visit the town on daily basis are facing inconvenience while finding space to park their […]

DLIC Anantnag sanctions 22 cases under Mumkin scheme

ANANTNAG: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Anantnag, Dr. Piyush Singla Thursday chaired District Level Implementation Committee (DLIC) meeting of Mumkin scheme in which 22 cases were sanctioned. Speaking during the meeting, the DDC said that constitution of task force committees, sensitization of field functionaries and awareness camps have been instrumental in accelerating credit facilitation to the […]

Awareness programme on self-employment schemes held

SRINAGAR: In its continuous endeavor to generate awareness and mobilize/motivate the unemployed youth to establish employment generating units in the most promising sectors, the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Srinagar, Aijaz Asad and Director Employment, J&K Nisar Ahmad Wani, District Employment & Counseling Centre, Srinagar organized a one day mega Awareness Programme at Kashmir Govt. Polytechnic, […]

Baldev Prakash takes charge as J&K Bank’s first MD & CEO

SRINAGAR: Baldev Prakash Thursday joined the J&K Bank as its first Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO). Bank’s Executive President Sunil Gupta, who was flanked by Presidents, Vice-Presidents and other senior officers warmly welcomed the MD & CEO on his first day at the corporate headquarters here. With his national level knowledge […]

Power shutdown in Jammu areas

JAMMU: Superintending Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M Circle, Kathua has informed that the power supply to Patel Nagar, Shiva nagar, Hatli Morh, Saraswati Nagar, Aazd Puram, Krishna Colony, Karan Nagar, Happy Palace, Hazi Colony and PHE installations shall remain affected on January 01 and 02 from 8 am to 2 pm. Likewise, the power supply to […]

Fifteen new COVID-19 cases in Ladakh

Leh: Ladakh recorded 15 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 22,155 in the Union Territory, officials said on Thursday. The Union Territory has recorded 219 Covid-related deaths — 161 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, they said. A total of 968 sample reports in Ladakh […]

DC Srinagar chairs Revenue meeting

Directs for launching massive anti-encroachment drive

SRINAGAR: To review the functioning of Revenue Department and to ensure efficient and prompt public service delivery in the district, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Thursday chaired a meeting of the Revenue Department in the Meeting Hall of the DC Office Complex, here. The meeting held threadbare deliberations on various Revenue related […]

Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsov, Srinagar Admin organizes Awareness programme

SRINAGAR: In connection with the ongoing ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsov’ campaign, the District Administration Srinagar in coordination with Food Safety & Drug Control Kashmir on Thursday organized an awareness programme under Eat Right challenge in and around Dal Lake, here. The programme was held on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad […]

Sikh body demands four seats for the community in JK assembly

Srinagar: The All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee on Wednesday demanded reservation of four seats for the community in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly. Despite our meeting with the Delimitation Commission headed by Justice (retired) Ranjana Desal, no reservation whatsoever has been earmarked for the Sikhs even though we demanded for the same in the meeting, […]