One held for radicalising youngsters to join terror ranks in JK: NIA
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested one Arsalan Feroz, an operative of The Resistance Front (TRF) terror group, for allegedly being involved in radicalising and recruiting youngsters to join terror ranks, officials said on Friday. A spokesperson of the agency said searches were conducted in Kashmir on Thursday during which Feroz, a resident […]
DMRRR to complete transit accommodations, seismic –resilient retrofitting by next year: CS
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Friday chaired a meeting to review functioning of the Disaster Management, Relief, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Department (DMRRR) in Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretary, Disaster Management, Relief, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Department, Managing Director, JKPCC, Commissioner, Relief and concerned officers participated in the meeting. It was informed that under the […]
Advisors extend New Year greetings to people
JAMMU: Advisors to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar have extended New Year greetings to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and wished for happiness and prosperity for everyone. In their New Year greeting messages, Advisors hoped that the new year will be a year of peace, harmony, progress and social integration for […]
Awareness programme on self-employment held
SRINAGAR: Continuing with its efforts of reaching out to the unemployed youth and mitigating the rising unemployment rate, the District Employment & Counseling Centre (DE&CC) Srinagar organized a day long Awareness programme at Govt. Industrial Training Institute for Women Bemina. The programme witnessed the participation of a large number of trainees/unemployed youth. Officers from various […]
HG units gear up for any exigency in case of heavy snowfall
SRINAGAR: Continuing with its endeavor to provide possible assistance in case of natural calamities, the Homeguard (HG) units of Kashmir have been advised to gear up for any exigency occurring on account of heavy snowfall and road blockade thereof wherein their services may be required. The HG units of Kashmir supervised by Divisional Commandant Homeguards […]
Smiles, hopes of farmers in Hiranagar sector return
After 2 decades border residents stepped into their fields beyond IB fence
KATHUA: Jammu and Kashmir UT administration has brought smiles and new hopes to border residents of Hiranagar sector by facilitating them to cultivate land beyond the border fence abounded two decades back, thanks to the repeated skirmishes by Pakistan army to execute its deceitful designs. The happy faces of farmers of the border belt of […]
Ahmadabad Kulgam residents rue shortage of potable water
Kulgam: Amid the bone chilling cold, the residents of Ahmadabad village in Damhal Hanjipora Tehsil of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district are facing acute shortage of drinking water. While complaining about the issue the residents said that the authorities in the Jal-Shakti department are pushing them to face hardships in these bone chilling cold days as […]
Chief Secretary directs RDD to speed up execution of works
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Friday directed the Rural Development Department to gear up to meet annual capex targets for sustainable, people-centric development in the rural landscape of J&K. He made this observation while reviewing the Capex of the department in which Commissioner/Secretary, Rural Development Department and other senior officers of the department […]
CS e-inaugurates 44 Aspirational Blocks
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Friday e-inaugurated 44 Aspirational Blocks under Aspirational Block Development Programme in presence of Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Principal Secretary, General Administration Department, Sushma Chauhan, Secretary, Planning Development & Monitoring Department, and other senior officers of department. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu and District Development Commissioners of all the districts attended the […]
Fruit traders stage protest in Sopore, demanding ban on Iranian apples
Sopore: Scores of fruit traders at Asia’s second largest fruit mandi here in apple town Sopore on Friday staged a protest seeking ban on illegal sale of Iranian apples in various markets across India. While shouting slogans, the protesting fruit traders said that their trade suffered badly since last one month as Iranian apples are […]