Promoting film tourism: Tourism officials hold meetings with Bollywood biggies
MUMBAI: Director Tourism, Kashmir, Dr. G N Itoo and Director, Tourism, Jammu, Vivekanand Rai, who are on a promotional visit to Maharashtra Thursday held a series of discussions with leading Bollywood production houses and film makers and impressed upon them to further revive their connections with Jammu & Kashmir. During their interactions, the visiting officers […]
Police arrest ‘notorious criminal’
Jammu: Police in Jammu arrested a ‘notorious’ criminal on Thursday, a police spokesman said. He said that a police party from police station Bahu Fort while on patrolling duty near Bahu Plaza and Rail Head complex area rounded up a suspect who tried to flee away on seeing police party. Upon search, a pistol was […]
Police arrest 3 drug peddlers in Kupwara
Kupwara: Police on Thursday claimed to have busted a network of drug peddlers and have arrested three notorious drug peddlers. Police have identified the arrested trio as Javid Ahmad Lone of Panzgam Kralpora., Shameem Ahmad Bhat of Sudhpora Karnah and Jahangir Ahmad Khan of Chitterkote Karnah. They said the trio involved in Drug Peddling/Smuggling have […]
Ladakh records 9 new Covid cases
Leh: Ladakh recorded nine fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the infection tally to 20,625, officials said. The number of active cases in the Union Territory stands at 40, including 38 in Leh and two in Kargil district, they said. Ladakh has registered 207 Covid-related deaths — 149 in Leh and 58 in Kargil — […]
Five bovine smugglers arrested in Jammu
Jammu: Five smugglers were arrested and 36 bovine animals were rescued from them in the district on Wednesday, officials said. A police team intercepted two vehicles in Chowki Choura area of the district and carried out searches, they said. The police rescued 36 bovines during searches carried out by them, they said. Those arrested have […]
Saurabh Bhagat chairs joint valedictory function at IMPARD
SRINAGAR: Director General, J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (J&KIMPARD), Saurabh Bhagat, Wednesday presided over joint valedictory function of three training courses here at IMPARD Main Campus, Srinagar. These courses included “Managerial Skills for Non-Managers”, “Menstrual Hygiene Management” and “Disaster Preparedness with Special reference to Earthquake“. About thirty five officers from various […]
Renovate, redesign all Super Bazars: Yasha Mudgal to officials
'Directs for expediting liquidation of JAKFED'
SRINAGAR: Secretary Cooperatives, Yasha Mudgal Wednesday directed the General Managers of the Super Bazars of Cooperative department to accomplish the process of renovation and redesigning of Super Bazars on modern and commercial lines. She congratulated the managers and other staff for registering all Super Bazars in the UT of J&K on GeM portal in record […]
Transit Accommodation for yatris: Advisor Baseer Khan conducts on spot review at Ramban
RAMBAN: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Wednesday visited Ramban to review progress on construction work of Yatri Niwas at Chanderkote being constructed by the Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board and to take stock of the holding points created by the District Administration alongside National Highway to facilitate people in emergency especially during the […]
Major reforms announced by H&H Deptt Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Taking note of the redundant activities that have crept in the running of the Training Centres of the Handicrafts & Handloom Department (H&H Deptt), the Director H&H Deptt, Mahmood Ahmad Shah Wednesday ordered some major reforms in the overall functioning of the Department including closure of Readymade Garment Centres, Cutting & Tailoring Centres and […]
Kashmiri Pandits lay foundation for memorial
Jammu: A group of Kashmiri Pandits laid the foundation stone of a memorial dedicated to its community members, who were killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir over the past three decades, on the banks of Tawi river here. Coming up on the lines of the Army’s war memorial, the “martyrs memorial” is said to […]