JK Biodiversity Council organizes meeting
Discusses development of CBI for Sgr
SRINAGAR: The Jammu & Kashmir Biodiversity Council Monday organized a stakeholders meeting on development of City Biodiversity Index (CBI), Local Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Srinagar City at Banquet Hall, here. Mayor, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Junaid Azim Mattu was the Chief Guest of the inaugural session. The event was also attended by the Principal […]
Capacity building of police personnel
NIA commences second phase of training programme
Srinagar: The second Phase of joint capacity building programme of Jammu and Kashmir Police with National Investigation agency (NIA) started at Police headquarters here Monday. Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh was the chief guest on the inaugural session. The first session of the programme was attended by ADGsP, M.K Sinha, Danesh Rana, IGP Kashmir […]
‘Covid-19 Spread’: Community classes suspended in Kulgam
Kulgam: Authorities in Kulgam on Monday ordered suspension of community classes ‘in view of spread of Covid-19.’ “As per instructions of Deputy commissioner Kulgam Dr Bilal Mohi-ud Bhat and in view of spread of Covid-19, the community classes are hereby suspended in all government as well as private school/ coaching centers with immediate effect for […]
Admin restricts to panchayat residents participation in tendering process of works
Srinagar: In a move to accelerate development process at the grassroot level, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to restrict to local residents of a panchayat the participation in tendering process of works up to Rs three lakh, officials said on Monday. In the event of inadequate response to the tenders, the participation norms […]
Suggest solutions to problems you face: Advisor Farooq Khan to farmers
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan Monday suggested the farmers to propose solutions of their problems themselves. He asked them to be the drivers on the vehicle of problem solving instead of looking towards the administration only. The Advisor was speaking during an interactive session with farmers organised by Agriculture Department, Kashmir. During his […]
PSC Reviews status of centrally sponsored projects, schemes
ANANTNAG: A 31 member Parliamentary Standing Committee headed by Chairman Jagdambika Pal Monday visited the multi level car parking Janglat Mandi and sewerage plant Pahalgam. The committee took stock of implementation of centrally sponsored projects besides assessing status of utilization of funds. The Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta apprised the Committee […]
Committee on implementation of dev package for agri, rural activities meets
Asks HoDs to submit progress report of FPOs on quarterly basis
JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Monday convened first meeting of the Committee constituted for implementation of development package for agriculture and rural activities in Jammu and Kashmir (UT). Among others the meeting was attended by Chief General Manager, NABARD, Dr Ajay Kumar Sood; Vice Chancellor, SKUAST Jammu/ Kashmir, […]
Admin announces resumption of ‘Block Diwas’
Caps attendance of people to 25
Jammu: Retaining most of the Covid-containment measures, including the night curfew, the Jammu and Kashmir State Executive Committee (SEC) announced the resumption of the “Block Diwas” across the Union Territory on Sunday with a ceiling of 25 people. It also said it would consider a phased reopening of the educational institutions that have achieved 100 […]
JK reports 144 new covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir reported 144 new coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. 47 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 97 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall case tally to 324095. They said no death reported anywhere in the J&K due to the pathogen. So far 4401 […]
AIMIM-MP unhappy over pace of smart city project in Srinagar
Srinagar: AIMIM MP Syed Imtiaz Jaleel, who is part of a visiting parliamentary panel, on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the pace of developmental works here under the smart city project. The amount of work that ought to have been done under the smart city project has not been done. We were shown small toilets and […]