Estates Deptt seeks attendance of employees lodged at various places

JAMMU: Estates Department has asked all the departments to furnish the attendance of employees lodged in Pvt. Hotels, Guest Houses and JKTDC hotels during the current year. “In view of prevailing circumstances, reportedly some employees have remained out of their headquarters whether on leave or otherwise and in this regard, all the Drawing and Disbursing […]

Rejuvenate JKTDC properties for better returns, advisor Khan to officials

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Thursday directed the officers of the Tourism department to improve facilities for the tourists and take steps for generating better revenue from Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation properties. He passed on these directions during a meeting at Civil Secretariat here regarding outsourcing of assets of Tourism […]

Hajin Sonawari delegation calls on Dr Samoon

SRINAGAR: A delegation of inhabitants of Hajin Sonawari Thursday called on Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, and apprised him of their issues and concerns. The delegation was comprised of Chairman, Central Auqaf Committee Hajin Town, Chairman, Tehsil Coordination Committee Hajin Sonawari, President, Voice of Sonawari and President, Contractors Coordination Committee and […]

KU’s NSS organises lecture on ‘Surge in Drug Addiction’

Srinagar: The National Service Scheme University of Kashmir organised a lecture on “Surge in Drug Addiction: A collective Concern” to mark International day of Drug Addiction and Illicit Trafficking. Dr Musavir Ahmed, KU’s NSS Coordinator said that the drug addiction problem has assumed epidemic proportions and there is an urgent need to create awareness about […]

Jammu, Srinagar Airports to receive night flights soon: Official

SRINAGAR: Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla Wednesday chaired a high level meeting to review the implementation of various schemes in Civil Aviation, Agriculture and Horticulture sectors in the two Union territories of Jammu &Kashmir, and Ladakh. Chief Secretary, J&K, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Advisor to LG Ladakh, Umang Narula, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, […]

Hirpora Shopian residents seek construction of bridge

Shopian: The residents of Hirpora area on Mughal road in south Kashmir’s Shopian district have demanded construction of a bridge over a stream. The village which houses dozens of households, mostly living below the poverty line is located at a distance of around 10 kilometers from district headquarters on the famous Mughal road. Locals said […]

Job mela inaugurated at Kupwara

KUPWARA: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr. Asgar Samoon, Wednesday had an extensive tour of Kupwara district during which he inaugurated Job Mela at Government Degree College Kupwara besides inspecting ITIs Handwara and Kupwara and Polytechnic College Kupwara. Principal Secretary was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, Imam Din, Additional District Development Commissioner, Kupwara, Nazir Ahmad […]

Over 96,000 MTs of food-grains distributed in June: Officials

Special drive launched to cover weakest, vulnerable sections

SRINAGAR: Over 96,000 MTs of food-grains have been distributed by the Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs this June, under various food security schemes including 33,988.25 MTs under NFSA, and 30,690.05 MTs under PMGKAY, marking an achievement of 94.26%, and 93.79% distribution target, respectively. Further, 13,407.07 MTs were distributed under Non-NFSA with an […]

Overall Positivity rate declines to below 1 percent : DC Gbl

GANDERBAL: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Krittika Jyotsna Wednesday said that the overall positivity has witnessed a massive decline in the district and at present the positivity rate is just 0.79 percent. This was stated by the officer at a routine press briefing regarding present situation of the Covid-19 cases in the district. While sharing […]