ABPM-JAY: KP applicants slam offline registration process

Jammu: Five months after they registered for the much-publicised Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPM-JAY), most of the 65,000 Kashmiri Pandit applicants have not received their health cards yet, which they have blamed on the “offline registration process” followed by the . The scheme was launched in Jammu and Kashmir by Prime Minister […]

Div Com for expansion, active engagement of volunteers

Reviews capacity building, conduct of volunteer engagement programmes

SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole Tuesday called for district wise expansion and active engagement of Red Cross, NCC, NSS and other volunteers for better utilization of their services for IEC programmes besides for relief and rescue operations in Kashmir. The Div Com said this while chairing a meeting to review the utilization […]

Charge sheet filed against couple in land fraud case

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Crime Branch on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against a man and his wife who allegedly duped a woman of Rs 18 lakh on the pretext of selling a piece of land to her here, an official said. The charge sheet was filed against Rajan Bakshi and his wife […]

DDC Chairperson, former Legislator calls on Lt Guv

JAMMU: DDC Chairperson, former Legislator, and public delegation from Rajouri area Tuesday called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. Former Legislator, Ishfaq Jabbar accompanied by Nuzhat Ishfaq, DDC Chairperson, Ganderbal met the Lt Governor and apprised him of various developmental issues of Ganderbal area pertaining to upgradation of education and health facilities, […]

Advisor Baseer Khan visits Industrial Estate Samba

Reviews functioning of business units

SAMBA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Tuesday conducted an extensive tour of Samba Industrial Estate to assess and address the hardships faced by the business unit holders besides taking stock of functioning of several industrial units operating there. Advisor Baseer Khan held detailed deliberations with group of Industrialists of the district during a […]

‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ to be celebrated from March, 12th to 5th April

Home Secretary discusses commemoration activities in a high-level meeting

JAMMU: In a countdown to the 75th year of India’s Independence, the Central Government will be launching ‘Bharat Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ this month from 12th March to 5th April, 2021. The idea behind the Mahotsav that starts the celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence 75 weeks before 15th August, 2022 and extends upto Independence […]

District Knowledge Center inaugurated at Pulwama

PULWAMA: ‘Our Commitment to build a Knowledge Society having a premise of learning and scientific temperament is unrelenting’ stated Deputy Commissioner Pulwama while inaugurating District Knowledge Center at Employment and Counseling center, here Tuesday. The DC said that such initiatives will be pivotal in engaging the youth in competing at various National and UT level […]

Sopore Councilors meet Chief Engineer Jal Shakti, present demands

Sopore: Raising the issue of water scarcity across north Kashmir’s Sopore area, a delegation of the newly elected Councilors alongwith some senior citizens of Sopore town met the Chief Engineer Jal Shakti department Iftiqar Wani on Tuesday. The councilors delegation lead by Masarat Kar included representatives of Model town, Mahrajpora and Sidiq colony Sopore appraised […]

Kashmir not about mere roads, but a far bigger issue: Mehbooba

Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of PDP-BJP coalition in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State, Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday said that the Kashmir issue was not about roads and development but a “far bigger issue”. “Jammu and Kashmir issue is not about roads and lanes but a far bigger issue. When there is peace, roads and lanes […]