Police officer dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest

Srinagar: A police officer died of cardio-pulmonary arrest here in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Police sources said that an Assistant Sub-Inspector, posted at Shergari Police Station was shifted to SMHS Hospital after he complained of chest pain. The police officer died in the hospital while the cause of his death is attributed to cardio-pulmonary arrest. The […]

Involve community for fire safety: DG Fire Services

Far flung villages to be equipped with Fire Extinguishers: Div Com

SRINAGAR: A webinar on Fire Safety Measures in Winter was jointly organised by National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Institution of Engineers (India) J&K State Centre, Srinagar in collaboration with J&K Fire and Emergency Services, SDRF, Divisional Administration Kashmir and State Emergency Operation Centre. The webinar was inaugurated by Dr. B. Srinivas, Director General, Fire […]

Two sustain injuries as load carrier rolls into Jhelum

Bandipora: Two persons were injured after a load carrier they were travelling in plunged into a river Jhelum near Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday. Reports said that a Bandipora -bound Tata mobile bearing registration number (JK15A 5193) met with an accident after the driver purportedly lost control over the vehicle near Prang […]

42kgs of Charas recovered from house in Anantnag

Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that 42Kgs of Charas were recovered from a residential house at Bonpora, Tukhan in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “On specific information, a Police Party headed by SDPO Bijbehara along with Executive Magistrate Bijbehara raided a residential house of Bilal Ahmed Dar at Bonpora, Tulkhan. During searches, officers were able to […]

Man injured in firing in Jammu, 2 held

Jammu A 25-year-old man was critically injured on Saturday when he was fired upon by two people who were later arrested along with a revolver here, police said. Happy Jamwal was shot at near the main chowk Paloura in the city and was taken to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital, a police officer said. Soon […]

Govt actively pursuing GI registration of new crafts: Dwivedi

JAMMU: Following the registration of seven world-famous handicrafts of Jammu & Kashmir under Geographical Indication of Goods (GI) Act, the Government is now actively pursuing GI registration of five more crafts for quality assurance so that their marketing in the national and international market receives considerable fillip. This information was given out in a meeting […]

35 MNCs, local industries participate in mega job fair

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Friday inaugurated mega job fair organised by Government Polytechnic Bikram Chowk, Jammu. The event, which was attended by more than 1200 students of Polytechnic/ITI, was participated by about 35 Multi-National companies and local industries to hire the Diploma Polytechnic and ITI students. Director Skill Development, […]

Kansal calls for safety of line workers

Stresses need to follow SOPs, use PPEs

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Power Development Department and Information, Rohit Kansal, Friday convened a meeting of senior officers to discuss safety issues of field workers of the department. Kansal said that safety of field workers including daily wagers engaged in operation and maintenance of power stations and lines is government’s prime priority. He observed that a […]

Five people injured in Poonch mishap

Poonch: Five persons were injured when a minibus they were travelling in turned turtle in Poonch district of Jammu on Friday. Official sources said that at 8:40 hours, the vehicle (Canter) bearing Registration No. JK02V-8466 was on its way from Mandi towards Poonch when it met with the accident at Chandak near Christ School, resulting […]