DDC election: Ganderbal district to go to polls today
93 candidates in fray for DDC, panchayat by-polls
GANDERBAL: As many as 93 candidates are in the fray for phase-I of the District Development Council (DDC) and panchayat by-polls in Ganderbal district. The polling for the Phase-I is being held today for Gund-A and Gund-B DDC constituencies and vacant seats of Panch and Sarpanchs respectively. An official said that as many as 93 […]
Jammu University gets Guru Nanak chair
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated Guru Nanak Chair and a special purpose vehicle (SPV) foundation building at the University of Jammu for students’ overall development. Sinha said the establishment of chairs for Gojri and Pahari languages is in the offing to promote and encourage the regional languages of J&K. […]
Principal Secretary to Lt Guv reviews progress of Jan Abhiyan
JAMMU: Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, Nitishwar Kumar Friday chaired a high level meeting to review the progress being made during Jan Abhiyan programme for Kashmir Migrants held last month on 10th &12th October at Jagti, Muthi and Paloura camps. During the meeting, the Principal Secretary sought a detailed report on the beneficiaries under […]
Implementation of National TB Elimination Programme reviewed
JAMMU: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo Friday reviewed implementation of National TB Elimination Programme in J&K through Video Conferencing with all concerned officers. The meeting was attended by Bhupinder Kumar, Mission Director NHM, Satvir Kour, Director General Planning , Dr. Renu Sharma, Director Health Services Jammu, Dr. Sameer Mattoo, Director Health Services, […]
Absence of Consumer Courts hurting people
Commission for consumers to be notified shortly: Law Secretary
Srinagar: In absence of Consumer Courts, people are suffering immensely in Jammu and Kashmir. With the introduction of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, apart from State Human Rights Commission, State Information Commission, State Electricity Regulatory Commission, State Commission for Protection of Women and Child Rights, State Commission for Persons with Disabilities, State Vigilance […]
Don’t spare those who are involved: Bukhari
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president and former minister Syed Altaf Bukhari on Friday said those people involved in the Roshni scam must not be spared, asserting that the government should expose them for allegedly encroaching upon the state land illegally. However, he said, anyone who has availed the benefits of the scheme […]
Soldiers halt traffic for half-an-hour near BB Cantt
Srinagar: Traffic came to standstill Friday afternoon outside army headquarters Badamibagh here in Kashmir capital Srinagar for almost half an hour after soldiers emerged on the road and laid barricades. Eyewitnesses said that right from Brigadier Rajinder Singh Gate up to GB Panth Hospital, army closed the road, laid concertina wires and halted vehicular movement. […]
SKIMS conducts first ‘Bone Marrow Transplant’ procedure
Srinagar: The Department of Clinical Haematology at SKIMS Soura has for the first time performed a matched sibling Allogenic Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplant for a patient suffering from severe Aplastic Anemia. This procedure is highly advanced treatment and is done at only two other Government Hospitals in whole of Northern India (AIIMS, New-Delhi & PGIMER, […]
Four years on, Indoor Sports Stadium Pulwama awaits completion
Pulwama: Even after a lapse of over four years, the indoor sports stadium at Rajpora area, of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district is awaiting completion. The incomplete civil works and lack of interest by the authorities is creating a sense of dejection among the youth. Players from different villages of the area said that we were […]
DPEO, Sgr finalizes poll arrangements
SRINAGAR: Polling arrangement for first phase in Srinagar district were finalized at an officers meeting held under the chairmanship of District Panchayat Election Officer (DPEO) Srinagar, Dr Shahidd Iqbal Choudhary, held here at Banquet Hall on Thursday. The meeting was, among others, attended by the General Observer, all the Returning Officers and Nodal Officers besides […]