Progress of JKIDFC projects reviewed

Departments asked to initiate preferring bills before the end of this month

SRINAGAR: Financial Commissioner Finance, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Monday held a review meeting of non-initiated projects to be completed under languishing category by J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC). On the occasion Dr Mehta asked the concerned departments to commence preferring bills of these sponsored projects from the end of this month. The meeting was […]

Dead body recovered near GB Pant hospital in Sonwar

Srinagar: Body of a 50-year-old man was found near GB Pant Hospital here on Monday, officials said. A police officer said that locals spotted the body near the hospital and accordingly contacted the concerned police station. Later a police team reached the spot and retrieved the body. The deceased has been identified as a resident […]

SKUAST-K launches training programme

Srinagar: An online Training Programme on ‘Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030’ organized by Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir with support of world bank funded National Agricultural Higher Education Project got underway with an impressive inaugural programme on Monday. The programme was chaired by Dr Hasseb-ur Rehman, Ex-DDG Animal Sciences ICAR. Director, Planning […]

IED planted beneath Bridge recovered

Srinagar: A major tragedy was averted after Police and security forces recovered an IED in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday late night. A senior police officer said that IED was planted by militants under a bridge near Tujan village in Pulwama district. “This is a bridge between Tujan and Dalwan,” the officer said. By […]

Development of JK, NE and hilly states govt’s priority: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Development of Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and hilly states is the priority of the Narendra Modi government, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday. Singh said this at the foundation stone laying ceremony and inauguration of multiple national highway projects in the northeastern state of Manipur. At the virtual event, Union Road […]

Officials in ERA/JTFRP directed to mobiles more men, machinery at construction sites

SRINAGAR: Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Chief Executive Officer, J&K ERA/JTFRP Monday inspected the progress of work on the construction of Additional Block at Lal Ded Maternity Hospital and, on the construction of additional hospital block at the Bone and Joint Hospital, Barzulla, Srinagar taken up under the component “Critical Infrastructure” of Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery […]

Advisor Sharma hails initiatives taken to preserve ecology, environment

SRINAGAR: The Advisor to the Lt. Governor, KK Sharma Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir has taken several initiatives for preservation of the ecology and environment which have resulted in persevering the forest cover in the UT besides also addressing the environmental concerns in consonance with the already laid global protocols. The Advisor was speaking […]