LG calls for transparency, ensuring development works are visible in public domain
Releases compendium of 1100 projects worth Rs 1555.16 cr completed by JKIDFC
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday released a compendium, giving a detailed briefing about the 1100 projects of public importance worth Rs 1555.16 crore completed by Jammu & Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC). BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; and Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance Department were present on the occasion. According to an official […]
Rains trigger flash flood in Kangan village
Srinagar: Heavy rains on Friday afternoon triggered flashfloods in Akhal village of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Reports said that the flashfloods caused damage to standing crops and washed away a portion of the road in the area. Revenue authorities while confirming the incident said that concerned officials have been asked to visit the […]
Admin shuffles few officers
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday ordered a minor reshuffle in the civil administration. As per an order issued by the General Administration Department, Syed Sehrish Asgar, Additional Secretary to the Government, Information Department, has been transferred and posted as Mission Director J&K Rural Livelihood Mission vice Rubina Kounser. Kousar has been asked […]
Mehbooba appeals to PM to release all political detainees
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release all political detainees languishing in jails in and outside Jammu and Kashmir immediately in the wake of the worsening COVID-19 situation. “Throughout the world, most countries have released prisoners on parole in view of the alarming COVID crisis. A democratic […]
Advisor Khan greets people on Jumat-ul-Vida
Urges people to register, get vaccinated against covid -19; follow covid appropriate behaviour
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today extended his warm greetings on the occasion of Jumat-ul-Vida, urging people to seek the blessings from Almighty to take out the whole of humanity from the global health crisis of the Coronavirus pandemic. In his message of greetings, Advisor Khan said the last Friday of the holy […]
Unfiltered entry of travelers will encumber fight against COVID-19 sprawl: NC
‘Admin must ensure round the clock testing at all entry points across Kashmir’
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Friday expressed concern over the laxity in Covid-19 testing at the entry points towards Kashmir, saying the unfiltered entry of travelers mostly laborers will encumber the fight against COVID-19 sprawl. Expressing concern over the lowering of the guard by the JK administration against the pervasive Covid spread […]
ESM volunteers deployed for Covid duty
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, has deployed as many as 100 ESM volunteers for covid duty across Kashmir. The volunteers have been divided into a team of ten each for each district in the Valley and have also reported to respective District Collectors and employed to augment the District Hospital Manpower and […]
Covid-19 containment measures reviewed in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole and Commissioner Secretary to Govt, In charge Covid Containment Kashmir, Zubair Ahmad today jointly chaired a meeting to review the Covid-19 containment measures in Kashmir. The meeting was held at Divisional Covid Control Room Kashmir where issue related to covid containment were discussed threadbare. The meeting among […]
Apni Party demands compensation for hailstorm hit fruit growers, farmers
‘Seeks ex-gratia for the cloud burst victim’
SRINAGAR: Apni Party District President Anantnag Abdul Rahim Rather on Friday demanded immediate compensation for the fruit growers and farmers of Larnoo and Kokernag Tehsil whose crops got destroyed in a heavy hailstorm on Thursday. In a statement issued here, Rather said that the losses incurred upon the growers in these twin tehsils of Anantnag […]
Process of recruitment on 84,000 posts yet to see the light of the day: NC
Asks govt to address youth’s access to employment, access to education
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Friday said the ongoing pandemic has had a chilling effect on every sector of the Kashmir economy but the youth are especially vulnerable to its ravaging impact. Asking the Government to come up with a policy framework to escape from the immediate and long term effects of […]
