Yuwa Sahitya event held at KU
Srinagar, June 22: An event on ‘Yuwa Sahitya’ was held at the University of Kashmir today on Saturday. The event was organised by the Department of Linguistics, KU, in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. According to the organisers of the event the aim of the program was to provide a platform to the young […]
DG Prisons visits B’la, Kupwara jails
BARAMULLA, JUNE 22: Director General Police (Prisons) V.K. Singh today visited District Jail Baramulla and Kupwara to review the security arrangements and evaluate the reformatory programmes running in the jails. He was accompanied by Mohammad Suleman Choudhary- DIG NKR Baramulla, Abdul Qayoom- SSP Baramulla, Ifroz Ahmed Mir, Addtional SP Kupwara, Yasser Parrey, DySP Hqrs Kupwara, […]
Div Com distributes scooties among specially-abled persons
JAMMU, JUNE 22: In order to provide better transportation facilities to specially-abled persons Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Sanjeev Verma today distributed specially designed scooties among five divyangs. Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Director State Motor Garages, Syed Muarif Andrabi, District Social Welfare Officer, Jammu, Ajay Salan and other senior officers and locals were present on […]
Div Com Jammu conducts brief tour of Kathua
KATHUA, JUNE 22: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today conducted a brief tour of Kathua in which he visited village Budhi and Manyari, Pansar, Bobiya and Haria Chak villages of Border area. During his visit the Divisional Commissioner took assessment of percolation of welfare schemes to the villagers and took notice of encroachment of state […]
Extensive programmes held in Gram Panchayats across Ladakh Division
Back to Village” Program Day 3
SRINAGAR, JUNE 22: The third day of ‘Back to Village’ programme saw overwhelming participation of people in the Gram Sabhas and the interactive sessions held in various panchayat halqas of both Leh and Kargil districts of Ladakh division. In Leh, team of Officers and officials visited various villages of Chushot block. He interacted with the […]
Ahead of Yatra, Guv reviews security at UHQ meeting
Meeting discusses internal, external security situation in the state
Srinagar, June 21: Governor Satya Pal Malik chaired the Unified Headquarters meeting in Srinagar to review the overall security situation in the state. The meeting comprised top brass of the Army, Police, Paramilitary, State and Central Intelligence agencies and was attended by K. Vijay Kumar, Advisor to Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Lt. Gen. Ranbir […]
SAC approves training policy for officers of J&K Administrative Services
Srinagar, Jun 21: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik has approved the Training Policy for the officers of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service, an official press release said today. It said the government had set up a Committee to devise a Comprehensive Training Policy for […]
Militant’s sister, brother-in-law shot at after abduction
Anantnag, Jun 21: Unidentified gunmen on Friday shot at and injured a couple, a day after their abduction in Arwani area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Reports said that the gunmen abducted the sister and brother-in-law of an active Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant from Arwani area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir at 4:30 pm last […]
International Yoga Day celebrated in Kashmir
Srinagar: Several events were held in Kashmir Valley on Friday to mark the fifth International Yoga Day, officials said. The main Yoga Day function was held at Raj Bhawan wherein the Governor also participated in. Yoga Day programs were held by various government departments, Army, CRPF, BSF and the Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP, […]
CB books fake online shopping company for fraud
Srinagar, Jun 21: Crime Branch Kashmir (CBK) has registered a case against ten persons who “fraudulently” stole the money of a person by informing him that he had won a lucky draw. CBK initiated preliminary enquiry on the written complaint received from one person, which revealed that the complainant has received an SMS from Cell […]