Minor boy drowns to death in Kangan
Srinagar: An 11-years-old boy drowned to death in an irrigation canal in Thune area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials said. An official said that the boy slipped into the irrigation canal, following which a rescue operation was launched, news agency KNO reported. He said that the boy was later retrieved […]
Murder accused arrested after 16 years in Kishtwar
Jammu: A man wanted for killing a Sarpanch in 2008, was arrested in Kishtwar district on Sunday, police said. Mir Hussain, a resident of Keshwan, was the “most wanted fugitive” in the district and was arrested by a special team following specific information from Kishtwar, a police spokesman said. Hussain had gone underground after abducting […]
DGP inaugurates 5G-enabled i5 interactive panels for Smart Classes at PPS, Jammu
Empowering children through quality education aim of J&K Police & PWWA: R.R Swain Jammu: In a significant milestone in the journey of technological advancement at JKPPS, Miran Sahib Jammu, DGP, J&K inaugurated 5G i5 Smart Panels in the presence of Prof. Rasmita Das Swain, Chairperson, Management Committee, J&K PPSs/PWWA, M.N Tiwari, (IGP Armed/IRP Jammu Zone, […]
Quality healthcare facilities imperative for effective patient care: Dr Abid Rasheed
Felicitates officers, officials on NQAS certification of UPHC Hazratbal SRINAGAR: Secretary of Health and Medical Education (HME), Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, today remarked that quality healthcare facilities are the basis of effective patient care and there should be a target for all health facilities to achieve quality certification under National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS). […]
Ban on sale, consumption of tobacco products in Vaishno Devi town of Katra
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration Saturday banned the sale, possession and consumption of cigarettes and other tobacco products in the holy town of Katra, which houses the cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, officials said. Reasi District Magistrate Vishesh Mahajan said the initiative, launched on the World No-Tobacco Day, aims to maintain the sanctity […]
Phase III of e-Courts Project would transform Indian Judicial System incredibly: Chief Justice
JAMMU: Chief Justice, High Court of J&K and Ladakh, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, today virtually inaugurated a two-day e-Courts Phase III Regional Cluster Workshop for North Zone, High Court(s), which is being held at J&K Judicial Academy, Srinagar. The delegates from the High Courts of Delhi, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan and Allahabad along with the High Court […]
Educationists’ role essential in achieving tobacco-free society: Justice Tashi
J&K LSA organises awareness programme on World No Tobacco Day SRINAGAR: Commemorating the World No Tabacco Day, the J&K Legal Services Authority in collaboration with Crescent Public School, Naseem Bagh, Srinagar, Bilaliya Educational Institute, Srinagar, Nageen Lake Conservation organization, Kashmir Concern, Agri Industries Vikaas Chamber and District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Srinagar, organized an awareness […]
DHSK observes World No Tobacco Day
Speakers advocate collective action to weed out the menace SRINAGAR: The Directorate of Health Services Kashmir (DHSK) today observed World No Tobacco Day here in which the participants deliberated upon the health challenges posed by consumption of all forms of tobacco, for smokers as well as non-smokers. To commemorate the global celebration, a grand function […]
Crackdown on underweight cylinders: LMD Kulgam slaps LPG bottling plant with penalty of Rs 1 lakh
SRINAGAR: Legal Metrology Department (LMD) Kulgam has slapped a Samba-based LPG bottling plant with a penalty of one lakh rupees for supplying underweight LPG Cylinders for public distribution through retailers. The field executives of the Legal Metrology Department under the supervision of the Assistant Controller, Legal Metrology, Kulgam, apprehended a consignment of 324 domestic LPG […]
GDC Kulgam introduces sericulture course to enable students to ‘earn while they learn’
Kulgam: The principal of GDC Kulgam on Friday said that under the NEP 2020 framework, they have introduced a sericulture skill course, in collaboration with the sericulture department. Syed Eazaz Hussain Rizvi, Principal GDC Kulgam said that a select group of students will receive basic training in sericulture and will subsequently impart their knowledge to […]
