Govt evacuates 1,58,871 stranded JK residents till date
JAMMU, JUNE 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,58,871 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
Smart City: Srinagar to get reverse vending machines for managing solid plastic PET waste
20 RVMs to be installed in first phase; aim is to protect the environment: CEO SSCL
SRINAGAR: Srinagar is soon going to have reverse vending machines at identified public places across the city—the aim being to encourage scientific disposal of plastic and other non-biodegradable waste products and protection of the environment, reads a communiqué of DIPR-JK. The machines also called as RVMs are being installed under the Smart City project. The […]
‘Mid-Day-Meal’ imperative for universalization of Elementary Education
‘School Health Programme’ to monitor students’ cognitive development in government schools
JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting of State Level Steering-cum-Monitoring Committee (SLSMC) of Centrally Sponsored ‘Mid-Day-Meal’ (MDM) scheme and approved its budget proposal for the year 2020-21. Administrative Secretaries of Finance Department, School Education Department, Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department and Consumer Affairs […]
Div Com Jammu reviews progress of work on Border bunkers
Asks DCs to expedite work, share completion plan
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today chaired a meeting of Deputy Commissioners of border districts to review the progress on construction of individual and community bunkers along the border in Jammu division. The meeting was attended by Deputy Director Planning, Chief Planning Officer, Jammu, besides executive engineers of executing agencies while Deputy Commissioners, Kathua, Samba, […]
J&K Congress protests fuel hike, demands roll back of prices
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress workers, with some riding a horse-cart, on Monday held a protest against the continuous hike in petrol and diesel prices here and demanded immediate roll back of the rates to lower the burden on the common man. The protest was organised by the Congress’ Jammu East unit outside the party […]
BJP delegation calls on Lt Governor
Submits memorandum of demands
JAMMU: A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu here at the Raj Bhavan. The delegation led by Vibod Gupta, former MLC comprising of Sat Sharma, former Minister; Ajay Bharti, former MLC and Dr. Narinder Singh, Vice President, BJP apprised the Lt Governor about various issues of […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,56,466 stranded JK residents
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,56,466 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures As per the official data received in this regard, the Jammu […]
Raj Bhavan observes International Day of Yoga
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu, along with Dr. Smita Murmu, First Lady of the UT led the celebrations of the International Day of Yoga in J&K by practicing Yoga at home as per the Common Yoga Protocol issued by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, in consonance with the theme “Yoga@Home and Yoga […]
Int’l Yoga Day: J&K SLSA organises week long activities across UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
JAMMU: Under the visionary guidance of Justice Gita Mittal, Chief Justice J&K High Court and Patron-in-Chief J&K SLSA and the dynamic supervision of Justice Rajesh Bindal, Executive Chairman, J&K SLSA, “6th International Yoga Day” was observed by J&K SLSA today with an objective to integrate the mental, physical and spiritual faculties in the pursuit of […]
Yoga a means for peaceful, contended life: Advisor Sharma
JAMMU: Advisor to Lt Governor, KK Sharma, today maintained that practicing Yoga on regular basis can do wonders towards living a peaceful and contended life free of stress and related ailments. The Advisor was interacting with scores of people during International Yoga Day celebration through video conferencing. The event was organized by Directorate of School […]
