CS Directs Making Every Service Online Till Jan 15

CS Directs Making Every Service Online Till Jan 15

Strengthen village institutions of Numberdar, Chowkidar Jammu: In a meeting with Revenue Authorities, Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today emphasised upon them about the need for strengthening of traditional and vital village institutions of Numberdar and Chowkidar throughout J&K. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, Revenue; Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and many other […]

World Is In State Of Crisis: Modi At Virtual Global Summit

World Is In State Of Crisis: Modi At Virtual Global Summit

New Delhi: The world is in a state of crisis and it is difficult to predict how long this state of instability will last, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he stressed the need for the Global South to escape the cycle of dependency on systems and circumstances which are not of its […]

Centre-Delhi services row: GoI says UTs extension of Union, SC questions need of elected govt

Centre-Delhi services row: GoI says UTs extension of Union, SC questions need of elected govt

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the need for having an elected government in Delhi after the Centre asserted the Union Territories are an extension of the Union which wants to administer them. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, while continuing the hearing for a third day on the […]

Poonch: Boy Injured In Firing

Jammu: A 9-year-old boy was injured and two persons had miraculous escape amid accidental firing while they were heading towards a shrine for paying obeisance in Surankote area of Poonch district on Thursday. Sources said that the boy identified as Afran Ahmed son of Mohammad Sharief of Sangla Tehsil was rushed to Sub district hospital […]

Man Held For ‘Threatening Posters’

Man Held For ‘Threatening Posters’

Srinagar: A person was arrested in Baramulla district of north Kashmir for pasting posters threatening outsiders, police said on Thursday. On December 22 last year, Police Post Palhallan learnt through reliable source that threat has been issued to outsiders and condemning Government’s decision of opening wine shop in Pahalgam by a militant group ‘Lone Wolf […]

Govt sets up panel for outsourcing tourism assets

Jammu: Government is all set to outsource assets of tourism department and has set up a panel to decide the mechanism of executing the plan in a phased manner. There are huge assets of tourism being laying idle without any use for tourism activities in various areas of Jammu and Kashmir, including some tourist places. […]

15 persons injured in accident

Jammu: At least 15 pilgrims were injured when a mini bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and rolled down a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday, officials said. The accident took place when the pilgrims were en route to Katra from Shiv Khori. The injured passengers have been hospitalised. […]

Gross output of poultry sector to increase from Rs 709 cr to Rs 1982 cr annually in J&K: Govt

Gross output of poultry sector to increase from Rs 709 cr to Rs 1982 cr annually in J&K: Govt

‘Around 420 enterprises, over 4000 jobs to be created under the project’ JAMMU: Poultry farming in Jammu and Kashmir has a long history, with traditional farming methods dating back centuries. However, in recent years, the sector has undergone significant modernisation and expansion. The introduction of new technologies and improved breeding techniques has led to an […]

Dir Research SKUAST-K for regaining J&K’s glory as producer of high-quality bio-voltine silk

Dir Research SKUAST-K for regaining J&K’s glory as producer of high-quality bio-voltine silk

Srinagar: The second presentation of Divisional Level Orientation Programme of Apex Projects on Technological interventions to strengthen sericulture in UT of JK was conducted at Directorate of Research SKUAST-Kashmir. Prof. Sarfaraz A. Wani, Director Research, SKUAST-K in his address briefed the trainees about the importance of sericulture. He emphasized on regaining J&K’s glory as a […]

KU condoles demise of employee, holds condolence meet

KU condoles demise of employee, holds condolence meet

Srinagar: The University of Kashmir on Thursday condoled the demise of Mohammad Shafi, a driver who was working in the varsity’s Transport Section. Vice-Chancellor Prof Nilofer Khan, who is out of station, conveyed her condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for grant of peace to the departed soul. Officiating Vice-Chancellor Prof Nazir Ahmed also […]