BARAMULLA: Briefing about the latest position of COVID-19 pandemic in the district, Deputy Commissioner Baramulla Bhupinder Kumar today informed that positivity rate in the district has drastically reduced to mere 1.8% whereas recovery rate jumped to 97%. He said that this is a remarkable performance recorded by the district which could become possible through active […]
Calls for mass awareness at grass root level by involving PRIs SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary Agriculture Production & Farmers’ Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a meeting of officers to discuss the draft of Agri-Horti Export and Organic Policies for Jammu and Kashmir at Civil Secretariat here. Special Secretary AP&FWD, Pankaj Magotra, Director Agriculture Kashmir/Jammu, […]
SRINAGAR: Principal Secretary Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today reviewed the working of all the skill imparting institutions here. The meeting was attended by Director SDD, Secretary Technical Board, Joint Directors, Principals of Polytechnic colleges and Superintendents of ITIs. Out-station officers participated in the meeting through video conferencing. At the outset of […]
Srinagar: Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Department and Law Enforcement Agency launched a valley wide inspection drive to monitor the quality and distribution of Agricultural inputs among the farming community. Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal framed special teams under the supervision of Joint Directors of the department who were assigned with the districts to […]
SRinagar: To assess the impact of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on Agriculture, Horticulture, Diary Sector, Fish farming, Floriculture and other farmer related activities, the J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans in consultation with the Directorate of Horticulture Kashmir organized a meeting with the Board Members of Kashmir Division on Thursday at Horticulture Complex Rajbagh, Srinagar. […]
RAJOUR: To raise awareness among the farmers about the know-how of the latest practices in the field of sericulture and to strengthen the sericulture sector in the district, the Sericulture Development Department organized an awareness camp here at Sunderbani. Scores of farmers from nearby areas attended the programme amid strict observance of Covid Safety protocol. […]
Pulwama: Suspected militants on Wednesday evening attacked a Police and CRPF naka party in Rajpora Chowk area of Pulwama but no loss of life or injuries was reported in the attack. Official sources said that the suspected militants hurled a grenade and then fired several rounds at the naka party in Rajpora Chowk and police. […]
SRINAGAR: In order to safeguard the lives of people and contain the spread of Covid-19 infection, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad on Tuesday said that all unvaccinated persons visiting any Shopping Store/Complex/ Malls will have to undergo Covid-19 testing. The DC said this during a media brief adding that the exemption would be […]
SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, on Wednesday emphasised on making fool-proof preparations to combat the predicted 3rd wave of Covid-19 in Kashmir. The Div Com said this while chairing a meeting of officers to review Covid-19 situation in Kashmir. At the outset, Mission Director NHM apprised the chair about the […]
Srinagar: A first case of “Delta Plus variant” in J&K has been confirmed from Jammu, official sources said. An official told GNS that a sample collected at Katra and sent for genome sequencing to National Central for Disease Control (NCDC) returned positive for the Delta Plus variant. Principal GMC Jammu, Principal GMC Jammu, Dr Shashi […]