SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a meeting to review the execution of mining leases in Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Mining, Forest, Ecology & Environment, besides Director, Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board (PCB) and concerned HoDs participated in the meeting. The Chief Secretary asked […]
Srinagar: The government on Monday suspended Senior Superintendent of Police, pending enquiry, officials said. “Pending enquiry into his conduct, Ramesh Kumar Bhat (JKPS:1999), Senior Superintendent of Police, presently attached in the Home Department, is hereby placed under suspension, with immediate effect, in terms of Rule 31 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control […]
DC Bandipora reviews progress of works BANDIPORA: Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad on Monday chaired an officers` meeting convened to discuss the developmental scenario and the activities being carried out by Wullar/Mansbal Development Authority and Wullar Conservation and Management Authority. The meeting was attende d by Chief Executive Officer WUCMA, CEO WMDA, DSEO Bandipora, […]
SRINAGAR: The department of LAWDA has taken an initiative to extract the lily on most scientific lines & stop its regrowth in future. An area of about 1.71 sq km on the front side of Doledemb extending from NPL bund towards Kabutar Khana has been targeted to be extracted this year. Accordingly tenders were floated […]
Srinagar: Police have arrested four drug peddlers in Anantnag and recovered huge quantities of contraband substances from their possession. Officers from Police Post Sangam at a checkpoint established on NHW44 near Sangam Chowk intercepted a vehicle bearing registration number JK03A-3234 with two persons on board. They have been identified as Muzaffar Ah Das son of […]
Srinagar: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has demanded inclusion of minorities like Sikhs, Gujjars and Paharis in the consultations being carried out by the Delimitation Commission as part of its exercise in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The Committee has said that the exclusion of minorities is unacceptable and it would be […]
Srinagar: MP Anantnag and JKNC leader Hasnain Masoodi has demanded free movement of traffic including light vehicles on Mughal Road. In a statement issued to press Masoodi has resented restrictions on movement of private transport on Mughal Road stating that ban on light vehicles is causing immense inconvenience and hardship to the general public of […]
Srinagar: Media Education Research Centre (MERC), University of Kashmir, on Monday organized a one-day webinar on ‘Reimagining Learning in Contemporary Times’. Professor Fazal Malik and Prof Anubhuti Yadav spoke as guest speakers during the webinar. Professor Malik, Vice President Academics, Director Institutional Effectiveness, Amity University, Dubai said that the world had made a quantum jump […]
Srinagar: Prof Geer Mohammad Ishaq from Kashmir University’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences has taken over as new Director of the varsity’s Centre for Career Planning and Counselling (CCPC). An order to this effect was issued by the University’s Teaching Wing. With a teaching experience of more than 19 years, Prof Geer has served the university […]
Srinagar: Kashmir University’s National Service Scheme (NSS) on Monday organised a virtual event to celebrate the International Day of Yoga 2021. The programme was held in collaboration with the Art of Living Foundation. This year’s International Day of Yoga focuses on ‘Yoga for well-being,’ underlining how Yoga can help promote people’s holistic health and wellbeing. […]