Effective social security net will strengthen society: LG

Effective social security net will strengthen society: LG

Inaugurates ‘Pensioners Sammelan’ in Srinagar— Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated ‘Pensioners Sammelan’ and interacted with the Pension Beneficiaries in Srinagar, today. In his address, the Lt Governor expressed gratitude to all the senior citizens, who attended the programme. Elders’ blessings are always priceless. J&K Administration will ensure they live a happy and healthy life, […]

Jammu-Poonch highway: BRO achieves breakthrough of Kandi tunnel

Jammu-Poonch highway: BRO achieves breakthrough of Kandi tunnel

Jammu: The Border Roads Organisation on Wednesday achieved a breakthrough of the 260-metre Kandi tunnel along the Jammu-Poonch national highway, a defence spokesperson said. The tunnel work, which commenced in March, has seen remarkable progress despite facing adverse weather conditions, including heavy rainfall and landslides along the entire road stretch, the spokesperson said. He said […]

Jammu Cop dies as his rifle goes off

Jammu Cop dies as his rifle goes off

Jammu: A police officer died after his service rifle went off inside a security installation here on Wednesday, officials said. Inspector Gurdeep Singh (48) of 7th battalion of Jammu and Kashmir armed police received a bullet from his own service rifle inside the battalion headquarters at Channi Himmat in the outskirts of the city, the […]

No major wet spell till Nov 2: MeT

No major wet spell till Nov 2: MeT

Srinagar: Weatherman on Wednesday said that there is no forecast for any major rain or snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir till November 2. A meteorological department official here said that during next 24 hours, weather is likely to be clear to partly cloudy at most places of J&K and Ladakh. From October 25-28, he said, […]

Man gets 1-year jail for theft from govt agency

Man gets 1-year jail for theft from govt agency

Kargil: A local court in Ladakh’s Kargil district on Wednesday sentenced a man to one-year imprisonment for theft from a government-run agency, officials said. The court of Judicial Magistrate Sankoo presided over by Shafiq Mushtaq Lone found Ghulam Ali, a resident of Goma village, guilty of criminal trespass and stealing of batteries installed at the […]

Man held for killing lover’s husband

Man held for killing lover’s husband

Jammu: Police on Wednesday claimed to have solved a murder case of a 42-year-old man whose body with throat slit was recovered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district two days ago. Bikram Kumar, a resident of Basantgarh, was arrested, a police spokesperson said, adding the accused turned out to be the lover of victim Puran […]

Advisor Bhatnagar reviews snow clearance, winter preparedness of R&B Deptt, other agencies

Advisor Bhatnagar reviews snow clearance, winter preparedness of R&B Deptt, other agencies

Directs timely deployment of machinery, manpower at critical locations, emergency public services, hospitals SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Wednesday said that the J&K Administration has significantly enhanced its machinery and other related equipments which will ensure substantial improvement in addressing snow clearance and other critical winter-related challenges than the previous years. […]

SKUAST-K holds entrepreneurship awareness programs on hi-tech nursery raising

SKUAST-K holds entrepreneurship awareness programs on hi-tech nursery raising

Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir held three Entrepreneurship Awareness Programs on ‘High-Tech Nursery Raising Techniques in Vegetable Cultivation’ in Dadhsara and Nowdal villages of Pulwama district and Nadarbagh village of Ganderbal district. The awareness programs were organised by the SKUAST-K’s Division of Vegetable Science under the sponsorship of the Union […]

Expedite disposal of local issues: Alok Kumar to officers

Shopian: Principal Secretary Education, Alok Kumar on Wednesday chaired a mega public grievances redressal camp here to take stock of issues and concerns of people of the district. During the day long camp, hundreds of people participated and flagged off their issues before the visiting officer seeking an early redressal of the same. Delegations including […]

NHM releases ranking of public health facilities on JK e Sahaj for Sept 2023

Srinagar: National Health Mission, Jammu and Kashmir on Monday released ranking of Public Health facilities on Hospital Management Information System (JK e Sahaj) for the month of September 2023. In the category of Associated Hospitals of Government Medical Colleges, the first rank has been clinched by GMC Rajouri, followed by Jammu Psychiatric Disease Hospital, Chest […]