Corrupt practices benefit only few, are detrimental for overall public welfare: CS

Corrupt practices benefit only few, are detrimental for overall public welfare: CS

Calls For Reaching Out To Every Household For Digital Empowerment Srinagar: On the conclusion of the ‘Brashtachar Mukt J&K Week’ held between 4-9th September in the UT, Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today reiterated that the fight against corruption is not a one-off event but a continuous process that needs to become integral part […]

Police freezes property of drug smuggler couple

Police freezes property of drug smuggler couple

Srinagar: Police on Sunday froze property of a notorious drug smuggler couple under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The property worth Rs 56.60 lakh belonging to two notorious drug smugglers identified as Khursheed Ahmad Waza and his wife Posha Begum, a resident of Ward No. 5 […]

Brainstorming session deliberates on maximizing impact of UTSAP

Brainstorming session deliberates on maximizing impact of UTSAP

CS Inaugurates Workshop On SSAP-Water At IIT-Jammu Jammu: In a significant stride toward securing sustainable future for water sector across Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu and Jal Shakti Department (JSD) of Jammu & Kashmir today jointly organised Inception Workshop focusing on the State-Specific Action Plan for Water (SSAP-Water) […]

J&K Yateem Foundation holds 3-day volunteers’ capacity building programme

J&K Yateem Foundation holds 3-day volunteers’ capacity building programme

• Speakers describe credibility, transparency, accountability & selflessness as basic tenets to serve humanity • Experts urge volunteers to adopt innovative and modern methodologies in the field of social service Srinagar: In order to sensitise and inculcate understanding about basic tenets of social service and build comprehensive capacity among volunteers, the J&K Yateem Foundation conducted […]

Bhatnagar for intervention of latest technology in fish farming to create employment avenues

Bhatnagar for intervention of latest technology in fish farming to create employment avenues

Anantnag: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Sunday visited Fish Farming Project Kokernag here and took stock of its functioning. Director Fisheries J&K, Mohammad Farooq Dar; Chief Project Officer, Ghulam Mohi-u-Din Wani and other officers and officials of the department accompanied the Advisor. During the visit, Advisor Bhatnagar inspected various divisions of the […]

Orientation prog on Integrated Agri-value Chain Development in J&K held at SKUAST-K

Orientation prog on Integrated Agri-value Chain Development in J&K held at SKUAST-K

Srinagar: A Collaborative orientation Programme on “Integrated Agri-value Chain Development in UT of J&K” was inaugurated by Smt. Shabnam Kamili (JKAS) Secretary, Agriculture Production Department in presence of Prof. Nazir Ahmed Ganai, Vice- Chancellor, SKUAST-Kashmir, Prof. D. M. Makhdoomi, Director Extension, SKUAST-K, Prof. H. R. Naik, Director P&M SKUAST-K, Prof. V. Padmanan, Grant Thorton Bharat, […]

IUST NSS Unit embarks on educational trip to Uri Kaman Post

Awantipora: The National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) organized a visit of NSS members to Kaman Post, Uri today, as part of the “Desh Dekho” initiative. The program was coordinated by Dr. Tariq Ahmad, NSS Coordinator, IUST. This initiative underscores NSS’s unwavering commitment to fostering community engagement and […]

Natural Farming practices find wider adoption in Gurez valley

Srinagar: Natural Farming practices are finding wider adoption among the farming community of Gurez valley. This has been made possible due to the intensive compaign and sensitization programmes of KVK-Bandipora-II (Gurez) regarding natural farming practices in different villages of this beautiful valley. Dr. Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Programme Coordinator, KVK Bandipora-II (Gurez), told that owing to […]

Chandrababu Naidu sent to 14-day judicial custody in skill dev case

New Delhi: An anti-corruption bureau (ACB) court in Vijaywada on Sunday sent TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu to judicial custody till September 23 in connection with alleged skill development scam. The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister was arrested at Nandyal in the early hours of Saturday. A police contingent had arrived at around 3 am to […]

Delhi summit has proved G20 can still drive solutions to pressing issues: Biden

Delhi summit has proved G20 can still drive solutions to pressing issues: Biden

New Delhi: Just before leaving India after attending the G20 Summit, US President Joe Biden on Sunday said this year’s summit has proved that the grouping can still drive solutions to the most pressing issues of the climate crisis, fragility, and conflict. Talking to X, the US President said: “At a moment when the global […]