Kashmir Tweed to get GI registration

Kashmir Tweed to get GI registration

Srinagar: The Department of Handicrafts and Handloom has submitted the dossier for registration of Kashmir Tweed to Intellectual Property India, Chennai, an apex-level organization for the registration and better protection of geographical indications relating to goods in India. The Director, Handicrafts and Handloom, (H&H) Kashmir, while commenting on the downswing of the centuries old craft […]

Cancer Institute Jammu Asked To Start OPD Next Month

Jammu: Secretary Health & Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar, Tuesday convened a meeting at Government Hospital Gandhi Nagar to review progress on establishment of State Cancer Institute, Jammu. Secretary had detailed assessment of status of building construction, procurement of machinery and equipments besides selection of Human resource including faculty, nursing and para medical staff by Jammu […]

2 JKAS Officers Shifted

Srinagar: The government on Tuesday ordered transfer of two JKAs officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to a government order, Hitesh Gupta, JKAS, Joint Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Jammu, holding additional charge of Additional Chief Executive Officer, Smart City, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, […]

India’s G20 Presidency: KU among country’s 15 institutions to host Y20 events

India’s G20 Presidency: KU among country’s 15 institutions to host Y20 events

Srinagar: With India assuming the Presidency of the G-20 Group of Countries, the University of Kashmir will be among 15 premier academic institutions in the country to represent the nation in hosting the prestigious Youth-20 events. The Y20 events are being held in line with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision that calls upon the […]

Admin has scant regard for poor, downtrodden: Dr Farooq Abdullah

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and MP Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said the stifling bureaucratic policies have left people of Jammu and Kashmir to suffer. He said this while addressing a public gathering in Shehr-e-Khaas area in Srinagar. The administrative and developmental inertia, Dr. Farooq said, has led to a […]

Citizen-centric governance established across J&K: Advisor Bhatnagar

Citizen-centric governance established across J&K: Advisor Bhatnagar

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Tuesday interacted with scores of public delegations and individuals from different parts of Kashmir division at Civil Secretariat here. The delegations and individuals briefed the Advisor about the issues and demands pertaining to their respective areas seeking an early redressal to the same. While interacting with […]

SKUAST-K’s RCFC holds seminar on medicinal plants

Jammu: A seminar-cum-awareness programme on medicinal plants was organised on Tuesday at Padma Shri Padma Sachdev Govt PG College for Women Gandhi Nagar Jammu under the SKUAST-K’s RCFC. The daylong seminar on ‘Diversity, Conservation and Livelihood Security through Himalayan Medicinal Plants’ was organised by SKUAST-K’s Regional- cum- Facilitation Centre (RCFC) in collaboration with the Department […]

Training prog held at SKUAST-K

Srinagar: An orientation-cum-training programme on “Human Resource Development for Technological Backstoping for Sustainable and Accelerated Transformation of Agriculture” was held on Tuesday at the Directorate of Research, SKUAST-Kashmir under the chairmanship of Prof. Sarfaraz A. Wani, Director Research, SKUAST-Kashmir. The programme was attended by Prof. Masood Salem Mir, Associate Director Extension (AS), Dr. M. Anwar […]

National Lok Adalat on Feb 11 in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Srinagar is organizing National Lok Adalat on 11 February, 2023, in the premises of District Court Complex Moominabad, Srinagar. Parties or their Advocates, whose cases are pending before any Court at District Court Complex, Moominabad, Srinagar or before the Court of Additional Mobile Magistrate (TFC) Panthachowk, and are […]

Amid conducive climate, beekeeping has tremendous potential in Kashmir: Dir Agri

Srinagar: “Kashmir has a tremendous potential for bee keeping because of its conducive climate for beekeeping and diverse forest resources. By exploring this allied wing we can generate a good number of employment opportunities for our young educated farmers, agri-preneurs,” said Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal in his address to the participants of divisional […]