Advisor Baseer Khan asks tourism officials to tap tourist potential along IB

JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, has lined up a series of activities for the tourism department with a view to promote border tourism along the International Border (IB). He directed the officers for identification of certain locations along the IB to be covered under the ambit of border tourism. Advisor issued these […]

LG for interstate cooperation in Agriculture, Cooperative sectors

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today called for interstate cooperation in Agriculture and Cooperative sectors for better promotion and growth opportunities to all the stakeholders in the said sectors. The Lt Governor was interacting with Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, Minister for Department of Cooperation and Jails, Punjab during a meeting held here at the Raj Bhavan. […]

Delegation of Dr. Ambedkar Chamber of Commerce calls on LG

JAMMU: A delegation of Dr. Ambedkar Chamber of Commerce today called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The delegation led by its Director General, Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal comprising of Bharat Bhushan (former MLA); Prakash Tanwar; Sanjeev Gharu; Dev Karan Singh and Sachin Pal apprised the Lt Governor about various welfare issues […]

Dir Horticulture reviews performance of department in Doda District

DODA: Director Horticulture Jammu, Ram Savak, reviewed the implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Doda during a tour of the district. During the tour, he visited the Government Model Orchard cum Nursery at Bhella and took stock of the developmental activities there. Besides, he inspected the Vermicompost unit and the water reservoir in the Nursery […]

DC Pulwama recommends for special Audit of all Cooperative Medical shops in Pulwama

Cooperative Elimination of fraudulent practices would revive the Spirit of Movement: DC PULWAMA: In order to streamline the working and elimination of fraudulent practices and in view of prima facie major discrepancies, Deputy Commissioner Pulwama, Dr Raghav Langer has recommended to the Govt to conduct a special audit of all cooperative societies in District Pulwama. […]

Discoms’ outstanding dues to power gencos rise 35% to Rs 1.41 trn in Nov

NEW DELHI: Power producers’ total dues owed by the distribution firms rose over 35 per cent to Rs 1,41,621 crore in November 2020, reflecting stress in the sector. The distribution companies (discoms) owed a total of Rs 1,04,426 crore to power generation firms in November 2019, according to portal PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in […]

CAG writes to finance ministry, seeks performance audit details of PSU banks recapitalisation

NEW DELHI: CAG is doing performance audit on recapitalisation of PSBs after 2016-17 and it has written a letter to the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, seeking various information, including rationale for distribution of capital among different PSBs, sources said. PSU banks recapitalisation In its last report released in July 2017, CAG had […]

Seed sowing of vegetables initiated at Lalmandi

SRINAGAR: Modern and smart agricultural practices with latest trends being adopted, to earn more remunerations:ir Director Agriculture Kashmir Srinagar: Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal Saturday initiated the seed sowing of different hybrid vegetable seeds under controlled conditions at Kitchen Garden Lalmandi, Srinagar. Director while expressing his views on the occasion highlighted the need of […]

Dir Horticulture inspects activities of department in Kishtwar district

JAMMU: Director Horticulture Jammu, Ram Savak, today conducted an extensive tour of Kishtwar district to inspect the activities of the department. He kick started the plantation in the district and inspected a private Fruit Plant Nursery established by Mohammad Abdullah under the RKVY scheme at Poohie. He instructed the owner to maintain the records of […]

One-day exposure tour for orchardists flagged off at Ganderbal

GANDERBAL: A group of 40 Orchardists, from Kangan and Ganderbal zones of the district was today flagged off for one-day exposure cum training tour by Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba. The tour has been organized under the Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) scheme. The orchardists will visit SKUAST-K where they will be imparted […]