REASI: Police have arrested two officials of Social Welfare Department, working in the ICDS programme, along with two locals in Mahore area of district Reasi for misappropriating food items meant for supply to the ICDS centers. An investigation by the police has revealed that the officials sold the food items including cereals, pulses, sugar, biscuits […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday said that an amount of Rs 106.73 crore has been spent under Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) in Jammu province during the last four years. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar informed the House that an amount of Rs 106.73 crore has been spent under […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government is in the process of providing 36,891 solar home lights and street lights to 299 villages and hamlets in the state. Minister of State for Science and Technology, Feroz Ahmed said that so far 244 villages and 15 hamlets have been provided with solar home lighting system from last few […]
Jammu: Government of India has sanctioned 676 new sub-health centres in Jammu and Kashmir under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the state Assembly was informed Friday. Minister for Health and Medical Education Taj Mohi-ud-Din stated this in a reply to a question in the Legislative Assembly. “Out of the 676 new sub health centres, twelve […]
Jammu: Various Kashmiri Pandits organisations Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to pass the pending Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places Bill without any dilution during the current Assembly session. “Jammu and Kashmir Government should pass the pending Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places (Management and Regulation) Bill during the current session of the […]
JAMMU: 13 Commissions of Inquiries(CoIs) were set up while 123 magisterial and judicial probes ordered into various incidents by successive governments since 2002. The information was revealed by Minister for Law Justice and parliamentary Affairs Mir Saifullah in reply to a question by Peoples Democratic Party MLA, Syed Basharat Ahmad Bukhari in the Legislative Assembly. […]
JAMMU: K Rajendra Kumar, a 1984 batch IPS officer, Friday took over the charge of Special Director General of Police (Coordination) Police Headquarters here. Kumar will hold the charge of Special DGP, which has recently been created by the government, an official spokesman said. Rajendra, who was presently posted as DG Prisons (J&K), has served […]
JAMMU: All pilgrims to Amarnath cave shrine will be provided with pre-paid cellular service, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) said on Thursday. In a statement, the SASB said that a recent meeting attended by Chief Executive Officer and other concerned officers chaired by N.N. Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and chairman of SASB decided […]
Jammu: The Joint Consultative Committee (JCC), an amalgam of several employees union spearheading the agitation, Thursday alleged that the government was not sincere in resolving the issues of employees and threatened to launch an agitation yet again. During an emergency meeting presided by JCC chairman Abdul Qayoom Wani at Jammu, the employees leadership said the […]
JAMMU: Various administrative departments have missed several deadlines to furnish details of adhoc / contractual/ consolidated employees , the government said Wednesday. “As per J&K Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act-2010, all administrative departments were asked to submit the details to the Member Secretary of the Empowered Committee within 60 days from the commencement of the […]