Water fountains to be operational shortly, major landscaping/green cover project to attain better Air Quality Index SRINAGAR: In order to have onsite inspection of ongoing works taken up under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to improve Air Quality Index in District, the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad conducted a whirlwind tour of several […]
PULWAMA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Baseer-Ul-Haq Choudhary on Monday inspected various examination centres established in the district to oversee the arrangements put in place for smooth conduct of Board exams for the class 10 and class 12 annual exams, being conducted by JK BOSE. During the course of inspection, the DC took stock of the […]
Srinagar: The two-day national workshop on Design Component under MSME innovative scheme in collaboration with Innovation began Monday at SKICC Srinagar. During the function speakers vowed to overcome the gap between industry and academia in the region. The workshop is being jointly organized by Branch Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) DFO Srinagar […]
Speakers call for creation of self-reliant models for rehabilitation of economically weaker sections Srinagar: The speakers at the daylong annual Pre Ramadhan interactive programme organized by J&K Yateem Foundation (JKYF) called for creation of sustainable and self reliant micro economic models for the rehabilitation of poor, needy and destitute people in Jammu & Kashmir. They […]
Drug peddling a challenge, dealing with peddlers strictly: SSP Awantipora PAMPORE: Police district Awantipora organised a Road Race Event under the civic action programme in the Pampore area on Monday. Around 100 students from GDC Pampore and other colleges and educational institutions of Pampore and Khrew area participated in the event. The international blind cricketer […]
SRINAGAR: Power Controller Kashmir has informed that, in order to facilitate Commissioning of Loop in Loop out arrangements at Receiving Stations Dooru and Nai Basti the power supply to 33 Kv Receiving Stations, Dooru, Verinag, Hiller-Dooru, Nowgam and Chowgund shall remain affected on March 14 from 10 am to 4 pm. Similarly, the power supply […]
Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan on Monday inaugurated a two-day national seminar on ‘Creating Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Spaces’. The seminar that focused on ‘Urbanisation and Urban Planning in India with Special Reference to Kashmir’ was organised by the Department of Political Science with the sponsorship of Indian Council of Social Science […]
49,607 children of 1-19 years of age to be dewormed PAMPORE: National Deworming Day (NDD) was observed at Medical Block Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday. The main programme was held at Sub District Hospital Pampore under the chairpersonship of Chief Medical Officer Pulwama Dr Haseena Mir and BMO Pampore Dr Asima […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed authorities to remove a mosque from the premises of the Allahabad High Court within three months, telling the petitioners opposing the demolition that the structure stood on a terminated lease property and they can’t claim it as a matter of right to continue. The petitioners, Waqf Masjid […]
Mangaluru: Senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa on Monday said loudspeakers used for ‘Azaan’ (muslim call for prayer) disturb people, especially students who study for examinations and patients in hospitals. He was responding to a query on his comments on Azaan made during the party’s Vijay Sankalp Yatra on Sunday at Shantinagar, which has gone […]