Asks for effective enforcement to curb road accidents, casualties JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss various issues related to road safety at the Civil Secretariat. During the meeting, he passed important directions for road safety measures, and suggested various mechanisms to reduce traffic accidents and improve the response system, […]
JAMMU: State Election Commissioner, KK Sharma today asked the officers to undertake the exercise for updating and revising the Panchayat Electoral Roll of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in a time bound manner. The SEC was chairing a meeting to discuss the schedule for updation/revision of Panchayat Electoral Roll in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Srinagar: E-bikes meant for public sharing are set to hit Srinagar soon as a group of Kashmiri youth have set it up in association with Srinagar Smart City Limited. Sheikh Yamin, Co-founder and Managing Director of Curve Electrics, said that they have started the initiative of public sharing E-bikes in Srinagar and trial run was […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre and the National Medical Commission (NMC) to find out a solution to accommodate those undergraduate medical students who have returned from foreign countries like Ukraine and China, saying their career will be left in lurch if no solution is found at this stage. A bench […]
Washington: A top American counterterrorism official is set to visit New Delhi for the US-India Counterterrorism Joint Working Group’s annual meeting next week that will review regional and global terrorist threat assessments and initiatives to strengthen law enforcement and judicial partnerships. Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Timothy Betts travels to Japan, the Philippines, and India from […]
SDGs will be very powerful tool to measure development: Chief Secretary JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today said that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be a very powerful tool to measure development in general and sustainable development in particular, and added that the governments have to measure development to improve further. The […]
PAMPORE: Two black bears that had fallen and got trapped in a 15-feet-deep dry well were rescued by Wildlife department Range Khrew area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Friday evening. In a four hour long rescue effort, wildlife department including casual labourers rescued two black bears after they had accidentally fallen into a agriculture dry well […]
GANDERBAL: The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ganderbal, Mehraj-ud-Din Shah today chaired a meeting of PDD to review the steps taken in advance for winter preparedness in the district. At the outset, threadbare discussion was held on buffer stock of transformers, working of District Workshop in double shifts, and restoration teams for prompt clearance of faults. […]
Srinagar: In view of the surge in crime against women and to spread awareness among masses about the legal aspects of rights of women, crime against women/girls, Police in collaboration with Special Cell for Women Ganderbal organized an awareness programme at PS Kheer Bhawani. The programme was organised on the directions of SSP Ganderbal Shri […]
BUDGAM: Post, ’My Town My Pride’ (MTMP) programme held across all 6 Municipalities in Budgam, the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Budgam, S F Hamid today toured various wards of Budgam Town to take on spot assessment of availability of essential services and infrastructure development. The DC was accompanied by various District Officers, Ward Members, respected locals […]