India, Bangladesh to hold 3-day mega military exercise from today

New Delhi: The Indian and Bangladeshi navies will hold a mega military exercise in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday which will be followed by a two-day joint maritime patrolling in the region to further expand operational coordination between the two forces, officials said. A wide spectrum of maritime drills and operations will be conducted […]

PRIs instrumental in accelerating pace of progress at grassroot level: Advisor Farooq Khan

PRIs instrumental in accelerating pace of progress at grassroot level: Advisor Farooq Khan

GANDERBAL: A multitude of development activities today marked beginning of third phase of ambitious ‘Back to Village’ (B2V3) programme in 42 panchayats of Ganderbal district.Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmad Khan, conducted an exhaustive visit of Ganderbal district to oversee implementation of this pro-people initiative of the government. Advisor visited Darand and Malchaibagh Panchayat halqas […]

Principle Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabra, visits Letpora during B2V3, lays foundation stone of play field

Principle Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabra, visits Letpora during B2V3, lays foundation stone of play field

Pampore: On the first day of ten-day-long back to village-3 programme, Principal Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabra, on Friday visited Lethpora village of Pampore area in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. During the occasion he listened to public grievances and demands at Government High School Lethpora area of Pampore Tehsil. During the occasion, Shaleen Kabra laid found […]

Programme witnesses immense public response in Kulgam

Programme witnesses immense public response in Kulgam

KULGAM: Phase third of Back to Village Programme kick started in district Kulgam, today, witnessed an immense public response and visiting officers who were deployed to Panchayats listened to public grievances in their respective panchayats, inspected offices and developmental sites. There are 178 Panchayats in 11 blocks of district and all the panchayats will be […]

DDC Srinagar flags off officers to B2V3 programme

DDC Srinagar flags off officers to B2V3 programme

SRINAGAR: The District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary flagged off a team of Visiting Officers on Back to Village Phase 3rd (B2V3)programme which commenced today in four Gram Panchayats of district Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion, DDC said that B2V3 is a flagship programme aims to maximize government’s reach out to the public […]

Casual labours protest demanding wages , job regularisation

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Casual Labours United Front on Friday held a protest demonstration here in Srinagar demanding the government to release their pending wages and regularisation of their services. The members of the JK Casual Labours United front assembled here at press enclave and held a peaceful demonstration in favour of their demands. Imran […]

Soz pained over the death of Mishal Sultanpuri

Srinagar: Saifuddin Soz, former GoI Minister has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Mishal Sultanpuri. In a statement issued here, he said that Mohammad Ramzan, Mishal Sultanpuri was a scholar of Kashmiri and Urdu literature and a poet, who had won recognition for his scholarship in his own lifetime. His poetry is a laudable […]

Large number of people visit journalist Javid’s home to offer condolence

BARAMULLA: A large number of people including journalists, social workers, friends and relatives visited the home of Rising Kashmir senior correspondent Javid Ahmad in Watergam to offer their condolences and offer special prayers for the departed soul. Delegations of journalist associations including Baramulla working journalist associations (BWJA) Sopore media association, Tangmarg media association, Handwara media […]

LG expressed grief

Srinagar: LG of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the sudden death of Javid Ahmad. In an official statement, LG Sinha expressed grief over the untimely demise of the young journalist. In his condolence message, the LG prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family at this […]

SMC organised swachhta pledge ceremony at its headquarters

Srinagar Municipal Corporation on Friday today organised an event of Swachhta Pledge Ceremony on Gandhi Jayanti.The event was organised at SMC central office here at Karan Nagar, presided by Acting Mayor Parvez Ahmed Qadri. The Corporators including Lateef Mir, senior officers of Corporation including Secretary SMC Sofi Akbar, Health Officer SMC Qazi Javaid, Chief Sanitation […]