Anantnag: Inhabitants of Peer Mohalla Batagund Verinag staged protest against the Block Development Office (BDO) Verinag for ‘stopping the work on the road unnecessarily’. Locals told ‘Kashmir Vision’ the authorities had started work on 600 mtr long MGNREGA road in 2017 from Peer Mohalla Batagund to Water Tank under Authority No MGNREGA/17/18/071-007 Dated 23/10/2017, costing […]
Jammu: Less than a fortnight into his new assignment, an IPS officer trying to manage traffic in Jammu is drawing applause and brickbats for his flamboyant work style. Basant Rath took over as the Inspector General of Police (traffic) in Jammu on February 9. Since then, the 2000-batch IPS officer has been praised for his […]
Srinagar: Continuing its anti-encroachment drive, the Enforcement wing of the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) demolished five illegal structures in Gulshan Colony Dal, Batpora Dal, Nehrupark, Habak and Laam, which were raised illegally. Subsequently, a shop was sealed by this Authority at Dalgate, officials said in a statement issued here. Suhail Hussain Reshi, Enforcement […]
Srinagar: The education department on Wednesday said that the schools which remained closed for almost three months period for winter break shall reopen on Feb 26 and Mar 05. Director School Education Kashmir, Dr G N Itoo said that all the teaching staff of Primary, Middle, High and Higher Secondary Schools shall report to […]
Srinagar: Ahead of reopening of schools across Kashmir next week, the traffic police has issued an advisory to school authorities and transporters ferrying students. As per the advisory, traffic police has asked the van and school bus drivers to have a valid permit to ferry students to and from the schools. “Drivers should ferry students […]
Jammu: Kishtwar district authorities have suspended at least 37 government employees for being absent from duty without approval, an official spokesman said Wednesday. During a surprise inspection at government offices in Marwah tehsil yesterday, District Development Commissioner Angrez Singh Rana ordered that the employees absent without official approval be suspended. Seventeen of the employees suspended […]
Jammu: J&K Bank Wednesday convened 107th meeting of J&K State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) here at the conference centre of Hotel Radisson Blu, Jammu. The meeting was presided over by B. B. Vyas, Chief Secretary J&K Government. Other prominent dignitaries who attended the meeting included Financial Commissioner, Housing & Urban Development Department. K. B. Aggarwal, […]
Jammu: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Choudhary Lal Singh said that Surinsar and Mansar gardens are one of the finest tourist destinations in the state, adding that the Government is keen to equip such spots with modern infrastructural edifice to facilitate the tourist thronging these places from across the country. This was stated by […]
Jammu: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali Wednesday convened a meeting regarding NFSA and MMSFES to review stock and supply position in Jammu province. The meeting was attended by Commissioner Secretary, FCS&CA, M.D Khan, Additional Secretary, Jugal Kishore Anand, Financial advisor, FCS&CA, Zia-ul-Rehman, Deputy Director planning, FCS&CA […]
Jammu: Minister of State for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Cooperative, Mir Zahoor Ahmad called for collective efforts by all stakeholders to make cooperative movement a vibrant vocation in the state. “This will ensure employment generation for state’s skilled and unskilled youth thus giving a further fillip to state’s economic profile”, the Minister maintained. […]