Snakes rescued by wildlife SOS at 3 places

PAMPORE: Three snakes have been rescued by a team of experts from Wildlife SOS from Pampore, Srinagar and Budgam area on Wednesday. Three different kinds of snakes, including a nearly five-feet-long rat snake, were rescued by the Jammu and Kashmir Department of Wildlife SOS in Dooninar Tulbagh area of Pampore, Brain Srinagar and Kralpora Budgam, […]

LMD penalizes Importer-Company of Spare-Parts for violation of rules

SRINAGAR: Following a complaint lodged by All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Association-Gulmarg against an authorized dealer of an Importer-Company for selling spare-parts without complying with the rules, Legal Metrology Department (LMD) penalized the company on establishing violation of rules. The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole who has been very prompt in resolving the public grievances, […]

GDC Sumbal organizes awareness and sensitization programme regarding “Importance of following Traffic Rules”

Sumbal: Debates & Seminar Committee and Psychological Counselling Cell of GDC Sumbal in collaboration with the Traffic Police of J&K, organized an awareness and sensitization programme regarding the “Importance of following Traffic Rules” in GDC Sumbal on Wednesday. The programme was started with the opening remarks presented by Dr. Mehraj Hajni, HOD Political Science and […]

Mega event on Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan held at GDC Pattan

Youth must abstain from drugs & work hard for their goals: Dr Sehrish BARAMULLA: In continuation to series of programmes being organized to raise awareness on drug abuse under ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ in the district, an awareness programme was today organized by Block Medical Officer Pattan in collaboration with GDC Pattan and District Administration […]

MC Anantnag penalizes private clinical laboratory for unscientific disposal of medical waste

ANANTNAG: : A laboratory operating from the premises of a private health facility was penalized in contravention of Solid Waste Management rules, Anantnag Municipal Solid Waste Management By-laws 2019 and Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016. It was given out that during routine supervision of sanitation work, medical waste was found scattered in a public lane […]

Secretary Health convenes review meeting regarding working of JKMSCL

JAMMU: Secretary, Health and Medical Education (H&ME), Bhupinder Kumar, today convened a review meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation Limited (JKMSCL). Additional Secretary H&ME, Managing Director, JKMSCL along with Financial Advisor, General Manager (Administration), General Manager (P&S), Deputy General Managers and Medical Officers of JKMSCL attended the meeting. The meeting had deliberations on […]

CS inaugurates portal for J&KRAS, 2022

CS inaugurates portal for J&KRAS, 2022

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta inaugurated the portal for Jammu and Kashmir Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme (JKRAS), 2022; thus removing the manual interface of the applicants with the government for applying for compassionate appointments. The new Scheme replaces the J&K Compassionate Appointment Rules, 1994 under which the dependents of the deceased government employees […]

Bear captured at Galander Pampore

Bear captured at Galander Pampore

PAMPORE: Wildlife department experts Range Khrew along with police Pampore and joint control room(JCR) Pampore tranquilized and captured a black bear which was roaming in a residential area at Galander area of Saffron Town Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. The bear was spotted by local residents in a residential area in Gujjar […]

Prof. Nahar from Ohio State University delivered a lecture, signed MoU with IUST

Awantipora: As a part of its Scientific Outreach Initiative, Department of Physics, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), organized a public lecture by Prof. Sultana N. Nahar, Atomic Astrophysicist, Department of Astronomy, Ohio State University, USA. She also signed an MoU with the university for initiating a recognition program for teachers and students. Delivering […]

45 vehicles involved in illegal mining seized during night raids in Pampore, Pulwama

PAMPORE: District Mineral Officer Pulwama (DMO) Majid Aziz has seized 45 vehicles used in illegal mining and transportation of raw materials from different areas of Pampore and Pulwama district during the raids in the last 24 hours. A team of officials from Geology and Mining Department Pulwama laid a major crackdown at various locations of […]