Conservator Forests South Circle Irfan Ali Shah visits Pampore Range

PAMPORE: Conservator of Forests Kashmir South Circle Irfan Ali Shah, IFS visited model forest range Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday where he held a review meeting with District Forest Officer (DFO) Awantipora Mehraj-Ud-Din and Ranger Pampore Farooq Ahmad. The Conservator Irfan Ali Shah also interacted with forest employees. Taking to Kashmir […]

CIC operators seek regularisation, salary hike at earliest

Srinagar: The Community Information Centre (CIC) operators working in Rural Development Department have appealed the Financial Commissioner for regularisation of the or servicers and salary hike In a letter addressed to the The Financial Commissioner,(Additional Chief Secretary)Finance Department the CIC operators have said that they are well qualified having MCA, M.Tech, M.Sc.IT, B.E and B.Tech […]

Police arrests drug peddlers in Kupwara with 1Kg charas

SRINAGAR: Police have arrested drug peddlers in Kupwara and recovered contraband from their possession. Based on specific input about drug peddling, police party led by SHO PS Kupwara along with In-charge PP Kandi under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Rashid Younus at a checkpoint established at Radbugh in presence of concerned Magistrate intercepted a person […]

CUK’s DSW holds seminar on ‘Women in Leadership’

Ganderbal: The Department of Students Welfare (DSW), Central University of Kashmir (CUK) organised a seminar “Women in Leadership” to commemorate the International Women’s Day, at varsity’s Green Campus here Thursday. Addressing the participants, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Farooq Ahmad Shah said, the “empowered women and girls contribute immensely to their families, communities, society and countries at […]

Spine, other Major orthopedic surgeries performed at D.H Pulwama

PULWAMA: On the directions of Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr M A Rather and in view of exigency arising due to fire incident at Bone & Joint Hospital Srinagar, a number of surgeries were performed at District Hospital Pulwama. The surgeries conducted include Left L5-S1 interlaminar fenestration and discectomy L5-S1 PIVD with severe Lumbar Canal […]

CS for proper traffic management along highway, decongestion of cities towns

CS for proper traffic management along highway, decongestion of cities towns

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review traffic scenarios in Jammu and Kashmir. Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Principal Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Department, Commissioner/Secretary, Transport Department, ADGP, Traffic, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Transport Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, representative of NHAI, and concerned officers participated in the meeting. The […]

Pitches for making JK a model in green initiatives

Pitches for making JK a model in green initiatives

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday chaired inaugural session of two day workshop on capacity building of JK Forest and other departments being conducted under REDD-Plus Action for Jammu and Kashmir. The REDD-plus mechanism of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) aims to provide financial incentive for forestry based climate […]

JK H&ME team meets NHM officials to discuss 2022-24 plan

New Delhi: A high level team of Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department, Jammu and Kashmir held detailed deliberations with top officials of National Health Mission during the National Program Coordination Committee (NPCC) meeting in New Delhi. The team led by Additional Chief Secretary Vivek Bharadwaj discussed the future plans of augmenting healthcare scenario in […]

‘Horrific killing of Kupwara minor an eye-opener for our society’

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC) has strongly condemned the horrific and senseless killing of an eight-year-old minor Talib Hussain, son of Manzoor Ahmad Khan of Awoora Trehgam, Kupwara. The AAC on behalf of its leadership especially its incarcerated Chairman Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq while expressing heartfelt condolence and solidarity […]

Police arrests 4 drug peddlers in Budgam, contraband recovered

Srinagar: Police have arrested four drug peddlers in Budgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession. Officers from Police Station Magam at a checkpoint established at Adina Crossing Magam intercepted four persons roaming in suspicious condition who tried to flee from the spot but were apprehended tactfully by the alert police party. During search, 480 […]