Minister for expediting introduction of skill development courses

Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, today chaired a high-level meeting of officers to review the introduction and implementation of various skill development courses in schools, colleges and universities. Minister of State for Education, Priya Sethi, was also present in the meeting.  The meeting included detailed presentations about skill development courses offered in universities, […]

Work in coordination to expedite reforms, improve public service delivery: Dy CM

Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh today asked the officers to work in a coordinated manner to ensure fast-tracking of reforms and improvement of public services delivery in the Power Development Department. The Deputy Chief Minister was speaking at a meeting convened to discuss the measures to be put in place for making frame work […]

Family Welfare Deptt to be made more vibrant, result-oriented: Minister

Minister for Health & Medical Education, Bali Bhagat has called for further strengthening and streamlining the functioning of Family Welfare Department, enabling it to ensure implementation of various flagship and welfare programmes of Central and State Governments, especially related to the national immunization programme more efficiently and systematically. While reviewing the functioning of the Department […]

Commissioner Secy Culture inaugurates 3-day e-Granthalaya training

Commissioner Secretary Culture, Dilshad Khan, today inaugurated 3-day training programme on e-Granthalaya being organized by the Department of Libraries & Research. Director Libraries, Mukhtar-ul-Aziz,  Technical Director, NIC New Delhi Ram Kumar Matoria and other officers and officials of Libraries Department and NIC were present. e-Granthalaya – a Digital Agenda For Library Automation and Networking is […]

DIPR staff associated with Aks-eParwaaz appreciated

Director Information & Public Relations, Muneer-ul-Islam today presented Certificate of Appreciation to the Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR) staff working in the audio-visual unit for ensuring successful transition and in-house compilation of the Aks-e-Parwaaz programme. The Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Zahoor Ahmad Guru, Assistant Editor Films, Syed Shakil Shan, AE&CO, Mohammad […]

Agro Industries to set up departmental stores at Secretariat, other places: Minister

Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, has directed the State Agro Industries Development Corporation (SAIDC) to set up departmental stores at Civil Secretariat Srinagar and Jammu so that Agro products are made available to the employees. The Minister issued instructions in this regard while chairing the 31st and 32nd Annual General Meetings of SAIDC […]

JK Bank organises welcome programme for IIT students at Jagti

J&K Bank organized a two-day welcome programme for the new students of IIT Jammu in the new campus at Jagti. The institution has been made operational from the current academic year. The new students for current academic year who reported for registration were welcomed by the Bank with light refreshment and were provided on the […]

Finance Minister meets Governor

Dr. Haseeb A. Drabu, Minister for Finance, Labour and Employment, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today. Dr. Drabu briefed the Governor about the implementation of GST in the State and apprised about the positive response of the business community in the migration to the new tax regime. The Minister informed that […]

Poetry reverberates, as KU witnesses Slam Poetry session

  In order to revive the traditional culture of poetry recitals at public places, poetic verses Thursday reverberated at Poetry Slam session held in Kashmir University. Event Management Company, Amblin Services Private limited, in collaboration with Siffer, an Art Collective organized the session. “In Kashmir University there is no public space where students can discuss […]

Minister inspects CCM Srinagar, stresses on its modernization

  Minister of State for Forest, Environment, and Cooperative, Mir Zahoor Ahmad today conducted a surprise visit of Centre for Cooperative Management (CCM), Srinagar and took stock of its functioning and field activities. Secretary Cooperatives, Bashir Ahmad Bhat, and Principal CCM apprised the Minister about the activities carried out by the Institute. They informed that […]