Warm send off given to J&K Bank Sr President
Jammu, Feb 02: J&K Bank gave a warm send-off to its Senior President Abdul Rashid, who attained superannuation on January 31, after serving for almost four decades in the bank. The farewell was attended by the Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmad along with Executive Presidents Vagish Chander Presidents, Vice-Presidents and other senior officers of the […]
Governor inaugurates “Leadership Workshop for Women and Youthwith Visual Impairment”
JAMMU: Governor N.N. Vohra inaugurated a 2 day “Leadership Workshop for Women and Youth with Visual Impairment”, organized by the National Federation of the Blind at the Louise Braille Memorial (LBM) School for Sightless Girls, here today. Governor congratulated Sh. S.K. Rungta, General Secretary of the National Federation of Blind, for the commendable work being […]
Impersonator appearing in JKSSB test at Rangreth centre arrested
JAMMU,: The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) Friday handed over an impersonator to police who was trying to appear in the type test for the post of Junior Assistant at the NIELIT test Centre in Rangreth in Srinagar. According to a JKSSB spokesman, the impersonator namely Lukman Fayaz S/O Fayaz Ahmed Khan R/O […]
Deptt of Wildlife Protection celebrates ‘World Wetlands Day
SRINAGAR: The Department of Wildlife Protection today celebrated World Wetlands Day at Tahira Khanam’s College of Educational Institute Srinagar, located adjacent to World famous site Hokersar Wetland Reserve, Srinagar. World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2nd February to mark the date of adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of […]
Govt for exempting teaching staff from non-teaching assignments:Bukhari
JAMMU, – Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today informed the House that Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir has issued instructions to the Deputy Commissioners of the division to exempt teaching staff from performing election related duties in the interest of the student community. Replying to a question of legislator Zaffar Iqbal Manhas, the Minister said […]
Medicines worth Rs 4980.34 lakh procured during 2016-17: Bali Bhagat
jammu-Minister for Health and Medical Education Bali Bhagat today informed the House that the government has procured medicines especially life-saving drugs worth Rs 4980.34 lakh in 2016-17. Replying to a question of legislator Surinder Kumar Choudhary, the Minister informed that Rs 4887.26 lakh and Rs 2593.25 lakh were spent in 2015-16 and 2014-15 respectively for […]
All uncovered villages to be electrified under DDUGJY, PMDP: Dy CM
jammu:-Minister for Power Development Department, Dr Nirmal Singh informed the House that all un-electrified/partially un-electrified habitations in the state have been identified for complete electrification under DDUGJY and PMDP schemes. Responding to specific question of Mr Abdul Majid Padder, the Minister said that un-electrified/partially un-electrified habitations of Noorabad constituency figure in Block Damhal Hanjipora […]
Regularization of unauthorized colonies in Jammu stayed by HC: Asiea
jammu:-Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Ms Asiea Naqash informed the House that there are 31 authorized and 21 unauthorized colonies in Jammu city and its outskirts under the jurisdiction of Jammu Development Authority. However she said that no colony has been regularized during the last ten years. She elaborated that the proposal […]
Trump likely to approve release of secret memo defying FBI
February 02, 2018 United States President Donald Trump is set to approve the release of a controversial memo accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation of abusing its surveillance tools during its probe into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election, setting up a clash with the intelligence agency. The approval for the release of […]
Israel strikes ‘Hamas position’ in north Gaza
Israel says its warplanes have hit a target belonging to the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack took place on Friday against “a Hamas observation post,” AFP reported, citing an Israeli military statement. The spot hit was situated near the city of Beit Hanoun in the coastal enclave’s extreme […]
