Zulfkar lays foundation of Rs 3.25 cr Gujjar-Bakerwal Girls Hostel at Balli

UDHAMPUR, 1: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali, today laid foundation stone for Gujjar-Bakerwal Girls Hostel at Balli village to be executed by J&K Housing Board with an estimated cost of Rs 3.25 crore. Member Legislative Assembly, Pawan Gupta, was also present on the occasion. Zulfkar, after laying foundation for the building, […]
Five labourers dead, eight injured in a house collapse at Reasi

Five labourers were killed and eight others were injured when a mud house caved in on Wednesday evening, police said. All the injured persons were shifted to hospital for treatment. Police said that all the labourers were working on under construction mud house and it collapsed suddenly leading to death of five persons on spot.police […]
Sale of fertilizers without PoS machines illegal: Dir Agri

SRINAGAR, Director Agriculture Kashmir, Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today convened a high-level meeting to review the implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system and to review the progress on installation of Point-of-Sale (PoS) machines at all the fertilizer sale centres and outlets across Kashmir Division Chief Agriculture Officers of all the districts of Kashmir Division, officers […]
Zulfkar for community monitoring of developmental programmes

RAJOURI : The Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today pitched for intensive Social Development Monitoring and periodic study of developmental activities by the project participants or targeted beneficiaries. “They can suggest action for enhanced participation, achieve inclusiveness, articulation of accountability, responsiveness and transparency by implementing agencies […]
IIIM organizes 7th Tree Talk Anniversary

JAMMU, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), today organized 7th Tree Talk Anniversary on the theme “Aromatic Tree Diversity, Cultivation and Value Addition” under CSIR’s Aroma Mission” at IIIM Farm Chatha. Tree talk is an awareness activity which is based on voluntary participation hosted in the outdoors for nature education and conservation. The theme ‘Tree Diversity, […]
Div Com reviews functioning of FCS&CA Deptt

SRINAGAR, : Divisional Commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan today reviewed the functioning of Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and stressed on the need to provide up-to-date service and quick redressal of all grievances. The meeting was attended by Director FCS&CA and other officials. The meeting was informed that there is adequate stock of […]
16 new GDCs to established, 400 schools to be upgraded in JK: Altaf Bukhari

JAMMU, : Education outreach in Jammu and Kashmir is getting a fresh boost as the state Government has decided to upgrade 400 schools and establish sixteen new Degree Colleges to fill the accessibility gap. “Two hundred High Schools would be Upgraded to Higher Secondary level, while 200 Middle schools would be upgraded to High School […]
Provisional registration granted to 40 Coaching Centres in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: The Directorate of School Education Kashmir today granted provisional registration to 40 Coaching Centres in Kashmir division subject to fulfillment of conditions outlined by the State Government, from time to time, in light of the observations made by the J&K High Court. “On the basis of the recommendations of Deputy Commissioners/CEOs and the Committee […]
JRL calls for shutdown against civilian killings

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Muhammad Yasin Malikon Tuesday called for complete shutdown on Wednesday to protest against the killing of three civilians in firing by government forces. In a statement issued to KNS, the JRL said that the Kashmir has been turned into a killing […]
Expedite selection of posts referred by Revenue Deptt: Veeri to JKSSB

JAMMU – Minister for Revenue, Disaster Management, Relief Rehabilitation & Reconstruction and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri today directed Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board to expedite the selection process on fast-track basis for various posts referred by the Revenue department for augmenting the staff strength. Minister said this while reviewing the status of selection […]