Vans, autos with school kids packed like sardines brazenly run on city roads
JAMMU/SRINAGAR,: It’s a tragedy waiting to happen. Vans and autos with school kids packed like sardines brazenly run on city roads in Jammu and Kashmir. Worse, neither the district administration nor the government seems to be intent on curbing the overloaded vehicles. Two types of vehicles with 7+1 and 4+1 seating capacity transport school children […]
JKBOSE extends affiliation to 123 schools
SRINAGAR,: The J&K BOSE today conducted an important meeting of the State Affiliation Committee here in which the Committee granted extension in affiliation to 65 schools and upgradation to 10 schools in Kashmir Division, 58 schools and 11 schools of Jammu Division respectively. The meeting was presided over by Secretary School Education Rigzian Sampheal and attended […]
CS chairs 16thMonitoring Committee meeting on Dal conservation
SRINAGAR:Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam chaired 16th Monitoring Committee meeting on preservation of Dal-Nageen Lake, constituted under the directions of the High Court in 2015. Director General Police, Dr S P Vaid; Financial Commissioner Housing & Urban Development, KB Agarwal; Principal Secretary Finance, Navin K Choudhary; Principal Secretary Planning, Rohit Kansal; IGP Kashmir, SP Pani; Commissioner […]
151 illegal clinics sealed across Kashmir
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 29: On the directions of Divisional Commissioner, Directorate of Health Services Kashmir has sealed 151 illegal and un-authorized clinics across the valley. In Baramulla district 66 illegal clinics were sealed while as in Budgam district 37, Shopian 09, Kupwara 03, Anantnag 09, Kulgam 13, Pulwama 05, Srinagar 03 and in Ganderbal district 06 illegal […]
Regularize all illegal power connections under SAUBHAGYA: Div Com to DDCs
SRINAGAR,: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed all District Development Commissioners (DDCs) to regularize all illegal electricity connections of across the valley including Leh & Kargil districts, under SAUBHAGYA (Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana) scheme. The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir issued the directions while reviewing the progress of SAUBHAGYA (Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar […]
Restrictions to be imposed in Srinagar areas on Aug 30, 31: District admin
Srinagar, : In view of the two-day shutdown call given by the Joint Resistance Leadership, the district administration Srinagar on Wednesday decided to impose restrictions in Srinagar areas falling under the jurisdiction of seven police stations. An official in the district administration told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that the restrictions will be imposed in two […]
Union Secretary DAHDF chairs meeting on National Livestock Mission
NEW DELHI: Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, GoI, Tarun Shridhar chaired a meeting of Executive Committee (EC) for approval of project proposals under National Livestock Mission 2018-19 (NLM) at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi on 28/08/2018. Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of […]
Phase-I of Jhelum dredging to be completed by March 2019;SHAH
SRINAGAR, : Secretary PHE, I&FC, Farooq Ahmed Shah today called upon the engineers of the Flood Control Department to increase their visibility on ground and take proactive initiatives to achieve set goals for flood protection works in the State. The Secretary issued these directions while chairing a high-level meeting to review the functioning of Flood […]
Conditions still not suitable for safe return of Rohingya: UN chief
United Nations: Conditions are still not suitable for the safe, voluntary and sustainable return of over 700,000 Rohingya refugees to their homes in Myanmar, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said as he called for accountability for the “horrendous persecution” of the minority community in the country. The Secretary-General was briefing the Security Council on the […]
Health orbit
Health services in J&K State are virtually in shambles as authorities have failed to implement many central schemes for the rural population to get health care on their door step. The BJP-PDP coalition government has failed to deliver something concrete on the healthcare front and it was only in the Governor’s rule that some attention […]
