Director Agriculture Kashmir visits Vegetable farm Sumbal, Bandipora
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 11: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal today visited Vegetable farm Sumbal Bandipora to inspect the interventions by the department in different blocks of the farm. He also held interactions with the concerned technical experts. Expressing his views, the Director said that for more than two years the departmental farms are undergoing a […]
Lt Governor addresses 47th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Blood Transfusion & Immunohaematology
One drop of blood covers entire health universe and I am confident such deliberations will enable stakeholders to refine blood transfusion services in the country: LG Our ongoing health research is more focused on reactionary treatment and share of diagnostic research is negligible. We have a huge responsibility to transform the ongoing medical research system […]
Foreign Militant Kamran Killed in Shopian Gunfight: ADGP Kashmir
Says Was Active in Kulgam-Shopian Belt Srinagar : Additional Director General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday said that foreign JeM militant Kamran has been killed in a gunfight at Kaprin area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. While quoting ADGP Kashmir, The Kashmir Zone Police on its official Twitter handle wrote, ” One FT […]
Farmer’s Welfare
In order to make the farmer community in Jammu and Kashmir strong, the administration has taken many steps for their welfare. Many schemes of the government are aimed at changing their socio economic conditions. Recently the Union MoS for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare visited Fruit Mandi Sopore and listened to the concerns of fruit growers […]
Lt Governor attends Amar Ujala’s ‘Meritorious Students Award’ function in Jammu
Biggest power for a student is Critical Thinking and Curiosity is the only real identity: LG Critical thinking and curiosity helps a student to earn the values of courage, caring and cooperation, says the LG Both knowledge & values in the education system is need of the hour. At this impressionable age, classroom must stimulate […]
Horticulture Dept B’gam holds daylong Awareness/ sensitization programme for farmers
DC stresses on forming of FPOs, adopting latest technologies for progressive farming BUDGAM, NOVEMBER 10: The Department of Horticulture Budgam today held a daylong awareness cum sensitization programme on forming of Farmer Producer Organization (FPOs), and its Roles, Post Harvest Management Practices and Market Linkages at Sheikh-ul-Alam Hall Budgam. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, S F […]
Dheeraj discusses implementation of action plans under AMRUT-2.0 in J&K
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 10: Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department (HUDD), Dheeraj Gupta today chaired a meeting of officers to discuss the implementation of Action Plan under AMRUT 2.0. The meeting was attended by Commissioners of Municipal Corporations Jammu/Kashmir, Director Urban Local Bodies Kashmir (SNA-AMRUT), Director Urban Local Bodies Jammu, Director Finance HUDD, Chief Engineer […]
Gulmarg amasses 20cm fresh snowfall as mercury drops in J&K, Ladakh
Srinagar: Mercury recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday amid rainfall in plains and snowfall over higher reaches. In the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Gulmarg, the world famous skiing resort, received 20cm of snowfall, a meteorological department official here told GNS. During the same time, he said, Srinagar received rainfall […]
Former Pakistan greats laud clinical victory over New Zealand
ISLAMABAD: Several former Pakistan cricketers have praised the national team for their fabulous victory over New Zealand in the ICC T20 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. Overjoyed by the win in Sydney on Wednesday, former Test paceman Shoaib Akhtar says it looks like the 1992 mega event’s history is repeating itself, in the ongoing showpiece. […]
Commonwealth urged to fortify laws that protect journalists
YEARS of inaction by Commonwealth governments in response to violent assaults and excessive restraints on the work of independent media in the organisation’s 56 member states came under sharp scrutiny at a major United Nations conference in Vienna on Friday (Nov 4). Can Yeginsu, a leading human rights lawyer who is the deputy chair of […]