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 Crescent Kashmir

2 JKAS Officers Shifted In J&K

2 JKAS Officers Shifted In J&K

Srinagar: The government on Wednesday ordered transfer of two JKAS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. According to a government order, Akshay Rajan, JKAS, Deputy Director, Motor Garages, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department. Irfan Manzoor, Junior Scale (2012-II Batch), BDO (Hqr) in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lt Governor chairs first meeting of J&K Higher Education Council

Lt Governor chairs first meeting of J&K Higher Education Council

There is a need to develop a pragmatic roadmap to enhance the potential of human resources and progressively transform J&K’s universities into economic growth centres: LG Our Higher Education ecosystem needs to re-align itself to meet the needs of the present-day challenges and be fully geared to participate in the development taking place in different […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Secretary Health reviews Dengue status, containment initiatives

Secretary Health reviews Dengue status, containment initiatives

Asks officials to develop, maintain high level of monitoring, response mechanism Fever clinics being run in GMC Jammu, other Hospitals for diagnosis, treatment of suspected cases JAMMU, OCTOBER 19: Secretary Health and Medical Education (H&ME), Bhupinder Kumar, today conducted detailed review regarding dengue status and containment initiatives being taken up in Jammu and Kashmir in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

IED detected, destroyed in Langate village of Handwara

IED detected, destroyed in Langate village of Handwara

Handwara : A Bomb Disposal Squad diffused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) after it was detected by joint forces in between Langate – Wudipora of Handwara village of North Kashmir on Wednesday. Officials told that a Joint team of Police along with Army’s 30 Rashtriya Rifles detected an IED on Baramulla – Handwara road. Shortly […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Arrested hybrid militant killed in Shopian encounter: Police

Arrested hybrid militant killed in Shopian encounter: Police

Says incriminating material recovered, search operation still going on Srinagar, Oct 19 : Jammu & Kashmir police on Wednesday said the hybrid militant who was arrested by it was killed in firing of another militant after contact was established with militants in Shopian district of south Kashmir. Kashmir Zone Police in a tweet said that […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Infrastructure projects

Infrastructure projects

The J & K administration is monitoring and reviewing all the key infrastructure projects in every district. Not only the district heads and divisional heads that Chief Secretary and LG are also reviewing such projects so that they are completed within the timelines. In one of such review meetings in Bandipora district, Manoj Sinha recently […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mughal Road Closed After Snowfall As Precautionary Measure

Mughal Road Closed After Snowfall As Precautionary Measure

Poonch: Authorities on Tuesday closed Mughal road due to snowfall along Pir ki Gali (PKG), keeping in view safety of passengers on the thoroughfare which connects Shopian with twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri. Confirming it, Dysp Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Range Aftab Bukhari said that the road will be opened after improvement in weather. Meanwhile weatherman […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Chief Secretary launches online Human Resource Management System for JK employees

Chief Secretary launches online Human Resource Management System for JK employees

Maintains that the system would ensure equitable treatment to all the employees SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 18: As a significant reform encompassing different dimensions of Human Resource Management of the employees working for J&K government, the Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, today launched Jammu & Kashmir Human Resource Management System (JK-HRMS). The launch was attended by […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NCERT teams up with SCERT on New India Literacy Program

NCERT teams up with SCERT on New India Literacy Program

Education for all features in NILP’s mandate as part of elaborate 5-year program SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 18: A five day workshop on resource development for New India Literacy Program (NILP) for adult education, jointly organized by State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, began […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Light to moderate rain, snow forecast in J-K

Light to moderate rain, snow forecast in J-K

Weather department on Tuesday forecast isolated light rain and thunders over Jammu and Kashmir during next 24 hours. For subsequent two days, a meteorological department official said there is a possibility of “scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rain or snow in J-K.” However, the weatherman reiterated that “there’s no forecast of any major […]