Timely seed distribution and prompt extension service sustains Agriculture activity in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 16: With about 70% population directly or indirectly involved with Agriculture and rural population primarily dependent on this activity, the Agriculture Production department has been taking steps to reach out to the farmers in Kashmir to ensure that this activity carries on unhindered during the lockdown and covid-19 situation. Agriculture department is trying to […]
Govt arranges 20 Special buses to evacuate 470 JK migrant labourers from Haryana
52396 JK residents return through Lakhanpur, 9243 through special trains Daily truck arrival with industrial raw material & construction material crosses 2100 mark; 61651 trucks enters since COVID-19 lockdown JAMMU, MAY 16: The government has embarked upon Haryana-Migrant Workers Evacuation Plan to evacuate 470 J&K migrant labourers from 12 districts of Haryana stranded there due […]
COVID-19: Kashmir records another death, J-K toll reaches 12
Srinagar: The death toll due to deadly Coronavirus mounted to 12 in Jammu and Kashmir today as one more positive patient died at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, officials said. Medical superintendent SKIMS, Dr Farooq Jan told that a positive patient who hails from Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district has died at […]
NIA chargesheets three slain Hizb men, 3 OGWs
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a chargesheet in the murder of BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar by suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants in Kishtwar district in 2018. Kishtwar killings The Parihar brothers were shot point-blank outside their house on November 1, 2018 The Hizb militants, who murdered the […]
DIPR officials condole demise of A. R. Marazi
Srinagar, May 15 (KNS): The employees of Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR) have condoled the demise of Abdul Rehman Marazi, former employee of the Department, who passed away yesterday after a brief illness. A condolence meeting of the officers and officials of the Department held here today and expressed grief over the demise […]
Government orders transfer of Rohit Kansal, M Raju
Srinagar, May 15 (KNS): J&K Union Territory Government on Friday ordered transfer of Rohit Kansal from Principal Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, to Principal Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department. According to order issued by General Administration Department vide Order No. 564-JK(GAD) of 2020 dated 15.05.2020, it said in the […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK records 30 new positive cases today, 513 cases recovered till date WHO advises people of all ages to follow good hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene to evade Virus JAMMU, MAY 15: The Government Friday informed that 30 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 09 from Jammu division and 21 from Kashmir division, have been […]
PMGSY Jammu resumes construction activity
JAMMU, MAY 15: As per standard operating procedure for regulating activities in construction sector from April 20, 2020 issued by the Government of UT of Jammu and Kashmir on April 16, 2020, PMGSY Jammu immediately initiated the process of resuming the construction activities which had come to a grinding halt due to imposition of nationwide […]
Central Information Commission to Hear RTI Applications from Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir from Friday
The Central Information Commission will start hearing appeals and complaints of RTI applicants pertaining to Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from Friday, nearly nine months after the transparency provisions of the erstwhile state were revoked and the central act was enforced there, officials said on Thursday. The commission is hearing appeals and […]
Quarantine centers
In the recent past media has reported lot of stories about the poor facilities available in the quarantine centers set up by the government especially for those who are coming back to Jammu and Kashmir. Recently some of the Kashmiris who were travelling back home were stopped at Lakhanpur and were not allowed to proceed […]