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Union Additional Secretary visits vegetable clusters of Maloora, Srinagar

Union Additional Secretary visits vegetable clusters of Maloora, Srinagar

SRINAGAR, JULY 3:  Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Vivek Agarwal, visited high potential vegetable clusters of Maloora, Sub Division Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion, Additional Secretary said that organic cultivation of vegetables and other crops would play a key role towards preserving the biodiversity and maintaining ecological balance in the region . […]

 Crescent Kashmir

e-office System Training imparted at Shopian

e-office System Training imparted at Shopian

SHOPIAN, JULY 03: The District Administration Shopian today organized e-office system training for the officers and officials of various departments at Mini Secretariat Arhama here. The Trainers imparted e-office Training to the concerned through power point presentation with Additional Deputy Commissioner, Shopian, Mushtaq Ahmed Simnani in Chair. To ensure roll out of e-office, the departments […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Director reviews progress on RDD’s development schemes in Valley

Director reviews progress on RDD’s development schemes in Valley

SRINAGAR, JULY 3: Director Rural Development, Kashmir, Tariq Ahmad Zargar, reviewed progress on various development schemes including centrally sponsored schemes being implemented by the Rural Development Department here today. The meeting was attended by Joint Director RDD, SE REW Kashmir, Deputy Director Planning, Assistant Commissioners Development, Assistant Commissioners Panchayats, DPOs, Executive Engineers of Kashmir division. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

High Level Land Allotment Committee headed by Principal Secretary I&C clears land allotment to 02 projects worth Rs 144.66 Cr in Kashmir

High Level Land Allotment Committee headed by Principal Secretary I&C clears land allotment to 02 projects worth Rs 144.66 Cr in Kashmir

Projects worth Rs 20000 cr employing 64000 persons in JK in pipeline: I&C Deptt SRINAGAR, JUNE 3:  In continuity to the clearance of projects for land allotment by the High Level Land Allotment Committee in various Industrial Estates of Jammu Division with a projected investment of Rs. 2447 Cr., the High Level Land Allotment Committee […]

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DC Srinagar bats for vaccination to prevent third Covid wave

DC Srinagar bats for vaccination to prevent third Covid wave

Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad on Saturday said that the vaccination will help in preventing possible 3rd Covid wave here. Talking to media persons, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Asad said that as the experts are predicting the 3rd Covid wave, there is a need to understand the importance of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

JKBOSE suspends its facilities to seven schools for ‘harassing’ parents

JKBOSE suspends its facilities to seven schools for ‘harassing’ parents

Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education on Saturday suspended all the Board related facilities for academic session 2020-2021 of seven schools over non-implementation of government, fee fixation committee orders and “harassment” to parents. As per the order by Joint Secretary JKBOSE, the facilities suspended include Registration Returns (PR), Permission-cum-Admission (PCA) forms of SSE (Class […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Simon saves lift Spain past Swiss on penalties to reach semis

Simon saves lift Spain past Swiss on penalties to reach semis

ST PETERSBURG: Goalkeeper Unai Simon was the hero as Spain edged past 10-man Switzerland 3-1 on penalties on Friday to set up a Euro 2020 semi-final against either Belgium or Italy. After a 1-1 draw in Saint Peters­burg which saw the Swiss play for 43 minutes a man down, Simon made two saves in the […]

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Israeli settlers leave West Bank outpost after deal with govt

Israeli settlers leave West Bank outpost after deal with govt

BEITA: Israeli settlers left an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday in adherence to an agreement struck with nationalist premier Naftali Bennett’s new government, reporters and a settler leader said. With Israeli military and police on site, the last cars streamed out of Eviatar — near the Palestinian city of Nablus — […]

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UP Polls: Mayawati Accuses BJP, SP and Congress Regimes of ‘Gross Misuse’ of Power

UP Polls: Mayawati Accuses BJP, SP and Congress Regimes of ‘Gross Misuse’ of Power

Ahead of the covered Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2022, former Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has accused the former governments of Congress and Samajwadi party of abuse of power and failure to establish rule of law across the state. In a series of tweets, she even lambasted the current BJP government for “gross […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Good governance

Good governance

LG Manoj Sinha has been stressing on the need for the good governance in Jammu and Kashmir and has in the recent past focused his attention on his administration. He has asked his officers that speed of decision making is critical, efforts should be to reduce delays in the implementation process, while dealing with many […]