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CRPF jawan shot himself dead in J-K’s Udhampur

CRPF jawan shot himself dead in J-K’s Udhampur

Jammu, Feb 18: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. The jawan was part of a road opening party deployed in Tikri area along Jammu-Srinagar national highway when he shot himself dead, they said. […]

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Hydropower Generation Drops Sharply Amid Dry Weather in Jammu and Kashmir: Officials

Hydropower Generation Drops Sharply Amid Dry Weather in Jammu and Kashmir: Officials

SRINAGAR: Due to low snowfall and reduced water levels, hydropower generation from power plants across Jammu and Kashmir has declined by 5 percent in the past month. Overall, local hydropower generation has dropped by 84.17 percent. In January, the Power Development Department (PDD) was generating nearly 250 megawatts (MW) from local hydropower projects, accounting for […]

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Tribal Sub Plan

Tribal Sub Plan

Recently Minister for Tribal Affairs, chaired a high level review meeting regarding formulation of Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) by all the departments at Civil Secretariat. He stressed the need for creating a well structured TSP to ensure inclusive development with emphasis on effective monitoring and execution. He asked for ensuring greater coordination among all departments […]

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New approach

New approach

Recently  Deputy Commissioner chaired a meeting of the District-Level Implementation Committee to review the progress of the Community Bore Wells initiative under the Per Drop More Crop component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana. The scheme aims to provide irrigation facilities to rainfed and kandi areas, as well as regions at the tail end […]

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Security Forces Recover Arms And Ammunition In Kupwara

Security Forces Recover Arms And Ammunition In Kupwara

Srinagar:Army on Saturday said that it along with police recovered arms and ammunition in general area of Bandi Mohalla Channipura pain in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Taking on micro-blogging platform X, the army’s Chinar Corps wrote, “On 14 Feb 2025, based on specific intelligence inputs, a Joint Search Operation was launched by IndianArmy and JmuKmrPolice […]

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Water Supply Schemes

Water Supply Schemes

Recently JK Govt approved diversion of forest land for 29 Water Supply Schemes The projects mostly pertained to water supply infrastructure projects related to Jal Jeevan Mission for augmentation of water supply schemes in the districts. Additionally, clearance has been given for diversion of 1.23 hectare of forest land of Social Forestry Division Baramulla for […]

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Govt Committed for Welfare of Artists, Their Families: LG Sinha

Govt Committed for Welfare of Artists, Their Families: LG Sinha

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said that the state’s administration is committed to the welfare of artists who, through various forms of art, folk music, theatre, cinema and literature, have strengthened the spirit of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.’ Inaugurating ‘Jashn-e-Jammu Kashmir,’ Sinha appreciated the collaborative efforts of the J-K Academy […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Fight Against Cancer

Fight Against Cancer

Recently Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, remarked that the present Government led by Omar Abdullah is committed to provide all possible assistance to Cancer patients with creation of best advanced facilities in both the State Cancer Institutes at Jammu and Srinagar. She emphasised the urgent need for a multi-faceted approach […]

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Scientific Beekeeping

Scientific Beekeeping

Recently Director of Agriculture Jammu, released a Souvenir on Scientific Beekeeping here at the concluding session of a two-day seminar on scientific beekeeping held under the aegis of National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM). The event was organized by the Apiculture Development Scheme, Department of Agriculture Production and Farmers Welfare Jammu, with the aim to […]

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Capacity Building Workshop

Capacity Building Workshop

Recently one day Capacity Building Workshop under National Oral Health Programme was held today for the Dental Surgeons of District Jammu. The Workshop was inaugurated by Director Health Services Jammu, Dr. Rakesh Magotra. It was organized by Dr. Harbaksh Singh, Chief Medical Officer Jammu in collaboration with Dr. Sanjay Sharma, Dy. Director Dentistry, who is […]

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