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Medical officers

Medical officers

There is a lot of dearth of Medical officers across Jammu and Kashmir while the government is trying to revamp the entire healthcare system. Keeping in need of the health services to be provided to a common man, the government is trying to appoint more Medical officers for this purpose. Recently The Jammu & Kashmir […]

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Kulgam Encounter: Army soldier injured, militants likely escaped

Kulgam Encounter: Army soldier injured, militants likely escaped

An Army soldier was injured during predawn gunfight with militants in Kulgam district of South Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A top police officer told GNS that the encounter ensued after a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon-and-search operation in Baryihard Kathpora area of the district. As the joint team move towards […]

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Norwegian Ambassador to India calls on Lt Governor

Norwegian Ambassador to India calls on Lt Governor

SRINAGAR, JULY 26: Norwegian ambassador to India HE Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here. During the meeting, the Lt Governor and the Norwegian ambassador held discussion pertaining to healthcare facilities of J&K UT. The meeting also discussed the India-Norway cooperation in Healthcare sector. The Lt […]

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To cater to growing tourist footfall, admin making availability of rooms through Home‐Stay initiative: Chief Secretary

To cater to growing tourist footfall, admin making availability of rooms through Home‐Stay initiative: Chief Secretary

Inaugurates Home‐Stay Cluster at JharokhaBagh Manasbal; declares open Manasbal Festival‐2022 Flags off several water sports activities, mountain biking expedition, angling competition etc MANASBAL (GANDERBAL), JULY 26:   In order to cater growing footfall of tourists to Kashmir valley, the Administration is committed to make availability of 50,000 rooms for the increasing demand of accommodation through Home‐Stay […]

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CS reviews progress of district Capex Budget

CS reviews progress of district Capex Budget

Asks DDC’s to achieve saturation in all identified indicators SRINAGAR, JULY 26: Chief Secretary, Dr.Arun Kumar Mehta, today chaired a meeting to review the progress under District Capex Budget 2022-23 in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Administrative Secretaries and all the District Development Commissioners (DDC).  While expressing concern at low level of […]

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J&K Reports 697 Covid-19 Cases, Up By 82% In 24 Hours

J&K Reports 697 Covid-19 Cases, Up By 82% In 24 Hours

Jammu and Kashmir reported 697 covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, nearly 82% increase from yesterday, even as there was no death due to the virus during the time, officials said on Tuesday. 281 cases were reported from Jammu division and 416 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 461255, they said. 383 […]

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State Health Agency rolls out ambitious door to door campaign to achieve 100% AB-PMJAY SEHAT saturation by August end

State Health Agency rolls out ambitious door to door campaign to achieve 100% AB-PMJAY SEHAT saturation by August end

SRINAGAR, JULY 26:  State Health Agency (SHA) has rolled out an ambitious door-to-door exercise to achieve 100 percent saturation under the Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT scheme by the end of August month. Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education, M K Diwedi in a high-level meeting directed for launching result-oriented door- to -door campaigns in all […]

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No Kashmiri Pandit working under PMDP resigned in protest against killing of a KP in Valley: MHA

No Kashmiri Pandit working under PMDP resigned in protest against killing of a KP in Valley: MHA

‘28 migrant workers killed by militants since 2017 in J&K’ The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said that no Kashmiri Pandit, working under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP), has resigned in the Kashmir Valley following the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, MoS Home […]

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New patterns

New patterns

New patterns are being introduced in the tourism industry of Jammu and Kashmir because of the growing needs and the changing situation on the ground. Government has decided to add 75 new tourist destinations on the tourism map and recently LG Manoj Sinha was informed that around 30 locations were already identified and the department […]

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Govt. establishes separate office for seamless implementation of ABDM across J&K

Govt. establishes separate office for seamless implementation of ABDM across J&K

SRINAGAR, JULY 25: The J&K Government today established separate office of Mission Director, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, J&K for smooth and seamless implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued in this regard by Health and Medical Education department reads, “in order to ensure immediate […]