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Div Com Kashmir visits border area Karnah, Machill

Div Com Kashmir visits border area Karnah, Machill

Reviews developmental scenario, other issues KUPWARA, FEBRUARY 4: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today visited border and snow bound areas of Karnah and Machill of district Kupwara.  He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Imam Din. The Div Com took a detailed review of the developmental scenario of these border areas […]

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J&K Macadamization Manual 2022 and J&K PWD Bridge Manual 2022 to bring standardization and uniformity in project execution

J&K Macadamization Manual 2022 and J&K PWD Bridge Manual 2022 to bring standardization and uniformity in project execution

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 04: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, took note of the Public Works Department’s J&K Macdamizaton (Execution and Quality Control and DLP Enforcement) Manual and J&K PWD Bridge Manual 2022. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar […]

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Sgr Acid Attack: Govt likely to shift victim to Chennai hospital for eye treatment

Sgr Acid Attack: Govt likely to shift victim to Chennai hospital for eye treatment

Four days after facing severe injuries, the Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to shift the acid attack survivor from Srinagar to Chennai hospital for eye treatment. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the administration on the advice of doctors has decided to shift the acid attack victim to Chennai hospital […]

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J&K Logs 1429 Covid-19 cases, Lowest In 24 Days; 3 Deaths Reported

J&K Logs 1429 Covid-19 cases, Lowest In 24 Days; 3 Deaths Reported

Jammu and Kashmir reported 1429 new coronavirus cases, lowest in 24 days, while three persons succumbed to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said 607 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 822 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall case tally to 443891. They said that […]

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With an eye on business traders aware people about covid sops

With an eye on business traders aware people about covid sops

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar After opposing the weekend lockdown in Kashmir valley, traders on Friday were trying to educate people and aware them about the covid sops while they come out of their homes to go for the shopping and to visit the markets of Srinagar. Earlier the administration decided not to start the […]

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Govt withdraws all posts referred to PSC, SSB before October 31, 2019

Govt withdraws all posts referred to PSC, SSB before October 31, 2019

The Jammu & Kashmir government has withdrawn all the posts referred to the Public Service Commission (PSC) and Services Selection Board (SSB) before October 31, 2019, for which selections have not been finalized till date. In a communique, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the General Administration Department […]

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Biker dies in Srinagar road accident

Biker dies in Srinagar road accident

A biker died in a road accident in Srinagar outskirts on Friday. The accident took place near Shalteng Parimpora area. Hospital sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a biker who had met with an accident was brought to the SMHS Hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival. He has been identified as […]

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Responsive administration

Responsive administration

In order to make administration responsive recently J&K government has released the Good Governance Index and it is one of those steps to make the administration people friendly. Recently the Chief Secretary said that after an elaborate exercise of data collation followed by data sanitization the final index was computed using standard and tested data […]

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COVID-19 widens learning gap among school students

COVID-19 widens learning gap among school students

In Kashmir valley, COVID-19 has left a huge learning gap among the school students at different levels, officials said on Thursday. The news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) has learnt that the Directorate of School Education at Kashmir division has said, “Pandemic and lockdowns have reduced the offline interactions of students and teachers to a greater […]

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Power shutdown

Power shutdown

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 03: Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, Jammu has informed that the power supply to Gho Manhasa, Marh, Gajansoo and adjoining areas shall remain affected on February 07 from 10 am to 10. 30 am and 3 pm to 3.30 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Gangoon, Fallore, Karloop, Shazadpur, Chowana Chowk and its adjoining […]