Chief Secretary reviews functioning of PWD SRINAGAR, JULY 27: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the Public Works (R&B) Department and take stock of progress made under the flagship programme, ‘Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana’ (PMGSY). Principal Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Department along with concerned […]
Calls upon concerned officers for optimal use of resources in these departments SRINAGAR, JULY 27: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of Stationery & Supplies, Government Press, and ARI &Trainings Departments. A threadbare discussion was held on various aspects of the Stationery & Supplies Department including its […]
Multiple schemes in offing for youth: Dr Shahid SRINAGAR, JULY 27: Mission Youth, J&K has launched special scholarship scheme “Super-75 Boys” for meritorious graduate students. It has invited applications for award of Lieutenant Governor’s Scholarship for meritorious male students. The scholarship of Rs One Lakh shall be provided for post-graduate courses in universities and colleges. […]
An unidentified male body was on Tuesday retrieved from river Jhelum in Parimpora area of Srinagar. Official sources told a local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that an unidentified male body was retrieved from Jhelum river in Parimpora area, saying that the body has been taken to nearby hospital for medico- legal formalities. They added […]
By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday has asked all the clinical establishment(s) and hospital(s) having 50 or more bed capacity to establish their own oxygen generation plants for the patient care in their establishments. According to GNS quoting government order it said, “In exercise of the powers conferred by […]
TOKYO: First, the sun. Now, the wind and the rain. The Tokyo Olympics, delayed by the pandemic and opened under oppressive heat, are due for another hit of nature’s power: a typhoon arriving Tuesday morning that is forecast to disrupt at least some parts of the Games. Don’t worry, Japanese hosts say: In US terms, […]
TUNIS: Street clashes erupted on Monday outside Tunisia’s army-barricaded parliament, a day after President Kais Saied ousted the prime minister and suspended the legislature, plunging the young democracy into a constitutional crisis. Saied sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament closed for 30 days, a move the biggest political party Ennahdha decried as a […]
Waterlogging triggered by heavy rainfall in the national capital blocked the entry and exit gates of Saket metro station on Tuesday morning, said the officials of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) “Trains are currently not stopping at Saket metro station. Entry/exit gates have been closed due to waterlogging. Services otherwise normal on entire Yellow Line,” […]
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has made it clear that all those people who have been living for generations in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir would be dislodged but they would be given rights under the forest protection act which is being implemented here. Manoj Sinha recently while speaking about the schemes of […]
Suspected militants fired upon a youth in Nawakadal area of Srinagar this afternoon. Reports said that the gunmen fired couple of bullets leaving the youth critically injured. He was rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. He has been identified as Meeran Ali, a body-builder and a social media influencer. The area has […]