Three tiers of grassroots level democracy established in UT for first time since independence Plan allocation doubled from Rs 5136 cr to Rs 12600 cr under new system JAMMU, MARCH 14: The Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), through which the self-government of villages is realized, have been entrusted with task of “economic development, strengthening social justice […]
Rescue operation launched, senior officers visit spot Jammu, Mar 14: Several persons are feared injured in a mysterious explosion at Residency Road area of Jammu on Monday evening. Official sources told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a major rescue operation has been launched by authorities after the explosion at Residency Road in […]
Jammu and Kashmir logged 12 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said nine of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and three from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453460. Giving district wise details, the officials […]
By: Javaid Malik MK Srinagar Those proposals which were circulated by the delimitation commission among the associate members have been now published in the public domain by the commission showing the indication that they are going to finalize the draft. Already the political parties and the associate members of Jammu and Kashmir who are basically […]
The government has decided to expand the Covid vaccination to cover 12 to 14 year olds and also offer a booster dose to all 60-plus people irrespective of their co-morbid status from March 16. In a statement on Monday, the health ministry said, “The Union Government after due deliberations with scientific bodies has decided to […]
Pakistan suffered a shock after it lost both openers — Abdullah Shafique and Imamul Haq — for 13 and 20, respectively, denting the team’s chase of 556 posted by Australia in the first innings of the second Test in Karachi. The hosts lost Shafique to a run-out as Pakistan reached 38-1 at lunch on the […]
BEIJING: China placed all 17 million residents in one of its biggest cities under lockdown on Sunday, as virus cases doubled nationwide to nearly 3,400 and anxiety mounted over the resilience of its ‘zero-Covid’ approach in the face of the worst outbreak in two years. The southern tech hub of Shenzhen told all residents to […]
Rajoura: At least six persons including a husband-wife duo, their two daughters were injured in a midnight road accident that took place in Manjakote Tehsil area of Rajouri district. The accident took place when a car was on the way to Surankote area of Poonch district from Rajouri side and at Deri Ralyote on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch […]
In order to provide clean air to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, J&K administration has recently approved implementation of UT Action Plan under NCAP. The government has said that they have directed the Forest Deptt to install an air quality monitoring grid for real- time assessment of air quality. Recently the Chief Secretary chaired […]
Urges speeding up of work execution CS directs for developing Kathua as adventure tourist destination Urges launch of ‘nashamukt’ campaign to check drug abuse KATHUA, MARCH 13: The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta said on Saturday that the government has pushed reset of the sustainable and participatory development by reimagining work ethics/culture for achieving […]