Supreme Court to hear Sara Pilot’s plea challenging Omar Abdullah’s detention on March 5

Supreme Court to hear Sara Pilot’s plea challenging Omar Abdullah’s detention on March 5

The Supreme Court deferred hearing Sara Abdullah Pilot plea challenging the detention of his brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Security Act (PSA) to Thursday. Pilot has sought immediate release of her brother. In its previous hearing on February 14, a bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee had sought a reply from […]

Secy Tourism reviews progress of tourism development projects

Secy Tourism reviews progress of tourism development projects

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 29:  Secretary, Tourism and Culture, Mr. Zubair Ahmad Saturday chaired a meeting here to review the status of projects being executed across various tourist circuits in Kashmir division sanctioned under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP), Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan (PMRP) and CAPEX Budget. He also reviewed the status regarding outsourcing of assets […]

Advisor Sharma urges doctors to uplift health sector in J&K Attends 3rd Convocation of GMC, Jammu

Advisor Sharma urges doctors to uplift health sector in J&K  Attends 3rd Convocation of GMC, Jammu

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 29- Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma today asked the young and upcoming doctors to synergize their intellect and activities to   uplift the health sector in Jammu and Kashmir in particular and country as a whole. The Advisor made these remarks while addressing the 3rd Convocation of Government Medical College , Jammu. It […]

Public Darbar held at Pinjoora Shopian

Public Darbar held at Pinjoora Shopian

SHOPIAN, FEBRUARY 28: District Development Commissioner Shopian, Chaudhry Mohammad Yasin today took stock of public grievances at a Public Darbar conducted at Govt. Primary Health Centre Pinjoora Shopian. During the Darbar, Civil society members and scores of people of Pinjoora and adjoining areas met the District Development Commissioner and raised issues and put forth their […]

DDC Budgam reviews achievements registered under JJM, BBBP schemes

DDC Budgam reviews achievements registered under JJM, BBBP schemes

BUDGAM, FEBRUARY 29: District Development Commissioner (DDc), Budgam, Tariq Hussain Ganaie said that every household should be provided tap water facility by June-2021 in the district. This was stated by the DDC while chairing a meeting to review the achievements registered under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), here today.  Among others the meeting was attended by […]

Commissioner Secretary Public Works (R&B) reviews departmental functioning

Commissioner Secretary Public Works (R&B) reviews departmental functioning

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 29: Commissioner Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Department, Khurshid Ahmad Shah today asked concerned officers of the department to explore possibilities of adopting viable cold weather technology to tackle the issues hindering the pace of work during the winter season.  The Commissioner Secretary was speaking at a meeting to review the functioning of R&B […]

Snowfall, Shooting Stones Disrupt Traffic On Kashmir Highway

Snowfall, Shooting Stones Disrupt Traffic On Kashmir Highway

BANIHAL – The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was disrupted on Saturday due to fresh snowfall and shooting of stones from the hillocks overlooking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, officials said. Light snowfall occurred at Jawahar Tunnel, the gateway to Kashmir, while rains triggered shooting of stones from […]

DCC could not come to a decision on providing relief to telcos: Sources

DCC could not come to a decision on providing relief to telcos: Sources

The meeting of Digital Communications Commission (DCC), the interministerial decision-making panel of DoT, on Friday could not come to a decision on providing relief to the telecom sector, reports stated. No decision has been taken on any relief, sources said, adding, the department needs more data, and that there will be more meetings and reconciliation […]