Srinagar: Clashes break out in Nowdal village of Tral town in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district between locals and government forces on Sunday. Reports said that as youths tried to march towards the native village of slain Hizb commander Burhan Wani to pay tribute to him on his second death anniversary. However, the forces fired tear gas […]
Thirty-four militants were killed and 18 others injured in Afghanistan’s Balkh province during security operations, a police official said on Sunday. “The militants were killed during the cleanup operations in Chamtal district on Saturday,” the official told Xinhua news agency. Two security personnel were also injured. (Agencies)
SRINAGAR: In yet another step towards ushering in transparency, the Motor Vehicles Department shifted from the existing manual system of allotment of registration number to the software-based allotment of registration numbers through a process of randomization. “The registration numbers for vehicles purchased after 5th July 2018 shall be allotted through a software-based randomization process. The […]
SRINAGAR: Commissioner Secretary Forest, Environment & Ecology, Saurabh Bhagat, Friday chaired a meeting with a team from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to review the implementation of ‘Secure Himalaya’ in the State. Chief Wildlife Warden Ravi Kumar Kesar was also present in the meeting. The meeting aimed to look into the details of various […]
SRINAGAR: The Government has sought details from all the Departments regarding status of the employees registered on Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS). As per a circular issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), the departments/offices have been asked to immediately provide information regarding total number of employees (including permanent/contractual) working in that particular Department, […]
SRINAGAR: The Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, today stressed on infusing new vibrancy in the functioning of Public Health Engineering (PHE) and Irrigation and Flood Control departments. The Advisor stated this while chairing a meeting here to review the flood protection measures being undertaken by the various departments and executing agencies. While emphasizing on […]
SRINAGAR: The Government today ordered detachment of officers/officials attached with various departments/offices. “The employees presently on attachment with their respective or other departments/offices shall be repatriated to their parent department/organization, with immediate effect,” said an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD). It said any official who fails to join his parent department/organization after […]
SRINAGAR: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi today convened a meeting to review the implementation status of various key schemes and projects introduced by the Department of agriculture. Speaking on the occasion, Director said that Agriculture has undergone a drastic shift in relation to consumer demands, change in Government policies, technological advances and innovations […]
SRINAGAR: Additional Commissioner Kashmir Friday said that in case of restrictions, the admit cards of the candidates appearing for UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) examination scheduled on July 08, 2018 at various centres at Srinagar shall be treated as curfew/movement pass on the day. The Additional Commissioner has asked the district administrations in the division […]
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today said that the efforts are underway for operationalisation of night-landing facilities at Srinagar Airport and all the requisite requirements will be met soon in this regard. The Divisional Commissioner made these remarks while reviewing the modalities to start night-landing of flights at the Srinagar airport. The meeting […]