Dir. Horticulture reviews coverage of stakeholders under CSS during ‘Kissan Pakhwada’

Dir. Horticulture reviews coverage of stakeholders under CSS during ‘Kissan Pakhwada’

Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmed Bhat Monday reviewed the coverage of farmer community under various Centrally Sponsored Horticulture Sector schemes during ongoing ‘Kissan Pakhwada’ in Kashmir. Regarding the celebration of ‘Kisan Pakhwada’ from July 7 to July 21, 2020, instructions were given to concerned officers to ensure maximum participation of all stakeholders and cent percent […]

Advisor Baseer Khan e-launches NeFMS

Advisor Baseer Khan e-launches NeFMS

Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today e-launched National Electronic Fund Management System (NeFMS) at Civil Secretariat here. Secretary Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Sheetal Nanda, Director Rural Development Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar were present on the occasion. Deputy Commissioners of Kashmir Division attended the meeting though video conferencing. While launching the NeFMS, the Advisor […]

Lt Governor seeks peace, cooperation from people

Lt Governor seeks peace, cooperation from people

While thanking the people of J&K for their support to the administration, Lt Governor Murmu today assured people of J&K that the government will ensure more development than the expectations of people. “My only expectation with people is to maintain peace and cooperate with administration. I assure them of accountable, efficient and clean administration in […]

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,13,161 stranded JK residents; 1,44,970 via Lakhanpur, 68,191 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,13,161 stranded JK residents; 1,44,970 via Lakhanpur, 68,191 through special trains

JAMMU, JULY 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,13,161 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur  and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]

Dr Farooq, Omar Abdullah file petitions challenging illegal house detention of 16 party colleagues

Dr Farooq, Omar Abdullah file petitions challenging illegal house detention of 16 party colleagues

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party President, Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah on Monday filed a habeas corpus petition in the honorable high court challenging the unconstitutional and illegal house detention of 16 NC senior leaders and functionaries. As per the statement issued to KNS, from party […]

Lt Governor e-inaugurates 15 infrastructural projects of School Education Department

Lt Governor e-inaugurates 15 infrastructural projects of School Education Department

Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today e-inaugurated 15 important infrastructural projects of School Education Department. Kewal Kumar Sharma, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, Directors School Education – Anuradha Gupta and Mohammad Younis Malik, Dr. Arun Kumar Manhas, Project […]

‘35-40 foreign, 17 local militants active in north Kashmir’: DIG North Kashmir

‘35-40 foreign, 17 local militants active in north Kashmir’: DIG North Kashmir

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police north Kashmir zone Mohammad Suleiman Chowdhary on Monday said that intelligence inputs suggest that there are 35-40 foreign militants active in parts of north Kashmir, adding that some 16 or 17 local militants are also active. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), DIG north Kashmir while addressing media personnel […]

Tourism sector to reopen in phases from tomorrow

Tourism sector to reopen in phases from tomorrow

Even as the authorities have ordered a partial lockdown in Srinagar amid a surge in Covid cases, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Administration on Sunday decided to open the tourism sector in the Union Territory (UT) in a phased manner from Tuesday. The decision followedthe recent directions of Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Girish Chandra Murmu for the […]