Approves action plans for several Central Schemes SRINAGAR, JUNE 20: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today impressed upon the officers of Agriculture Department to make Panchayat a unit of convergence for all Agriculture related schemes. He made these remarks while chairing the State Food Security Mission Executive Committee (SFSMEC) and State Level Sanctioning Committee […]
UT tops in Horticulture category nationally in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2021 SRINAGAR, JUNE 20: Jammu & Kashmir has been awarded ‘Star of Governance-SKOCH Award in Horticulture’ in the SKOCH State of Governance Report 2021. The UT was awarded at an event held at New Delhi as a part of ‘India Governance Forum’. […]
A long iron-suspension footbridge over a nallah was damaged due to strong winds amid heavy rains in Mendhar area of Poonch, snapping pedestrian connectivity for hundreds of villagers on the either side of the rivulet. According to reports reaching GNS, the footbridge between Sandote and Dhargloon in Mendhar fell down due to the strong winds […]
7 militants killed in last 24 hours. Srinagar, June 20: 114 militants including 32 foreigners were killed during various encounters so far this year in Kashmir Division. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS that 114 militants have been killed so far in the valley this year. Among the total militants killed […]
Encounter broke out between militants and government forces in Gujjar Pora, DH pora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Gujjar Pora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants […]
Srinagar, June 19: A militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday, officials said. Kashmir Zone Police in tweet said, “Kupwara Police launched a joint anti-militant operation alongwith Army’s 28RR on the disclosure of an arrested militant Showket Ahmed Sheikh in Lolab area of Kupwara,”. In […]
Srinagar, June 19: Rains continued to lash Jammu and Kashmir and brought down minimum temperature on Sunday. A meteorological official here told GNS that Srinagar received 16.9mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours and recorded a low of 12.6°C against 15.1°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was 2.2°C […]
In order to provide another service to the common people, JK Chief Secretary launched ‘JK Mobile Seva’ initiative He asked all departments to extensively use m-seva services for disseminating information on their respective welfare schemes He launched the ‘Mobile Seva’ services, with an aim to mainstream mobile governance for delivery of public services. The launch […]
SRINAGAR: As erratic weather conditions have played havoc with orchards in Kashmir valley, the government is trying to promote high density plantation cover as an answer to such losses. In the past few years, untimely snow and hailstorms have damaged mature and big trees especially the apple trees, inflicting heavy losses to the horticulture sector here. […]
Srinagar, Jun 18: Jammu and Kashmir reported 27 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the infection tally to 4,54,469, officials said. Of the total cases, 19 were reported from Jammu division and eight from Kashmir valley, they said. There are 141 active Covid cases in the Union Territory, while the number of recoveries has reached 4,49,576, […]