It gives me great joy to be a part of this city and ‘be a Mumbaikar’: Lucky Ali

21/05/2022
How many of us have grown up humming along to Lucky Ali’s ‘O Sanam’? The song, which is one of many hits by the singer, features regularly on our playlists or at open-mic nights and has the ability to instantly transport one to simpler times. Over the last few decades, he has produced many memorable tunes such as ‘Gori Teri Aankhen’ and ‘Na Tum Jaano Na Hum’, among others. There have been plenty of indie artists who have released music in the last 30 years but Ali’s evergreen numbers are undeni...

DIPR & NFDC ink MoU for J&K’s First National Film Festival

21/05/2022
Srinagar, May 20: J&K's Department of Information and Public Relations today inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Film Development Corporation Limited for the upcoming first National Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir. In the presence of Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor, the MoU was signed between Akshay Labroo, Director, Department of Information & Public Relations, J&K & D. Ramakrishnan, General Manager, NFDC. The mega event which is scheduled to be held fro...

DC Jammu reviews working of Revenue Department

21/05/2022
Jammu, May 20: Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Avny Lavasa today reviewed the functioning of Revenue Department including online services and other related matters here at a meeting held in DC Office Complex. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Satish Sharma; ACR, Vijay Kumar, SDMs, Tehs-ildars along with other officers from Revenue department attended the meeting. The Deputy Commissioner took a detailed review of writing of Jamabandis and their digitization, writing of Khasra Girdawari Registers, Atte...

JU organizes one day workshop on Yoga

21/05/2022
Jammu, May 20: The Directorate of Sports and Physical Education, Univ-ersity of Jammu organized a one-day Yoga workshop at Boys Hostel University of Jammu. Around 180 participants participated in the Yoga session for students of different Boys Hostel including Vivekanand Boys Hostel, Nehru Boys Hostel, BababJitto Boys Hostel and the Jambo Lochan Boys Hostel University of Jam-mu & Prof. Satinder Kumar was the Special Guest on the occasion. Prof. Satinder Kumar in his address advised all the par...

Play Way House Higher Secondary School organizes investiture ceremony

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: Play Way House Higher Secondary School organizes investiture ceremony on a grand note. It is quite a unique process at PWHS to elect the student leaders for different process to achieve the goal of "Overall Personality Development" of a student. Students were given a fair and democratic chance to nominate themselves to handle various departments. Once all the nominations are received, the student leaders were elected in the Open Assembly where the students were asked to vote for...

Dy Mayor inaugurates 11th State Martial Arts Championship

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: Dep-uty Mayor Adv. Purnima Sharma inaugurated 11th State Martial Arts Cham-pionship as the Chief Guest which was organised by Freedom Society: An association of Sports and Martial Arts J&K (Regd.) affiliated to Nehru Yuya Kendra Sangathan Martial Arts Training India. The Martial Arts Championship was organised by Mr. Karan Khajuria at D.B.N. School, Mubarak Mandi, Jammu as the venue. Rajender Kakkar (Man-ager Trust), Shrimati Dewa-nini Vidya Badrinath Educa-tional Trust, Mrs. Vi...

Rope skipping workshop held in Doon School

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: Skipping Rope is an excellent form of exercise and a fun way for kids to get creative while they move. This exercise is excellent for improving cardio respiratory fitness, coordination and balance, strengthening muscles and making bones stronger. To induce this special sports activity amongst the students, Rope Skipping Association of J&K exclusively organized Rope Skipping Workshop for Doon International School, Jammu on 20th May 2022 in their school premises under the slogan: ...

BIS JKBO holds sensitisation programme for District Heads

21/05/2022
DODA, May 20: To promote Quality consciousness and awareness among officers and general public, a sensitization program was today organised by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Jammu and Kashmir Branch Office (JKBO) here at Conference Hall of DC office Complex Doda. The programme was chaired by ADDC Doda Pran Singh. ADC Doda, Dr Ravi Kumar Bharti also attended the program along with DTO, ACP, CMO, CHO, DIO, AD Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, AD Employment, AD Handloom & Handicrafts and...

Inter-school zonal level tournament for Girls inaugurated at GGHSS Bhaderwah

21/05/2022
BHADERWAH, May 20: The Department of Youth Services and Sports zone Bhaderwah today organized an inter-school zonal level tournament for girls of all age groups. The tournament began with Volleyball, Badminton, Carrom, Chess, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi and athletics competitions held in Government Girls Higher Secondary School Bhade-rwah. The Tournament was formally declared open by the Principal of the host school, Bharat Bhushan. A total of 260 girls of Bhaderwah Zone participated in the competitions o...

ITI Pass outs given Job letters after selection in Job Fair

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: The Department of Skill Development today presented Job Offer letters, Appointment Letters to the ITI pass outs students who participated in Placement Fair held at ITI Jammu on May 18, 2022. The students of different trades viz Fitter, Machinist, Electrician, Tuner, Refri-geration and Air Conditioning, Tractor Mechanic, Mechanic Motor Vehicle, Welder and Painter trades etc. participated in the event and appeared In walk in interview conducted in the campus by JBM Group and 46 ca...

Mayor, Dy Mayor review ongoing work of parking site at Panjtirthi

21/05/2022
Jammu, May 20: Chander Mohan Gupta Mayor alongwith Advocate Purnima Sharma Deputy Mayor, Raj Kumar Chairman Public Health & Sanitation Committee JMC, Hardeep Singh Mankotia Chairman Swachh Bharat Committee, Ajay Gupta Chairman Social Justice Committee today conducted an extensive tour of Panjtirthi area and took stock of the ongoing construction work of multistorey parking at this site which is being executed by Project Division of JMC. Sh. Dinesh Gupta, Dr. Akshay Kumar Sharma, Madam Sunita G...

Sham, Priya, Munish listen to public grievance

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: J&K BJP Vice-President & former Minister Sham Choudhary, NEM & former Minister Priya Sethi and BJP All Morcha Incharge Munish Sharma, listened to the public grievances and took up the same with the concerned officials for early solutions. A large number of people and deputations visited the BJP headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu to meet the party leaders and narrate their woes and problems. The problems of the people related to PHE , PWD, Rural Development, Revenue, Irrigatio...

APS Rakhmuthi celebrates Annual Day, Silver Jubilee

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: Army Public School Rakhmuthi celebrated its Annual Day and Silver Jubilee-25 years of prosperity and success with grandeur in Byram Auditorium, Rakhmuthi station. The theme of the function was 'AASHAYEIN'. The function was presided over by the Patron and the Chairman APS Rakhmuthi along with the other distinguished dignitaries. The auditorium was beautifully adorned with flags and rangolis; and presented a colourful arena. The programme commenced with lighting of traditional la...

Devika Project: DDC inspects pace of ongoing works

21/05/2022
UDHAMPUR, May 20: To review the status and progress of ongoing developmental works being executed by UEED under project Devika, District Development Commissi-oner, Udhampur, Krittika Jyotsna today visited construction sites of three Sewerage treatment plants and inspected the progress of ongoing works. Superintendent Engi-neer, UEED, Vineet Gupta; Additional Deputy Commi-ssioner, Mohammad Syed Khan; Assistant Commissi-oner Revenue, Rafiq Ahmed Jaral; Xen UEED, Shiv Kumar Gupta; EO MC, Amit C...

Union Agriculture Minister e-inaugurates Honey Testing Laboratory

21/05/2022
BANDIPORA, May 20: Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, today virtually inaugurated Honey Testing and other Bee Hive Products Testing Labora-tory at KVK Bandipora funded by National Bee Board (NBB) under National Bee Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM). After e-inaugurating the laboratory, Union Minister interacted with progressive bee keeper, Imtiyaz Ahmad Qureshi from Waliwar, Ganderbal, enquiring him about his success journey. Bee Keeper, while apprising t...

Honey Testing Lab inaugurated at SKUAST Jammu

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: To acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators in the ecosystem and to create awareness about honeybee culture among the stakeholder, the AICRP Honeybee and Pollinators, Division of Entomology, SKUAST-Jammu on Friday organized a programme to mark the World Honey Bee Day. On this occasion, Prof. J.P. Sharma, Vice Chancellor Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu was the Chief Guest. The Honeybee and other products testing Lab funded by N...

Yudhvir, Priya inaugurate Interior Exterior Home Décor Exhibition

21/05/2022
JAMMU, May 20: Yudhvir Sethi, J&K BJP Vice President and Priya Sethi, former minister and National Executive Member BJP today inaugurated three days Interior Exterior Home Décor Exhibition at Hari Niwas Jammu. Speaking on the occasion, Yudhvir and Priya Sethi appreciated the efforts of Atulya Bakshi and Sameer Bakshi Organizers for organizing this exhibition. They expressed confidence that the products displayed in the exhibition will be able to cater to the needs and demands of consumers of...

Make allotment of works by 26th of this month: CS to JJM CEs

20/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 19: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today impressed upon the Chief Engineers of the Jal Shakti Department to implement the objectives of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) here in J&K within the given deadline. He directed the executing agencies to allot all the tendered works by 26th of this month without any fail. These directions were passed by him to the officers of the Mission during a review meeting held today at Civil Secretariat here. The meeting was attended by Principal Secr...

Div Com inspects Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra arrangements at Lakhanpur

20/05/2022
KATHUA, May 19: Divisional Commis-sioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar today conducted an extensive tour of Kathua district and inspected the arrangements put in place for Shri Amarnath ji Yatra at Lakhanpur. He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rahul Pandey; DC State Taxes, Ranjit Singh; SSP Kathua R C Kotwal; ADC Atul Gupta; Registrar, Suresh Kumar( Nodal Officer); ACR Sandeep Seointra and other concerned officers. The Divisional Commissioner took round of existing infrastructure at Lakh-...

Akin to Yasin Malik, all terrorists will be taken to task: Kavinder

20/05/2022
Jammu, May 19: Senior BJP leader & former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta on Thursday slammed Congress for giving long rope to terrorists like Yasin Malik and asked it to seek unconditional apology from the nation for patronizing Malik and many of his ilk under its appeasement policy. The BJP stalwart was speaking at the launching of News Sehar India (NSI) news portal here. It is pertinent to mention that the aforesaid news portal owned by Arfaz Daing has been approved by the Ministry of...

DC Jammu gives away Aids & Assistive devices to 58 Divyangs

20/05/2022
Jammu, May 19: Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Avny Lavasa today inaugurated a camp for free distribution of Aids & Assistive devices among the identified Divyangjans (PwDs) under CSR initiative of Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). During a simple but impressive function, the Deputy Commissioner distributed 59 Aids and Assistive Devices of different category valuing worth of Rs. 25 Lakh among 58 pre-identified beneficiaries of Jammu. The identification and registration of di...

CS urges for mapping of all CSSs department-wise and improving access/utilization of CSS funds

20/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 19: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today laid focus on accessing more and more funds under CSSs from the Ministries and improving implementation of the Schemes on the ground to fulfil the objectives of equitable and inclusive development in J&K. Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta said that CSSs are efficient agents of change and the departments needs to re-orient their focus towards perspective planning for improved performance. He made these observations in a meeting called for re...

Former Congress MLA joins BJP

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: Former MLA & senior Congress leader Shiv Dev Singh along with his hundreds of supporters joined BJP in presence of J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina & party Gen-eral Secretary (Org.) Ashok Koul at party headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. J&K BJP Vice-President & former Minister Sham Lal Sharma & former Minister Devinder Singh Rana along with District President Rajinder Singh Chib, Kiss-an Morcha President Omi Khajuria & others welcomed him along with his supporters into the party...

3 days Vertical Interaction Course on “Terrorism and Counter Insurgency” commences at SKPAU

20/05/2022
Udhampur, May 19: Today 3 days Vertical Interaction Course (VIC) on "Terrorism and Counter Insurgency" commenced in the Academy. 20 officers of the rank SI to SSP from all over UT, J&K are participating in the course. The course is aimed to aware the participants about burning issues of national security, challenges and threats emanating from our hostile neighbourhood in J&K and India. The growing menace through Cyber Terrorism, Bio Warfare, Chemical and Nuclear weapon and their implications. ...

CRPF organizes Debate, Essay Writing Competition

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: As per the direction received from Directorate General, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi, Group Center Jammu CRPF organized a Debate & Essay writing competition program under "Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat" among the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya Bantalab on the topics of Challenges in the Border areas they have been living, the extent of knowledge in R/o the borders, they are guarding (for own troops)/living (for local population), Socio-economic requirements & development ...

Mir pitches for promotion of border tourism in RS Pura, Suchetgarh

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: Apni Party Senior Vice President, Ghulam Hassan Mir has appealed to the Govt to promote border tourism in R.S. Pura and develop the infrastructure of the border areas. Mir gave this statement during a joining programme which was organized by Provincial Secre-tary, Women Wing, Adv Nisha Kumari. On this occasion, two prominent Advocates namely Adv Paramjeet Singh and Adv Rohit Jalotra joined the Apni Party from R.S. Pura. Provincial President Jammu Manjit Singh, Apni Party Spokes...

Commissioner JMC takes stock of sanitation facilities, inspects attendance of SKCs in different areas

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: The Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Rahul Yadav (IAS) took stock of sanitation facilities being provided by Jammu Municipal Corporation in different areas viz. Panjti-rthi, Chowk Chabutra, Pacca Danga, Parade, Dogra Hall, Rehari Colony, Sarwal, New Plot, Janipur, Roop Nagar, Bantalab, Bohri Talab Tillo and Residency Road etc. and also inspected the attendance of Safaikaramcharies (SKCs) in these areas and issued on spot directions to the Health Officer, JMC for putting...

Kansal compliments Baramulla, Pulwama, Kupwara colleges on securing autonomous status, ‘A’ grade NAAC

20/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 19: The Principal Secretary Higher Education Department Rohit Kansal complimented the Govern-ment Degree College Baramulla and Government Degree Colleges Kupwara and Pulwama. While GDC Kupwara and Pulwama have been accredited with A grade on the National Assessment and Accreditation exercise conducted by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), GDC Baramulla is poised to be granted autonomous status shortly. He also congratulated the other institutions which had s...

Bharat Darshan Tour flagged off from District Police Lines Reasi

20/05/2022
REASI, May 19: To provide the youth of far flung areas an opportunity to understand the unique cha-racteristic of India's unity in diversity, District Police Reasi organized Bharat Darshan Tour for youth of district Reasi under its Civic Action Programme. Deputy Commissioner, Babila Rakwal flagged off the tour comprising a group of 100 youth selected from different areas of Reasi district. The tour was flagged off from DPL Reasi in presence of officers of Police and Civil administration. Durin...

AHD Reasi organises KCC Camp

20/05/2022
REASI, May 19: Animal Husbandry Department Reasi, in collaboration with Bankers of block Pouni, on Thursday organised a KCC camp here at Kothian Panchayat. Chief Animal Husbandry Officer Abdul Majid, Nodal Officer for KCC Campaign, LDM, Reasi and Director RESTI were present along with the concerned Bankers. During the event more than 50 KCC cases were sponsored for quick disbursement of KCC loans. The CAHO imparted awareness to the participants regarding the KCC scheme and listened to the Publi...

ARTO conducts checking of vehicles in Poonch

20/05/2022
POONCH, May 19: ARTO Poonch, Basharat Mahm-ood, along with his team, today conducted checking vehicles with special focus on Affixation of HSRP plates. Around 25 vehicles were challaned under Motor Vehicle Act during the checking in Poonch city, Khanetar, Chandak Kalia & Surankote. The ARTO said that the traffic checking drive would continue in different parts of the district in coming days. He urged the general Public to abide by the traffic rules, fix HSRP plates on their vehicles, while the...

New Principal reviews functions of GDC Udhampur

20/05/2022
UDHAMPUR, May 19: After Joining the College post Transfer, Principal Government Degree Coll-ege Udhampur, Prof. Rom-esh Kumar Gupta, accompanied by the senior staff of the College, today reviewed the working of different Departments of the College and interacted with the Heads and the members of the staff. He took stock of the ongoing activities and gave necessary instructions as required. He assured all the Heads and members of the staff of full support and help in the interest of the students...

DDC discusses modalities for improving Good Governance Index ranking in Rajouri

20/05/2022
RAJOURI, May 19: District Development Com-missioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal today asked for evolving a prompt, smooth and hassle-free public service delivery mechanism in the district. He was chairing a meeting of the concerned officers to discuss the modalities for improving the ranking of the district on the Good Governance Index. Officers who attended the meeting included GM DIC, Ashwini Sharma; CEO RDA, Vivek Puri; CAO, Sohan Singh; CAHO, Dr Fazal Hussain; DSEO, Sandeep Sharma; LDM, Jyoti Pr...

BJP’s grievance redressal mechanism aims at bridging gap between people, governance: Yudhvir

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: Yudhvir Sethi, Vice President Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) today asserted that BJP has its own grievance redressal mechanism to address people's problems & issues based on bridging the gap between the common man and the governance. He expressed this while listening to people's grievances at Pt Prem Nath Dogra Bhawan in Kacchi Chawni here today. He was accompanied by Parveen Kerni East Mandal President; Savita Anand District President Mahila Morcha; Vipin ...

DC Reasi reviews progress of Road projects, land acquisition

20/05/2022
REASI, May 19: Deputy Commissioner Reasi, Babila Rakwal today chaired a meeting of the collectors Land Acquisition and officers of executing agencies to review the progress of ongoing road projects and the status of the land acquisition for construction of new projects in the district. The DC took a detailed review of the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway, Roads under GREF viz Reasi -Arnas-Mahore, BMG Road and Bharakh-Sira-Rajouri Road, Status of Jammu -Akhnoor Highway falling in the Jurisdict...

Shiv Sena holds strong protest against inflation, hike in LPG prices

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: Shiv Sena Jammu and Kashmir unit today lashed out at the government in the Centre for once again hiking the prices of LPG cylinders amidst the ever highest inflation era, breaking all the records. Led by Manish Sahni, President Shiv Sena J&K, the party activists assembled near Chhani Chowk and staged strong protest against the anti-people policies of the central government. Talking to reporters, Sahni accused the BJP of using the whip of inflation instead of giving relief to the...

District Admin teams conduct surprise inspection of Govt institutions in Rajouri

20/05/2022
RAJOURI, May 19: To enforce punctuality and discipline in the government institutions, the teams of the District Administration today conducted surprise inspection of a number of government institutions across the district. The inspection was carried out on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal in Rajouri and Koteranka subdivision. The district Administration Rajouri is conducting surprise inspections periodically to ensure punctuality and maintain work culture in the...

GDC Khour organizes Intramural Chess Championship

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: The Department of Sports & Physical Education of GDC Khour organized intramural chess championship for men and women in the college premises. The event was inaugurated by Dr. T.K. Sharma, Principal of the college in which he encouraged the participants as well as spectators to actively participate in such types of sports activities for the holistic development of personality. Also on this occasion Prof. Tarsem Lal stressed that such type of events are the great initiatives to p...

Innovation is the order of the day at Toddlers’ World: Principal JKPS Kunjwani

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: Learning is an all around development and it involves the enhancement of skills in children. Out of many skills, gross motor is such an important skill, as it helps in the development of every child. It not only gets the child to move an act but also helps him/her to release the much-needed energy. Keeping this thought in mind, Toddlers' World conducted an activity 'Let's walk like an animal' for the development of gross motor muscles and to provide sensory output to the kids. C...

Major development done in Jammu West in past years: Sat

20/05/2022
Jammu, May 19: Providing best possible infra to the inhabitants of Jammu West at their doorsteps, Former Minister and Ex MLA Jammu West Sat Sharma (CA) kick started Black Topping works at Jawahar Nagar area of Ward 40, Talab Tillo along with Corporator Neelam Nargotra. He was also accompanied by Mandal President Raveesh Mengi, local residents and political activists of the area. Speaking on the occasion, Sat Sharma said that construction of road was a long pending demand of the residents of th...

Vansh Sabre Sports foundation nominates CA Pranav Gupta

20/05/2022
Jammu, May 19: Secre-tary "Vansh Sabre Spo-rts Foundation" Mr. Kuldeep Kumar Gupta told that foundation has nominated Chart-ered Accountant Mr Pranav Gupta for 2 years. (2022 -24). Mr Pranav Gupta has vast experience in Internal Audit, Income Tax, GST & Industrial Finance. He is an associate member of ICAI since 2019 & partner in A.O. Mittal & Associates, a professional pra-cticing C.A firm registered with the Institute of Chart-ered Accountant of India.

Arora incepts Heritage Railway Station

20/05/2022
JAMMU, May 19: Baldev Raj Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) with Ramesh Arora former MLC, Ramesh Sabarwal Covenor J&K People Form, Kiran Watal Ex-Com-missioner Municipality, Anil Gupta Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Samant Singh Director Corporative Bank, Sumit Raina Corportar, Jaspal Singh Palli SE Retired, Atul Bakshi, Satish Kumar, Ashok Gupta and Shripal were among present today for site inception of Heritage Railway Station at Vikram Chowk. Ramesh Arora also met with LG who ass...

Principal Secretary Jal Shakti tours Jammu city; Assesses water supply scenario

19/05/2022
JAMMU, May 18: Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti Department, Ashok Kumar Parmar, on Wednesday conducted an extensive tour of Jammu city to assess water supply scenario in the area. Principal Secretary was accompanied by Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti (PHE) Department, Jammu, Manesh Bhat, Superintending Engineers Hydraulic Circle, Mechanical Rural Circle, Superintending Engineer and PHE Mechanical Urban Circle besides other senior officers of the department. During his visit, Principal Secretary ins...

BJP Member KVIC interacts with BJP leaders

19/05/2022
JAMMU, May 18: Basant, Member of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC), North Zone interacted with the senior BJP leadership at party headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. Basant was on the 3 day tour of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, in which he met with various groups, NGOs and other organizations to promote self -reliance in the related small and medium level industries. In BJP headquarter he interacted with the former Ministers, MLAs, MLCs, DDCs, Jammu Municipal Corporation (...

Div Com inspects patient care facilities in GMCH Jammu

19/05/2022
JAMMU, May 18: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar on Wednesday visited Government Medical College Hospital to inspect patient care facilities and availability of infrastructure. The Div Com took a round of different wards of the hospital including Emergency ward, Disaster ward, Blood unit, OPD and inspected the facilities being provided to the patients there. The Divisional Commissioner also interacted with the patients and their attendants and inquired about their health status. He a...

Govt’s single focus objective is to increase farmers’ income manifold with better technological interventions: Dulloo

19/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 18: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo today reaffirmed the government's commitment with a single focus objective to increase farmers' income manifold through better technological interventions in farming. The ACS was speaking at a day-long exposure-tour-cum-field visit and interaction meet of progressive farmers with the scientists/experts of ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture with focus on best practices in Horti...

ADGP Armed convenes meeting of Commandants to chalk out Amarnath yatra preparations

19/05/2022
Srinagar, May 18: Addl. Director General of Police, Armed J&K S.J.M Gillani-IPS convened and chaired a meeting of Commandants of AP/ IRP Bns of J&K UT today to chalk out internal arrangements of Armed Police related to forthcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra-2022. The Commandants of Kashmir based AP/IR units attended the meeting physically whereas Jammu province-based Comman-dants participated in the meeting through video conference. While addressing the meeting ADGP said that due to COVID-19 pande...

Comm Secy reviews progress on works under PMAGY

19/05/2022
JAMMU, May 18: Commissioner Secretary, Social Welfare Depart-ment, Sheetal Nanda, today chaired a meeting to review progress on works being executed under Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) along with revised plan. Pertinently, PMAGY was launched with an aim to ensure integrated development of Scheduled Castes majority villages. Commission Secretary had a detailed discussion with the concerned officials about the revised plan and implementation of development works under PMAGY. She exh...

JKMEF holds meet; highlight issues

19/05/2022
JAMMU, May 18: Jammu Kashmir Medical Employees Federation Govt Hospital Sarwal Jammu organized an urgent meeting to discuss their long pending demands and also willing to support the Kam Choro hartal / Strike on 24th May 2022 at 10 am to 1 PM. The meeting chaired by Mr. sushil Sudan State president JKMEF, Jammu. He urged the employees to observe Kam chhod Hartal on 24th may 2022 from 10am to 1pm. During meeting leaders of employees demanded Departmental promotion committee (Promoti...

Will field candidates on all Assembly seats: Shiv Sena

19/05/2022
Jammu, May 18: Shivsena while gearing up for the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has decided to field its candidates on all the Assembly seats. This was informed by the party J&K unit chief Manish Sahni while releasing a 25-point "lakshy ptr" based on public aspirations as its election manifesto here today. While addressing a press conference here today, the Shiv Sena Jammu & Kashmir unit Chief said under the call of party national president and Maharashtra Chief Minister Hon...

Dheeraj reviews progress of works under MTMP

19/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 18: Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta today chaired a meeting to review the progress of works taken up during the previous My Town My Pride (MTMP) 1.0 and discuss the detailed Action Plan for Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities for the proposed MTMP 2.0. The meeting was attended by Mission Director SBM-U, Director, Urban Local Bodies Kashmir, Chief Town Planner, Kashmir and other officers from SMC and allied departme...

Rotary Camp achieves feat of 2500 successful surgeries with zero complications: Div Com Kashmir

19/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 18: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole flanked by Governor Rotary Club of India, Dr Rajiv Pradhan; Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Musjtaq Ahmad Rather; Nodal Officers DDRCK, Dr Talat and Tahir Magray today held a press conference at Directorate of Information, Kashmir to brief media regarding the milestones achieved during a week long Mega Health Camp held across three districts including Baramula, Kupwara and Ganderbal. Addressing media, Div...

Deputation of Bakerwal representatives calls on Vibodh

19/05/2022
Rajouri, May 18: A deputation of Bakerwal Mobile welfare association called on BJP J&K general secretary, Vibodh Gupta on Wednesday and brought to his notice their grievances, demands and developmental issues. The deputation led by Adv Junaid Bakerwal Rafiq Ahamand Bajar Mohd yaqoob BakerwL and Touyab Bakerwal pushed the concern that due to numerous reasons the schemes and programmes envisaged by the BJP government to benefit the tribal and nomadic communities are not reaching Bakarwals. Vibo...

U/17 talent hunt Football tournament concludes

19/05/2022
BANDIPORA May 18: The Under-17 Talent Hunt Football tournament organised jointly by District Administration and 3rd battalion CRPF concluded today at SK Stadium Bandipora with Higher Secondary School Hajin lifting the title. Higher Secondary School Hajin won the tournament by defeating High School Laharwapora by 2-1 in the final of Talent Hunt Football Competition. The Deputy Commissi-oner Bandipora, Dr. Owais Ahmad was chief guest on the occasion. Padma Shree awardee Faisal Ali Dar was als...

DC Kathua reviews functioning of ICDS, Social Welfare Department

18/05/2022
KATHUA, May 17: Dep-uty Commissioner Kathua Rahul Pandey today reviewed the functioning of the ICDS & Social Welfare Department here at a meeting held in the Conference Hall of the DC office Com-plex. Among the others, Programme Officer ICDS, Kulbhushan Khajuria; Dist-rict Social Welfare Officer, Abdul Rahim and CDPOs attended the meeting. A detailed discussion regarding the removal of duplication of pension cases and Scholarships, functioning of Anganwadi centres and other matters was held in ...

Power shutdown

18/05/2022
JAMMU, May 17: Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL Jammu has informed that the power supply to Bishnah, Seora, Sarore, Kullian, Badyal, Kadyal Simbal, Simbal Morh, Makhanpur, Tali Morh, Darso-pur, Pargwal, Channi, Tanna, Rajpura, Bhalwal Bharat, Bhalwal Mairpur, NS Pura Rajpurs, Najwal Kanachak, MES Malpur, Floura, M/c Do-mana, Machallian, Mandal, Samailpur, Raya, Gurah, Patoli Brhmana, Domana, Barnai, Pu-rkhoo, Mishriwala, Baba Talab, Shama Chak, Gurha Singoo, Bateda, Dabbin, Chorpur, Man-yal,...

Doda, Chamba police hold inter-state coordination meeting

18/05/2022
DODA, May 17: To review the security situation along the boundary of District Doda, Kishtwar and District Chamba of Himachal Pradesh state amid the seasonal migration of nomads and shepherds, besides discussing the crime related issues having inter-state ramifications, Doda and Chamba Police convened an inter-state coordination meeting at Padhri Pass Bhaderwah, the other day. Senior Superintendent of Police Doda, Abdul Qayo-om-discussed the crime control and security issues with SSP Chamba Abhi...

Sadhotra visits Martyr Rahul Bhat’s residence; expresses solidarity with grieving family

18/05/2022
JAMMU May 17: Former Minister and Senior National Conference leader Mr Ajay Kumar Sadhotra today visited the residence of Late Mr Rahul Bhat at Durga Nagar here to share the grief of the family & to convey condolences. Accomp-anied by various other leaders of the National Conference, Mr Sadhotra prayed for peace to the departed soul and strength to the family to bear the irreparable loss. "No words are enough to express our grief and shock over the dastardly and the most barbaric act committed ...

Dharmarth Trust felicitates Div Com, anticipates support for enhancing facilities at temples

18/05/2022
JAMMU, May 17: J&K Dharmarth Trust felicitated the Divisional Commissioner Jam-mu, Ramesh Kumar after he took charge recently, here at his Office on Tuesday. Advocate Ajay Gandotra, President Dharmarth Trust along with Secretary Dr Gopal Parthasarthi Sharma and Additional Secretary Varinder Jamwal presented him a bouquot, memento and Mata Ki Chunri. The Dharmarth Trust Office bearers & the Divisional Commissioner held threadbare discussions with regard to enhancing the facilities for the visit...

Inter-school Zonal Level Tournament begin at GHSS Bhaderwah

18/05/2022
BHADERWAH, May 17: Inter-school zonal level tournament for Under 14 and 17 boys and girls in the disciplines of Chess, Carrom, Athletics, Wrest-ling, Kabaddi, Badminton and Volleyball began here today at Govt. Higher Secondary School Bhader-wah under the patronage of District Youth Service and Sports Officer (DYSSO) Doda Jaffar Haider Sheikh & under the overall supervision ZEPO Bhaderwah. The Principal of GHSS Boys Dr. Anis declared the tournament open in the presence of field staff of Zone Bh...

JKiians outshine in Karate, Judo Competitions

18/05/2022
JAMMU, May 17: The students of JK Public School, Kunjwani participated in the Inter-District Level Karate Competition under-17 and under- 14 age groups (Boys and Girls). The competition was organized by District Youth and Sports Services, Jammu at Khel Gaon Nagrota. In Under-17 Boys, Samaksh Sambyal won Gold, Arvind Singh won Silver & Krishna Mahajan won Bronze Med-al. In under-14 Boys, Aks-hat Kumar won Silver, Dilr-aj Singh won Bronze & Shr-eyansh won Bronze Medal. In under-17 Girls, Jasleen...

KP employee killing: Protests continue for day 6; IGP asks them to be patient, not leave Valley

18/05/2022
Srinagar, May 17: Protests continued for the sixth day Tuesday in Kashmir over the killing of Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat, even as a top police official assured the protestors a permanent peace will return to the valley soon as security forces will eliminate all terrorists "within one-and-a-half year". Kashmir Zone Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar also urged the protesters to be patient & not get carried away by political parties". The Kashmiri Pandit employees, who had returne...

ARTO Reasi conducts extensive checking on Katra-Jammu road amid special Nakas for checking HSRP plates

18/05/2022
REASI, May 17: Assistant Regional Transport Officer Reasi Rajesh Gupta today conducted extensive checking on Katra -Jammu Road to check HSRP plates and overloading by the passenger vehicles. During the extensive checking, 250 vehicles were checked & 28 vehicles challaned for overloading & other violations, while 14 vehicles were challaned for not having HSRP. The violators were compounded and a fine of Rs 24000 was recovered on the spot. The Team sensitized the drivers about relevant sections...

Inter-school tournament for Boys, Girls begins in Kishtwar District

18/05/2022
KISHTWAR, May 17: Inter-school tournaments for U 14 and U 17 boys and Girls in the disciplines of Speed ball, Table Tennis, Kabaddi, Kho-kho, badminton, volleyball and Yoga began today across different Educational zones of district Kishtwar. The sports events being held under the supervision of District Youth Services & Sports officer Kharati Lal Sharma were kick-started at Inderwal, Nagseni, Drab-shalla and Kishtwar zones. Speedball and table tennis matches were held at Al-Hilal educational ...

NABARD enhances commitment towards rural economy

18/05/2022
JAMMU, May 17: Aligning with its vision and mission "Development Bank of the Nation", NABARD enhances support to the various sectors of rural economy during 2021-22, for sustainable rural development of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh UTs. NABARD made a stellar performance in sanctioning projects for rural infrastructure development under RIDF. The sanctions during the financial year 2021-22 were Rs.1542 crore representing an increase of 92.75% over the last year. This will spur the rural economy in...

AHD Kishtwar organises Awareness cum Treatment Camp at Jodhanagar Palmar

18/05/2022
KISHTWAR, May 17: Department of Animal Husb-andry Kishtwar today organised an Awareness-cum-Tre-atment Camp under Special Central Assiatance to Sche-duled Caste Sub Plan(SCA to SCSP) here at Jodhanagar Palmar. A large number of animal breeders, general Public, Panches and Sarpan-ches participated in the camp. Chief Animal Husbandry Officer Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sen was the main campaigner of the event accompanied by Dr. Sajad Ahmed (VAS) and other Veterinary staff of the area. Chairperson, Block De-...

Civilian’s killings rubbing salt into Kashmiri Pandits’ wounds: Sanddeep Chib

18/05/2022
Jammu, May 17: Aam Admi Party leader Sandeep Singh Chib Tuesday demanded thorough investigation into how terrorists entered a Govern-ment office and shot dead KP PM Package Govt employee Rahul Bhat in broad day light. Chib strongly condemning incident maintained that Govern-ment talks about rehabilitating Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley, but its own Pandit employees are not safe inside government offices," he said. Those behind this despicable terror attack should not go unpunished, Chib said ad...

PDP nominates office bearers

18/05/2022
Srinagar, May 17: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has nominated Najmu Saqib as the coordinator Youth PDP for South Kash-mir- Pirpanjal Parliamentary Constit-uency whereas Dar Aryan has been nominated the Coordinator Youth PDP for North Kashmir. The Party has also nominated Parvez Waffa as Media Coordinator for Jammu Province. This was disclosed by a party spokesperson in a statement issued here today.

Bhatnagar addresses valedictory session; asks participants to ensure public satisfaction through qualitative service delivery

18/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 17: Advisor to Lieutenant Gov-ernor, Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, today asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing tremendous growth and development in recent years while acknowledging Central government's liberal support in this regard. He stated this while addressing the valedictory session of two day Regional Conference on "Bringing Citizens and Government Closer Through Administr-ative Reforms" at SKICC here. Complementing Depa-rtment of Administrative Reforms and Public Griev-an...

Nirmal, others listen to public grievances

18/05/2022
JAMMU, May 17:Dr. Nirmal Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir accompanied by Rajeev Sharma, former MLA and Anuradha Charak, Vice-President, J&K BJP listened to the public grievances at BJP headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. Numerous deputations and individual people hailing from different districts of Jammu & Kashmir thronged the BJP headquarter to discuss their woes with the senior BJP leaders. People presented various issues related to the development of their respective ...

Hirdesh visits Doda; Reviews development projects

18/05/2022
DODA, May 17: Chief Electoral Officer and Commissioner Secretary, Transport, Hirdesh Kumar, who is also In-charge Administrative Secretary for Doda, today reviewed progress on development projects besides taking stock of district's achievements recorded under various central and state sector schemes during the last financial year. Among others present in the meeting were Transport Commissioner, Bhupinder Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Vikas Sharma, Additional District Development Commiss-ioner, A...

Basant calls on Kavinder, discusses strategy for employment generation under PMEGP

18/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: Basant, Member North Zone, Khadi and Gram Udhyog and MSME Ministry called upon the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta here today and discussed various issues focussing on measures required to be initiated for creation of new employment opportunities for the youth of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Narinder Singh, National Secretary and Dr Sudershan Gupta Social activist were also present during the meeting. Shri Basant discussed in ...

CUJ, Vigyan Prasar signs MOU for Promotion of Science through Dogri

18/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: A meeting of core committee members of SCoPE through Dogri was held in Central University of Jammu. Science & Technology Communication Popula-rization & its Extension (SCoPE) is an important part of the many initiatives of the Department of Science & Technology, GoI, New Delhi. Under this program Vigyan Prasar contemplates to carry on all the activities of SCoPE in Dogri language and also bring out a science magazine in Dogri, with multiple editions. Dr. Nakul Parashar, Director...

Shahid reviews tribal education projects in Rajouri

18/05/2022
RAJOURI, May 17: Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary today reviewed various tribal education projects and new initiatives in District Rajouri in coordination with District Administration and sectoral departments. He also interacted with students in hostels to obtain firsthand assessment of facilities and obtain their feedback for new infrastructure. Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri, Vikas Kundal discussed the progress of various projects related to education of tribal s...

JKMEF to support Kam Choro hartal May 24

18/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: Jammu Kashmir Medical Empl-oyees Federation Gandhi Nagar hospital Jammu under the President ship of Sh. Rakesh Bakshi held meeting to support the Kam Choro hartal / Strike on 24th May 2022 at 10 am to 1 PM. While addressing the participants he urged the employees to be united for burning demands that is Departmental promotion committee (Promotions) of all categories in the health in support of their demands. They alleged that the administrative department of health & family we...

JU celebrates Buddha Purnima with great enthusiasm

17/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: The Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu in collaboration with Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, J&K, Bharat- Tibet Sangh, Haloti Gompa Welfare Society, Kishtwar celebrated Buddha Purnima Prayer for the world peace on Monday, 16th May 2022. Vesaka Buddha Purnima, Buddha Jayanti is a Buddhist festival. It falls on the day of the Full Moon in May and commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Nirv?na), and death (Mahaparinirv?na) of Gautama Buddha. The program sch...

JU celebrates Buddha Purnima with great enthusiasm

17/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: The Department of Buddhist Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu in collaboration with Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, J&K, Bharat- Tibet Sangh, Haloti Gompa Welfare Society, Kishtwar celebrated Buddha Purnima Prayer for the world peace on Monday, 16th May 2022. Vesaka Buddha Purnima, Buddha Jayanti is a Buddhist festival. It falls on the day of the Full Moon in May and commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Nirv?na), and death (Mahaparinirv?na) of Gautama Buddha. The program sch...

Bhardawaj chairs UTLMC of REGP

17/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 16: Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Vivek Bhardawaj who is also hold the charge of Administrative Secret-ary, Industries and Comm-erce Department today held the UT Level Monitoring Committee (UTLMC) meeting of J&K Rural Employment Generation Programme (JKREGP). The meeting was also attended by Secretary in Industries & Commerce (I&C) Department; Dire-ctor I&C, Kashmir; Director I&C, Jammu; Director EDI; Secretary/ CEO Khadi &Village Industries Board (KVIB); President UTLBC J...

Time to rally against BJP’s anti-people policies: Bhalla

17/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: After coming to power by making tall poll promises, the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre has miserably failed on all fronts and hence it was deflecting the people's attention by raising sensitive issues, said JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla while interacting with people of village Gagian of RS Pura constituency on Monday. BJP government has failed to address political and developmental aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, JKPCC Working President Rama...

MD JKRLM visits Rajouri; Interacts with Self Help Groups

17/05/2022
JAMMU, May 16: Mission Director Jammu & Kashmir Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM), Indu Kanwal Chib today visited Rajouri to take stock of the program activities in different Blocks of the district. She interacted with Self Help Groups and assessed the implementation of the activities going on in the blocks. During the interaction, the MD stressed upon the SHG members to avail the benefits envisaged under the Mission and strive for their economic upliftment. She said that the main pbjective...

Yudhvir takes stock of people’s problems in Bajalta

17/05/2022
JAMMU, May 16: Yudhvir Sethi, Vice President Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today visited Bajalta to take stock of problems and issues faced by the people of the area besides involving the party workers and activists in an interactive session to assess their ground performance and guide them for future strategy. He was accompanied by Ajay Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party Mandal President, Nagrota, District Vice President Naryan ji, Shakti kender parmukh Rampal ji, Block exe...

Sikh United Front condemns killing of Sikhs in Pakistan

17/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: While addressing a press conference of various Sikh organizations today he said that it has become an order of the day in most of the countries to target people on the basis of their religion and race. He further said that Sikhs particularly are been targeted in various countries of the world including USA, Europe, UK and especially Pakistan. This seems to be a clear indication that the intolerance had become the hallmark of lives of people all over the world and the human consci...

GCET organizes yoga competition

17/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: The NSS unit of Govt. College 0f Engineering & Technology, Jammu today organized a Yoga Asanas Contest in order to commemorate upcoming International Yoga Day2022 and as a part of Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) launched by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India. The event held under the patronage of worthy Principal Prof. (Dr.) Sameru Sharma. In her message she said that Yoga is a physical, mental and spiritual practice which originated in India. She also told that people from ...

DC Rajouri flags off dengue prevention awareness rally

17/05/2022
RAJOURI, May 16: In continuation with a series of activities being organised across the country under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal today flagged off an awareness rally to mark the National Day for prevention of Dengue. Chief Medical Officer, Dr Abdul Hamid Zarger, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Anees Altaf Nabi and DTO were present at the event. Addressing the event, the Deputy Commissioner said that the rally has been organised to educate the masses ab...

Deptt of Archives conducts assessment survey of Purmandal

17/05/2022
Jammu, May 16: On the initiative of SEARCH (Saving Environment and Activism for Restoration of Culture and Heritage), which is a Jammu based NGO, Department of Archives conducted assessment survey of Purmandal. Suneel Mahajan, NGO Chairman and Kranti Bhushan, its General Secretary, had written to Director Archives, Archeology and Museums, to enlist Parmandal and other neglected structures, as Protected Heritage sites and conserve, restore Purmandal to its ancient glory. A team from Departm...

NYBO nominates Anu as President J&K Unit

17/05/2022
JAMMU, May 16: NYBO (National Youth Bhagat Organization) held a meeting today at Jammu for discussion over the future course of action of the organisation and for streamlining the forthcoming activities to be fulfilled by the organisation. NYBO also officially opened its membership in whole of India. NYBO have been formed with the exclusive goal the help out the marginalized and the downtroddens with whatever can be provided on the roadmap shown by Sant Kabir Das Ji who have been a great soci...

SSP Ganderbal inspects Yatra route from Baltal to Shri Amar Nath Ji holy cave

17/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 16: SSP Ganderbal Nikhil Borkar-IPS along with other senior officers visited Baltal Base camp, Domail and Holy Cave to review the security related arrangements enroute Shri Amar Nath Ji Cave. SSP Ganderbal was accompanied by SDPO Kangan Shri Yasir Qadri-JKPS, SHO PS Sonamarg and other police officers of the district. During the visit to Holy Cave SSP Ganderbal inspected all the routes leading to the Holy Cave for smooth Yatra. Moreover, all other security arrangements were revi...

PC committed to carve out space out spaces for youth participation in politics: Vakil

17/05/2022
Srinagar, May 16: A one-day convention by the Youth People's Conference was held in Nowhatta Srinagar today. The convention was presided by Youth President J&K PC Youth President Sheikh Mohammad Imran. Addressing the convention, senior vice president of Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil termed the government's claims regarding providing employment to the unemployed youth a cruel joke. He said that the government promised to provide employment to thousa...

Randhawa interacts with Lawn Tennis, Boxing players

17/05/2022
JAMMU, May 16: Senior BJP leader and former MLC interests with Lawn tennis and boxing players in the ongoing "My Youth My Pride" competitions are being organised by Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council at M A stadium. Bikram Randhawa was the chief guest on the occasion. Chief guest was welcomed by Divisional sports officer Jammu with bouquet. The chief guest declared the Lawn tennis and boxing competitions open by releasing colourful balloons and pushing few punches in air to test his boxing...

Army organises educational workshop for children

17/05/2022
JAMMU, May 16: In its efforts to keep the children of Kishtwar district motivated and also to guide them for a brighter tomorrow, Indian Army in collaboration with the Education Department of Jammu University organised a-one-day workshop for students of Ashiana in District Kishtwar (J&K). The workshop comprised a series of activities to include career counselling, case study for advance counselling, theatre and role play, art and craft through story telling and other such activities. The stud...

Medical Camp organized at Bhaderwah

17/05/2022
JAMMU, May 16: Indian Army has been continues taking numerous initiatives for taking care if families of it's fallen soldiers. In pursuance of the same a Monthly Medical Camp for Veer Naris, Widows and Ex-Servicemen of District- Doda was organised by Indian Army in conjunction with ECHS, Doda at Bhaderwah (J&K). Indian Army medical team provided the much needed medical cover for the event. Veer Naris, Widows and Ex-Servicemen/ Dependent of Servicemen from far-flung areas from Nalthi, Bhalla,...

Div Com reviews development scenario of district Samba

16/05/2022
JAMMU, May 15: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar on Sunday conducted an extensive tour of Samba and took stock of the developmental scenario of the district at a meeting of the officers of district administration. The meeting was attended by the District Development Commissioner, Samba, Anuradha Gupta, SSP Samba, Abhishek Mahajan; ADC Samba, Suram Chand Sharma; ADDC Samba, Rajinder Singh, Chief Planning Officer, Sukhleen Kour; ACR besides District/Sectoral Officers, Executive Eng...

BJP Govt’s misgovernance responsible for present mess in J&K: Bhalla

16/05/2022
JAMMU, May 15: JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla Sunday stated that Union territory is burning and terrorists are killing innocent people due to the government's "weakness". Killing of innocents is not only a reflection of the Modi government's failure on the national security front but also exposes their 'nationalism' facade. J&K is burning, terrorists are running rampant through the region and our people are paying for this government's weakness with their lives," Bhalla said. He said Kash...

CS kick starts ‘Spirit of Adventure’ from Harwan

16/05/2022
SRINAGAR, May 15: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today showed green flag to the wholesome adventure activities of Tourism Department started here from the Zabarwan hills at Harwan. These include a number of activities organized under the tagline of 'Spirit of Adventure & Healthy Life'. The adventure activities include Paragliding from Astanmarg top to Chandpora ground. The flight covers a vertical drop of 2000 ft which is considered a feast to adventure lovers and tourists. Dr Mehta appl...

Gender Sensitization Session by NSS SMVDU at Govt. School, Dheerti

16/05/2022
KATRA, May 15: The NSS unit of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University organised a Gender Sensitization session at Govt. Middle School at Dheerti, in a nearby village. The awareness session was conducted with the school's sixth, seventh, and eighth class girls. It was an interactive session to make girls aware of good and bad touch. Students were given the assignment to discuss the same. The NSS volunteers Vaidyanti, Harshita and Leeza discussed different situations with the girls and how to behave...

Youth is backbone of nation: Rinku

16/05/2022
Samba, May 15: Rinku Choudhary Vice President Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Jammu and Kash-mir along with Jasvinder Singh Spokesperson BJYM JKUT, after been appointed as Incharge BJYM Samba District today paid first visit to party office Samba and chaired introductory meeting with BJYM office bearers. Earlier, Rinku Choudhary was given a warm welcome by the Samba office bearers on his first visit after been appointed as BJYM incharge. Choudhary on the occasion also meet with senior BJP leaders ...

BJP’s three-day-long training session concludes

16/05/2022
JAMMU, May 15: Bharatiya Janata Party Jammu District three-day-long training session concluded on 15 May, today at City Palace Kachi chawni. The total number of 13 sessions were organized in the camp which lasted continuously for the last 3 days. In which State senior administrators gave lectures to the BJP cadres on various topics related to the customs and policies of the party. A three-day training session (Prashishan Varg) was held in Jammu district under the leadership of Vinay Kumar Gupt...

GMC Jammu organises awareness event on “Importance of Gender Equality”

16/05/2022
JAMMU, May 15: To create awareness about gender equality in the Society, an awareness event was was organised in GMC, Jammu on "Importance of Gender Equality: Challenges and Solutions". The event was convened under the aegis of 'Gender equality and Gender harmony committee' headed by Dr Rakesh Bahl, Professor, Department of Community Medicine who introduced the theme of the event to the audience comprising of Senior Faculty and MBBS students. The session began with an impassioned speech by Pr...

DIPR organises cultural program at Moungri

16/05/2022
UDHAMPUR, May 15: Cultural Wing of Departm-ent of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) organised a cultural program on the day two of three day Shiv Parvati Mela at Moungri. Artists of DIPR Cultural Wing Jammu and District Information Centre Udha-mpur, Mohinder Kumar, Balbir Singh, Amit Kumar and Rakesh Kumar presented a scintillating musical programme, which was highly appreciated by the audience.

Aryans Group to give scholarship worth Rs 16 Crore in its 16th Academic session

16/05/2022
JAMMU, May 15: To encourage more students to pursue higher education, Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh has decided to give Scholarships worth Rs 16 crore to the students who would be admitted under its 16th Academic session in the year 2022-23. Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group said that I am happy to share that from this academic year Aryans has become country's first campus outside JK to have JK students in majority. From 4000 students studying here, around 1950 bel...

CBM’s necessary before holding assembly elections in J&K: Vakil to Union Government

16/05/2022
Srinagar, May 15: Senior vice president J&K Peoples Conference and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil urged the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union Government to take necessary CBM's before holding assembly elections in J&K. The government of India should implement Confidence Building Measures (CBM's), if they want larger participation including restoration of statehood to J&K, Vakil was addressing workers convention at Krishi Bal in Eid Gah constituency. Convention was presided over Sr. PC le...

Gul condemns Killing of Bhat

16/05/2022
JAMMU, May 15: Gul expressed his condolences and condemned the Killing of slain Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat. JKNC Senior leader & Former Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly Haji Mubarak Gul visited Durga Nager Bantalab, Jammu to express his heartfelt sympathies with the bereaved family. He extended his condolences to the grief-stricken family on behalf of the party leadership and prayed for the eternal endless peace of the departed soul and al...

Bablu lifts 22nd Bhamag Kesari Dangal title

16/05/2022
Katra, May 15: Wrestler Bablu of Basantgarh in District Udhampur of J&K Police lifted "22nd Annual Bhamag Kesari Dangal title " 2022 by defeating wrestler Surjeet Singh of District Reasi of J&K Police in a very tough fight for first malli bout that lasted for 21 minutes at Sardabbar, Kalsote (Moungri) in Block and Tehsil Moungri of District Udhampur. Dangal was organized by J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association in collaboration with J&K Police Department, J&K Tourism Department, J&K ...

BJP delegation to meet LG to discuss issues of security: Raina

15/05/2022
Jammu, May 15: Jammu & Kashmir President Ravinder Raina denouncing the killing of Rahul Bhat said that he along with other senior BJP leaders will meet J&K LG on Sunday to discuss and press for the security related issues. Raina said that this sorry episode has ashamed humanity & whole Jammu & Kashmir. This brutal episode has maligned the humanity and ashamed whole society. He said that Rahul was dedicatedly serving the society when he was brutally murdered by the Pakistani sponsored terrorist...

Mudgal chairs meeting to review working of Co-operative Deptt

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 14: Secre-tary Co-operative Depart-ment, Yasha Mudgal today chaired a meeting of senior officers to review the working of Cooperative Depart-ment besides action taken on the decisions made in the previous meetings here at Civil Secretariat Jammu. Threadbare discussions we-re held on various issues pertaining to the Co-operative Department including prog-ress made on Registration of new Cooperative Societies, revival of Defunct Co-operative Societies & progress on CAPEX expenditures...

Okinawa launches flagship dealership in Jammu

15/05/2022
Jammu, May 15: Manu-facturer of India's widest range of Electric Scooters, Okinawa Autotech Ltd., opened its much awaited flagship dealership in collaboration with M/s V D Motors in Jammu. The state of the art 3-S Facility (Sales, service and spares) was formally inaugurated by Kavinder Gupta, senior BJP leader and former Dy. Chief Minister & R S Patha-nia, former MLA & BJP spokesperson today afternoon at the authorised centre at Kunjwani. Mr Gupta was all praise for the sterling efforts of Anu...

DDC Rajouri discusses modalities for implementation of Amrit Sarovar Mission

15/05/2022
RAJOURI, May 14: District Development Com-missioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal today discussed the modalities for implementation of Mission Amrit Sarovar in the district, here in a meeting of the concerned officers. Officers who attended the meeting included ADDC, Pawan Kumar; DFO Rajouri, Arsh-deep Singh; DSCO, Rashid Manhas; ACD, Vijay Ku-mar; CPO, Mohammad Khurshid; Tehsildars and BDOs. Pertinently, Amrit Sarovar Mission is aimed at developing and rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of ...

GDC Ramnagar NSS Unit organises Yoga Session

15/05/2022
UDHAMPUR, May 14: To create awareness about Yoga for wellbeing and as a part of Common Yoga Prac-tices (CYP) launched by the Ministry of AYUSH, the NSS unit of Government Degree College Ramnagar organized Yoga session in College premises here today. The activity was organized by Prof Ritika Mahajan, NSS Programme Officer of the college under the patronage of the College Principal Dr Udhey Bhanu,. The objective of the activity was to mobilize and sensitize youth about the importance of healthy l...

Two absconders evading arrests since 9 years arrested

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 15: An information was received at PP Narwal regarding an absconder evading arrest since 2013 i.e 9 years in case FIR No 147/13 u/s 457/380/ RPC of PS Bahu Fort. On this special police teams of PP Narwal under the supervision of SDPO East Syed Zaheer Abb-as Jafari were constituted. The team led by I/C PP Nar-wal SI Achal Rana did strenuous efforts and with the help of various inputs finally arrested the absconder namely Sulieman Ahmed Sheikh S/o Ghulam Hussain Sheikh R/o Parimpora, S...

GMC Doda commemorates International Nurses Day

15/05/2022
DODA May 14: The Depa-rtment of Nursing Govern-ment Medical College Doda celebrated "International Nurses Day" to commemorate the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale" pioneer of modern nursing. The progamme focused on this year's theme "Nurses- A Voice to Lead- Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health" and started with lightening of ceremonial Lamp & Prayers. Dean & Principal Prof. Dr. Noor Ali, while speaking on the occasion, lauded nursing workforce at GMC Doda for...

Inter School Zonal level Tournament- day 2: Volleyball, Kabaddi competitions held in Bhalla Zone

15/05/2022
BHALLA, May 14: As many as 83 student players participated on day two of the Inter School Zone level Tournament in Bhalla zone of district Doda. The U 19 Boys competitions were held in Kho-Kho, Kabaddi & Volleyball here at HSS Berreru today, as per annual calendar of activities approved by Director Youth Services and Sports JK UT. The matches were played under the supervision of ZPEO Bhalla and officiated by all field staff. In Volleyball, HSS Berreru beat HSS Chakrabhati by 2-0 sets, while in ...

Police traces missing lady in Budgam

15/05/2022
Budgam, May 14: Police in Budgam have traced a missing lady from Kunzer Tangmarg area of Baramulla. Besides, recovered a kidnapped girl of Rajouri and arrested the accused person involved in the crime from Chadoora area of Budgam. Police Station Khag received a written complaint from a person hailing from Kokerbagh Khag stating therein that his wife is missing since 11/05/2022. Accordingly, a missing report was lodged in PS Khag and search was launched swiftly by a team from PS Khag headed ...

DC Reasi urges stakeholders to make cleanliness a mass movement in rural areas under SBM

15/05/2022
REASI, May 14: District Development Commissioner, Reasi Babila Rakwal has appealed to people and stakeholder departments to coordinate in making the Cleanliness campaign under Swachh Bharat Mission a mass movement, particularly in rural areas. She was speaking at a Grievance Redressal Camp at Panchayat Ghar Aghar Jitto of Block Katra after listening to the issues and demands of the PRIs and general public of the area. The main focus of the programme was to highlight and set in motion activitie...

Power shutdown

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 14: Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL Jammu has informed that the power supply to GhoManhasa, Marh, Gajansoo and adjoining areas shall remain affected on May 17 from 7 am to 11 am. Similarly, the power supply to MES (Malpur) shall remain affected on May 16 from 7 am to 11 am. Likewise, the power supply to Akalpur, Udheywala, Sangra-mpur, Lale-De-Bagh, Nagbani, DPS School, Manorma Vihar, Anand Nagar, Domana, Lower Machclian, Nagbani and adjoining areas shall remain affected on May...

Div Com takes stock of arrangements, facilities in Yatri Niwas

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 14: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar on Friday visited Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar and took stock of the arrangements for upcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2022. He was accompanied by Deputy Commissioner Jammu Avny Lavasa; ADC Jammu Satish Sharma; SSP Security, Deputy Director Tourism Jammu, SP North Jammu, Chief Engineers PWD, JPDCL besides senior functionaries of Health, Jal Shakti, JMC, JKRTC and other concerned departments. The Div Com took a round of the complex and...

Strong protest demonstration held by Congress against minority killings

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 14: Congress today held a strong protest demonstration in Jammu against the selective killing of Rahul Bhat and other targeted killings in Kashmir, for the past quite some time and criticized the Govt. for its failure to check such killings of innocents. A strong protest demonstration was held at Shahidi Chowk Jammu condemning Pakistan and terrorism and denouncing Centre Govt. for its failure to stop targeted killings of innocents, especially Kashmiri Pandits and other minorities ...

BJP Jammu District organizes three-day Prashikshan Shivir

15/05/2022
Jammu, May 14: Bharatiya Janata Party carry forward its ideology under the leadership of Vinay Kumar Gupta and inaugurated a 3-day training workshop (Prashiksan Varg) of Jammu District in the esteem presence of Former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta, Former Minister Priya Sethi, Vice Presidents J&K Yudhvir Sethi and Aseem Gupta, State General Secretary Vibodh Gupta, Inderjeet Sharma org Secretary Jammu District, Former MLCs Vikram Randhawa and Sr. Charanjit Singh Khalsa, BJP Spokesperson...

Jugal, others listens public grievances

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 14: Lok Sabha Member of Parlia-ment, Jammu-Poonch, Jugal Kishore Sharma, alongwith Ex-MLC Gird-hari Lal Raina, BJP Secretary Veenu Khanna and SC Morcha President & Ex-MLA Prof. Gharu Ram Bhagat, listened to the grievances of a large number of people from different areas of Jammu on Saturday. They had reached BJP headquarter on Saturday in deputations as well as single. The people drawn from Sunderbani, Doda, Muthi, Dansal, Mendhar, Ram-garh, Domana, Gangyal, Vijaypur, Digiana, Khour...

National Lok Adalat: 24,982 cases settled in Courts of Jammu District

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 14: In continuation to the National Calendar for Lok Adalat, a National Lok Adalat was today held today under the command of Patron-in-Chief State Legal Services Authority Justice Pankaj Mithal Chief Justice J&K and Ladakh High Court and under the guidance of Executive Chairman of State Legal Service Authority, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey in District Court Complex, Jammu and in the adjoining courts under the jurisdiction of District Court Jammu. A total 26,540 cases of different nat...

DC Jammu conducts extensive tour of Khour, Kharaballi, listens to public grievances

15/05/2022
JAMMU, May 14: To get first-hand account of the public grievances, Deputy Commissioner, Avny Lavasa today conducted an extensive tour of Khour and Kharaballi and listened to the issues and grievances of the Public faced by them in day to day life. The PRI representatives including DDC members highlighted the issues one by one regarding their respective areas which were mainly related to irregular supply of water and electricity, Revenue services, delay in land compensation, issuance of ration ...

2 Days Training Programme on ‘Karmayogi Policepersons”

15/05/2022
Udhampur, May 14: 02 days training programme on "Karmayogi Police- custodians of society"which commenced in the Sher-i-Kashmmir Police Academy Udhampuron 13.05.2022 concluded today. Mission Karmayogi is the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building which aims to create a competent civil service rooted in Indian ethos, with a shared understanding of India's priorities, working in harmonisation for effective and efficient public service delivery. The idea behind the scheme is to br...