Sanitation is all about bringing change in our attitude: CS

04/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 3: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today remarked that the Sanitation involves simple steps to be achieved with determination. He maintained that it only takes a good resolve to make our surroundings clean. Dr Mehta made these remarks during his address on the eve of One day Divisional Level Capacity Building Program for officers of the Rural Development Department (RDD) on Management of All Components of Swachh Bharat Mission (G) for initiation of its 2nd phase. Commissioner ...

MP Khatana meets HM, discusses issues concerning J&K

04/02/2023
New Delhi, Feb 3: MP Rajya Sabha Er. Gulam Ali Khatana in a meeting with Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah discussed various issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir including security situation, developmental scenario, eviction drive and providing jobs to the unemployed youth here late last evening. MP Khatana apprised the Home Minister about the present situation due to rumours spread by the vested interests about the ongoing action against the influential encroachers in the union territo...

GGM Science College organizes awareness on Innovation and Start ups

04/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 3: GGM Science College under the patronage of worthy Principal Prof. Rajesh Gupta and NSS PO Dr.Deepali Mahajan under the aegis of G20 India 2023 organized an awareness workshop Innovation and Start ups.NSS volunteers made posters and slogans on the theme Innovations and Startups to raise the awareness among the youth. Innovation is important to all companies but the very premise of a startup is based on fresh, new ideas, plus a thirst for risk and transformation. They therefore t...

JU to Partner with Employment Dept, J&K to create better Job opportunities

04/02/2023
Jammu, Feb 3: University of Jammu is willing to partner with the Department of Employment, J&K UT to create better job opportunities, said Prof Umesh Rai while interacting with Sh Nisar Ahmed, Director, Department of Employment, J&K UT and his team. Director requested Vice-Chancellor for the participation of students of the University and its constituent/affiliated colleges in the Mega Job Fair being organized by the Depa-rtment of Employment on 11th Feb 2023 at Toph Sherkhanian, Jammu. Speak...

Dy Mayor kick starts work of laying of paver tiles

04/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 3: Deputy Mayor Jammu Baldev Singh Billawaria kick started the work of laying of paver tiles and construction of drains at Ward 56, Jawala Ji Colony, in RS Pura-Jammu South constituency. This construction work will be executed by the Jammu Municipal Corpor-ation (JMC). Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Mayor Baldev Singh Billawaria said that the work is being done to provide basic facilities to the residents of the area and to make them aware about cleanliness and hygiene. He said...

DC Kathua discusses issues related to Thein Dam Project with stakeholders

04/02/2023
KATHUA, Feb 3: Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rahul Pandey today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review issues pertaining to Thein Dam Project here at DC office complex today. ADC Basohli, Ajeet Singh; ACR, Vishav Pratap Singh; XEN RSD Project, SDO Personnel Division Project RSD,Naib Tehsildar and other concerned officers attended the meeting. At the outset, ADC Basohli, who is also Collector Thein Dam Project apprised the meeting about the outstanding issues related to land compe...

National Dance, Acting and Singing Championship 2023 held at Katra

04/02/2023
KATRA, Feb 3: District Development Council Cha-irman Reasi, Saraf Singh Nag today inaugurated the National Dance, Acting and Singing Championship 2023 here at Katra. Performing Arts Association of J&K, run by Harman Cultural And Educational Society, Jammu has organized the National Level Competition "National Dance/ Acting/ Singing Championship 2022-23" at Spiritual Growth Centre Auditorium, Katra. About 120 children and youth from 21 states and UTs of India including J&K participated and exh...

BJP is a true companion of needy people: Sham, Munish

04/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 3: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a true companion of needy people, always ready to listen and sort out their issues, stressed BJP leaders while listening to public grievances at BJP headquarter, Jammu. J&K BJP Vice-President & former Minister Sham Choudhary and BJP All Morcha Incharge Munish Sharma were listening to the public grievances and then took them up with the concerned department officials for early solutions. BJP Office Secretary Tilak Raj Gupta and Library Incharge Pro...

Dulloo reviews progress on GI tagging of agriculture products of J&K

04/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 3: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Produc-tion Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of experts to review progress on application of Geographical Indication (GI) tagging of agriculture products of Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Vice Chancellor SKUAST-Kashmir, Special Secretary APD, Director Sheep Husbandry Kashmir, Director Animal Husbandry Jammu/Kashmir, Director Sheep Husbandry Jammu, Director Horticulture Jammu/Kashmir, Director Agric...

CBC spreads awareness about Swachhta Action Plan in Poonch

04/02/2023
POONCH, Feb 3: To acquaint and sensitize local masses about Swachhta Action Plan being observed throughout India, Central Bureau of Communication Field Office Poonch (J&K), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India today organized an awareness programme here in the Children's Park, near Air Field. President, Muni-cipal Council Poonch, Sunil Sharma was the Chief Gue-st, besides Chief Executive Officer, MC, Varinderpal Singh; Councillor W. No. 7, Naresh Chander; Counci-llor W.No...

Power shutdown

04/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 3: Chief Engineer (Distribution), JPD-CL, Jammu has informed that the power supply to SMVDU University Campus shall remain affected on Feb 4 from 10 am to 5 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Ramsoo, Neel, Ukhral, Khari and adjoining areas shall remain affected on Feb 4 from 9 am to 5 pm. Likewise, the power supply to Pouni and adjoining areas shall remain affected on Feb 4 from 9 am to 3 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Lalle-Da-Bagh, Lower Muthi, Lakshmi Vihar, Balwant Vihar Udh...

7-Day special winter Camp enters day four at GDC Neeli Nallah

04/02/2023
UDHAMPUR, Feb 3: In continuation of the series of activities being organized as part of Seven Day Special Winter Camp, Government Degree College, Neeli Nallah organised an awareness lecture on "Female Hygiene" on day four of the event. Dr. Sudesh Kumari Tanoch (Medical Officer, PHC, Hartaryan) was the resource person on the occasion. In his welcome address, Prof. Hans Raj, Principal of the College, stressed that the motive of the lecture was to educate the female students about physical hygie...

Indian Army organises skill development camp, distributes sewing machines at Gool

04/02/2023
RAMBAN, Feb 3: Indian Army organised tailoring cadre camp on the theme of "Women Empowerment" under Sadhbhavna in far- flung area Kalimasta of Sub Division Gool of district Ramban, besides distributed sewing machines am-ong women of the area to equip them with necessary skills and equipments. The event was graced by the Member, District Development Council, Ramban, Sakhi Mohamm-ad and officials from civil administration. The aim of the project was to get local women into the development of the...

Jamwal inaugurates Gym

04/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 3: Corporator Rajinder Singh Jamwal (W.no 39) inaugurated Fit Formula Studio Unisex Gym at Toph Sherkhania along with many people and guests. During the Inauguration, Jamwal said that it is the need of the hour for everybody to be fit in today's lifestyle. He said that exercise is must for young generation people and old age people to stay fit in this aspect of life. He proudly said that Rohit has taken a good step towards the welfare of the health of people of the locality by openin...

State land is being retrieved from vested interests in public interest: CS

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today remarked that the encroached State land is being retrieved from the big vested interests only with the purpose of reverting it back for public use. He was speaking in a meeting of UT, Divisional and District Administration to take stock of measures being taken to streamline the anti-encroachment drive. Dr Mehta maintained that these measures are aimed at helping common people. He observed that this land belongs collectively to the masse...

Dulloo asks departments to expedite onboarding of schemes on MyScheme portal

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: Addi-tional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Produ-ction Department, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting to review onboarding of departmental schemes on MyScheme online portal at Civil Secretariat. Pertinently, the objective of MyScheme portal is to streamline the government-user interface for government schemes and benefits. It is a national platform for searching and discovering government schemes based on a citizen's eligibility. The platform aims to save users time and eff...

JMC organizes awareness, interaction programme

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: An awareness cum interaction programme was organized by Veterinary section of JMC in collaboration with Govt. Women College, Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu. The main motive of the programme was to aware the college students regarding the importance of Animal Birth Control Program being implemented by JMC in collaboration with Friendicoes-SECA in all the 75 wards of Municipal Corporation, Jammu and its impact on society. Joint Commissioner (H&S), JMC Mr. Kulbhushan Khajuria graced the even...

DFO Nowshera convenes meeting of Biodiversity Management Committee of MC Sunderbani

03/02/2023
RAJOURI, Feb 2: A meeting of the Biodiversity management Committee of the Municipal Committee Sunderbani was held today. The meeting was chaired by Divisional Forest officer Nowshera, Neelima Shah here in the Forest Range office. The meeting was attended by Chairman Municipal Committee Sunderbani, Rajinder Sharma; Addl Deputy Commissioner Sunderbani, Vinod Behnal; CDPO Sunderbani, Daleep Kumar; Range Officer Sunderbani, Rakesh Verma, besides MC members and sectoral officers of other line de...

3 days course on “Juvenile Justice” commences today at SKPAU

03/02/2023
UDHAMPUR, Feb 2: A 3 Days course on "Juvenile Justice" commenced today at SKPA Udhampur. Twenty two (21) Police officers of the rank of Sub-Inspector to Dy.SsP participate in the said training Course. The course on Juvenile Justice is designed to sensitize the Police Officers regarding the various legal provisions of protection, care and rights of the children. The course was formally inaugurated by Shri Rajinder Kumar Gupta, JKPS, SSP, Dy. Director (Indoor) SKPA Udhampur. Gupta in his ina...

GGM Science College holds distribution of fruits in slum area

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: Under the aegis of G20 India 2023 NSS GGM Science College under the patronage of worthy Principal Dr. Rajesh Gupta and guidance of NSS PO Dr.Deepali Mahajan organized a fruit distribution workshop in the slum. The awareness was organized with a noble and holistic goal, Say No To Hunger and to increase nutritional awareness and responsiveness among young children, adolescent girls, pregnant ladies and lacting mothers about vital nutrition behaviours. NSS Volunteers along with...

Special lecture on implementation of NEP-2020 organised in GDC RS Pura

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: Debate, Seminar and Literary Committee (DSL) of Govt. Degree College organized special lecture on "Implementation of NEP in J&K Colleges" under the guidance of Prof. Rajni Bhagat, Principal of the college and Dr Neena Gupta, Convener, DSL Committee. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Badyal, Special Secretary to Higher Education Department was the chief guest and resource person for today's special lecture. The proceedings of the event were conducted by Ms. Shaveta Chowdhary, Member, DSL Committee...

SMVDU celebrates World Wetland Day at Surinsar

03/02/2023
KATRA, Feb 2: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Katra in collaboration with the Directorate of Tourism, Jammu celebrated World Wetland Day at Surinsar Lake which is a designated Ramsar site. On the occasion, a keynote lecture was delivered by Padma Shri Prof RK Sinha, Vice Chancellor SMVDU. Prof Sinha popularly known as the Dolphin Man of India, emphasized the importance of water bodies like Surinsar Lake in providing assured drinking water supply, ground water recharging besides providing refu...

Army organises lecture on “Beti Bacho Beti Padhao”

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: Indian Army organised a lecture on 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' at Govt Middle School, Pariyali, Rajouri to create awareness about the importance of education and rights of the girl child. The lecture emphasized on essential aspects for empowerment of girls and their invaluable contribution to the society. The audience were further informed about motivational stories of Women from India, who have left an indelible mark on the world arena. The awareness drive also covered variou...

GDC Vijaypur celebrates World Wetlands Day

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: World Wetlands Day is the ideal time to increase people's understanding of these critically important ecosystems. In this regard, Ecoclub (Green Warriors) and Department of Envi-ronmental Sciences of GDC Vijay-pur celebrates World Wetlands Day by organising different activities in the college campus. The programme was initiated with the welcome address by Prof. Poonam Kundan (Convener, Ecoclub and Head, Department of Environmental Sciences) where she briefed students about the im...

GDC Ramgarh organises students’ visit, Cleanliness Drive to mark National Wetlands Day

03/02/2023
SAMBA, Feb 2: The Eco Club, Yuva Tourism Club and National Service Sche-me unit 'Prabha' of Govern-ment Degree College Ramgarh today organized a 'Visit and Cleanliness Drive to Gharana Wetlands to mark observance of Nati-onal Wetlands Day 2023.' The visit was organized under the supervision and leadership of Prof. (Dr.) Satinder Kaur, the Principal of the College. On the occasion, she said that World Wetlands Day, celebrated annually on 2 February, aims to raise global awareness about the vita...

Commissioner State Taxes inaugurates office for Special Investigation Unit

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: Commissioner State Taxes, Dr. Rashmi Singh, inaugurated office facility for Special Investigation Unit of the department at Excise and State Taxes building. Speaking on the occasion, Comm-issioner exhorted upon the SIU to detect fraudulent practices through analysis of data patterns in order to detect wilful evasion by risky dealers to facilitate genuine taxpayers and improve compliance thereof. Pertinently, the State Taxes Depart-ment J&K has recently constituted an in-house int...

2023-24 Union Budget is a people friendly budget, will benefit all sections of society: Raina

03/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 2: The 2023-24 Union Budget is a people-friendly budget, which will benefit all sections of society, said Ravinder Raina, President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu & Kashmir. "The first General Budget of India's Amrit Kaal is a public welfare and pro poor Budget. It is Budget that will empower and uplift the lives of villagers, rural folks, Dalits, tribals, farmers, backward and oppressed classes, differently abled people and those who are economically backward. It is a blueprint for...

Police arrests drug peddler in Ganderbal; Contraband substance recovered

03/02/2023
SRINAGAR, Feb 2: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Police in Ganderbal have arrested a drug peddler and recovered contraband substance from his possession. A Police Party led by SHO PS Kangan at a checkpoint established at Margund arrested a drug peddler identified as Shar-eef-U-Din Chichi son of Ghu-lam Mohidin Chichi resident of Baba Reshi Chattergul. During search, contraband substance was recovered from his possession. Accordingly, a case vide FIR No...

MVD Samba recovers Rs 3.5 lakh fine from violators, suspends RC, RP of 3 vehicles

03/02/2023
SAMBA, Feb 2: A Team of ARTO Samba today conducted day long checking on different locations on NH 44. During the drive as many as 200 vehicles were checked out of which 90 vehicles were Challaned/Compounded. An amount of Rs 119000 fine was realized on the spot while an amount of Rs 250000 is expected from remaining challans booked under various sections of M V Act and rules. The offences included FC violations (56/192)-07 No, DL violations (3/181)-03 No, Dangerous driving (184)-07 No, R/P v...

CS flags off Walkathon to raise public consciousness about paying taxes

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today flagged off a 'Walkathon' organised by the State Taxes Department under the theme 'Ek Kadam Vikas Ki Aur' for creating awareness about the importance of taxes in the development and progress of the nation. Around 200 participants from the Finance Department along with students of IIT Jammu, IIM Jammu and University of Jammu walked in solidarity holding placards propagating the significance of billing, e-invoicing, digital payments & E-wa...

Div Com visits Tirupati Balaji Temple construction site at Village Majeen

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar today visited the construction site of Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, Tirupati Balaji Temple on Jammu outskirts in Majeen village and reviewed the provision of basic amenities being made for the upcoming Place of Wors-hip. The Div Com was accompanied by Senior Superintendent of police, Chandan Kohli; Chief Engineers of Jal Shakti, JPDCL, PWD, concerned Tehsildar, functionaries of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and other concerned officers. The...

DPS Udhampur hosts workshop on Financial Literacy

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: Finan-cial literacy is the possession of the set of skills & knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and effective decisions with all of their financial resources. As we all know that People with appropriate financial literacy training will make better financial decisions and manage money better than those without such training. Keeping the importance of financial literacy in changing scenario of the world, Delhi Public Sch-ool Udhampur organized Cbse workshop on fin...

DM, SSP review law & order situation in Doda District

02/02/2023
DODA, Feb 1: A virtual meeting of the Civil Administration and Police Department was held here the other day to review the Law and Order situation in Doda district. The meeting was chaired by District Magistrate, Vishesh Paul Mahajan and attended by Senior Superintendent of Police, Abdul Qayoom; Additional Deputy Comm-issioner, Dr Ravi Kumar Bhartil ADC Bhaderwah, Chowdhary Dil Mirl ACR, Sanjeev Kumar, SDMs, Dy. SPs, SDPOs, Tehsildars and other concerned officers and officials. The meeting dis...

Manjit demands assembly elections in J&K

02/02/2023
SAMBA, Feb 1: Apni Party Provincial President, Jammu, & Former Mini-ster, S. Manjit Singh has demanded assembly elections in Jammu and Kash-mir. Addressing a monthly meeting at Vijaypur, Manjit Singh said that the people are upset with the present regime as the admi- nistration has completely collapsed and the public issues have grown up multiple times in Jammu and Kashmir. "The people in both the Regions are suffering equally. The claim that equal development will be ensured in Jammu has...

Dulloo reviews progress on ‘One Nation One Fertilizer’ scheme

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Prod-uction Department, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting to review progress on Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samridhi Kendra-PM-KSK (One Nation One Fertilizer) here at Civil Secretariat. Directors Agriculture, Jammu and Kashmir, Director Law Enforcement, DBT Coordinator and representatives of fertilizer companies including CCFCL, IFFCO, IPL and NFL attended the meeting in person and through virtual mode. Additional Chief Secretary was brie...

Cultural Wing DIPR organises Symposium in GWC Parade

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: A Symposium on Cultural Practices for Sustainable Environment cum Cultural program was today organised by Cultural Wing of Department of Information and Public Relations (DIP-R) here in the Government College for Women (GC- W) Parade. As many as 12 students participated in the symposium competition. First prize was bagged by Navya, who express her views in English, second prize won by Anmol while third prize was won by Khushi. The competition was adjudged by Professors of the ...

Protest against anti-encroachment drive continues

02/02/2023
Jammu, Feb 1: Thousands of people, including women and children, hit the streets in Sunjwan-Bathindi on the city's outskirts against the Jammu and Kashmir administration's ongoing anti-encroachment drive to retrieve "illegally occupied" state land. The residents' protest comes in the backdrop of the authorities serving public notices asking violators to remove illegal constructions within seven days, officials said. The protesters also observed a complete shutdown in the area. Waving Tricolou...

DC Doda reviews implementation of JJM

02/02/2023
DODA, Feb 1: District Develop-ment Commissioner, Doda Vishesh Paul Mahajan today set Mar 31, 2023 as deadline for the completion of ongoing Jal Shakti Department schemes. District Development Commissioner, who is also Chairman of District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM) under Jal Jeevan Mission was reviewing the status of work on the under execution Water Supply Schemes, here in his office chamber. The Executive Engineers were asked to complete the allotted works physically and financially ...

ACS reviews status of Agriculture Apex Monitoring Dashboard

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: Additi-onal Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting to review progress on Agriculture Apex Monitoring Dashboard for Agriculture-allied projects. Enumerating benefits of the dashboard, Dulloo exhorted upon the developers and the departments to work in a 'Mission Mode' so that the module would be dedicated timely to the targeted beneficiaries associated with farming and other agriculture-allied sector activities. ACS set ...

Awareness Programme on Employment Schemes for Youth held at GDC Ramnagar

02/02/2023
RAMNAGAR, Feb 1: Career Counselling and Placement Cell of Govt. Degree College Ramnagar in collaboration with District Employment and Counselling Centre, Udhampur, organized an awareness programme on 'Employment Schemes for the Youth" under the supreme guidance of the principal of the college, Dr. Udhey Bhanu. The programme began with the formal welcome address by Prof. Swarna Devi, Convener of Career, Counselling and Placement Cell, GDC, Ramnagar which was followed by the Lecture of Ms. Navde...

DC Reasi holds weekly Block Diwas at TRC Ransoo Block Pouni

02/02/2023
REASI, Feb 1: Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, Bab-ila Rakwal on Wednesday visited Ransoo, Shiv Khori Base Camp, in Block Pouni and listened to public issues of and provided on spot redressal to genuine grievances of the residents of the area. During weekly block diwas, PRIs and general public of the area put forth their issues regarding unsc-heduled Electricity Cuts, excessive electricity bills, need of Solar light at TRC, upgradation of Allya Primary School to High School, boundary wall around s...

Three-day multimedia exhibition, outreach program by CBC concludes in Awantipora

02/02/2023
Awantipora, Feb 1: The three-day multimedia exhibition of the Central Bureau of Communication (CBC), Ministry of Informa-tion and Broadcasting, Gov-ernment of India, organised at Government Polytechnic College, Awantipora concluded on Wednesday. The exhibition cum outreach programme was organised under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) to sensitise the masses about the freedom struggle and the unsung heroes of the movement as well as to spread awareness about various public welfare s...

Samvedna organises Adhaar Camp for security personnels

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: To Provide Adhaar Services for the CISF Security Person-nels of Jammu Airport, Samvedna Society Chair-man Keshav Chopra along With Adhaar Seva Kendra Jammu Organises Adhaar Enrollment Camp at Jammu Airport. Speaking on the Occasion Chairman Samvedna Society Keshav Chopra said that to provide Adhaar Services to the CISF Security Personnels Sam-vedna Society has taken this initiative by Providing doorstep service so that Security Personnels may not have to go anywhere to take benef...

Dulhasti Power Station organizes one-day Hindi Workshop

02/02/2023
JAMMU, Feb 1: In order to ensure proper compliance of the Official Language Policy, a one day online Hindi Workshop on Official Language Implem-entation was organized at Power Station on 1st Feb 23. During the online Hindi workshop, all the participants were informed about the acts, rules and articles related to the official language contained in the constitution. Area-wise classification of the country on the basis of official language implementation and information about the targets given by ...

Army inaugurates Pir Panjal Kabaddi League

02/02/2023
Jammu, Feb 1: The Pir Panjal Kabaddi League a three-day sporting event has been inaugurated in Doda on 01 Feb 23. The event is being organised by the Indian army to engage the youth of the region and to promote the sporting culture in DKR Region. Eight teams from the districts of Doda Kishtwar Reasi, Rajouri, Ramban and Poonch are participating in this event. The teams will compete against each other in a show of strength agility and team work. The inaugural ceremony was graced by Shri Vishesh...

CS for better synergy between departments & banks for streamlining access to credit

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today emphasised on developing better synergy between the indenting departments and financial institutions for enhanced access to credit in favour of individual beneficiaries under different government schemes. He made these remarks while speaking in a meeting to review the Pradhan Mantri formalization of micro-food processing ent-erprise scheme. The meeting was atten-ded by ACS, Agriculture Production Department; Principal Secretary, Skill...

DC Doda reviews performance of Revenue Department

01/02/2023
DODA, Jan 31: Deputy Commissioner Doda Vishe-sh Paul Mahajan today chaired a virtual meeting of key Officials of the revenue department to review their performance under various priority indicators. Reviewing the services to be provided under Public Services Guarantee Act (PSGA), Deputy Commiss-ioner asked the officers to adhere to the timeline envisaged in the Act and any deviation in this regard shall be viewed seriously including imposition of Rs 5000 per day fine on the officer/ officials ...

Bike Rally organised to spread awareness about India’s G20 presidency; promote tourist destinations of Jammu region

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Directorate of Tourism, Jammu, in collaboration with Divisional Administration on Tuesday organized a Bike Rally from Kala Kendra, Jammu to Akhnoor via Katra, Reasi and Bhamla as a part of 'Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav' and with the aim of spreading awareness about G20 Summit which being soon organized in UT of J&K. As many as 100 bikers took part in the rally to spread awareness among residents about India's G20 presidency and to promote tourist destinations of Jammu region as Adven...

CBC holds rally to promote cleanliness in Border village Treva in Arnia

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: The Central Bureau of Commu-nication, Ministry of Infor-mation and Broadcasting Govt of India, Field Office Kathua organised an impressive programme at Govt Hr. Sec School Treva in Zone Arnia. A large number of audience including community members, P.R.I Members, community leaders and officers from different departments attended the programme. The programme was started with a welcome song presented by tyhe students of the school followed by a welcome address by Rajesh Sharma Inc...

Slogan Writing Competition’ organized by GDC RS Pura

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Department of Geography, Govt. Degree College R.S. Pura organized Slogan Writing Comp-etition on the theme 'National Tourism Day' under the patronage of honorable Princi-pal, Prof. Rajni Bhagat of the college and under the supervision of Prof. Namrata Chowdhary, HOD Geography to inculcate awareness about the potentials of Tourism Industry. Mansi Sharma of Sem. Ist Bagged first position. Palvi Devi of Sem. Ist Bagged 2nd Position and Tania Choudhary of Sem. Ist bagged the 3rd pos...

DM Chairs 7th NCORD Committee meeting at Doda

01/02/2023
DODA, Jan 31: District Magistrate Doda, Vishesh Paul Mahajan convened 7th Narco Coordination (NCORD) Committee meeting here in the DC office Doda the other day and discussed the action taken by the designated members on the directions issued in the previous meetings and to formulate the future course of action against the drug abuse in the district. SSP, Abdul Qayoom, who is also the convener of the Committee, presented the latest report in the district regarding control on drug addiction and ...

Secretary Health reviews status of work on State Cancer Institute, Jammu

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Secre-tary, Health and Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar, today reviewed status of work on State Cancer Institute, Jammu, besides devising a comprehensive strategy for early operationalization of services in this upcoming "State of Art Institute" here at Civil Secretariat. The team of Oncologists and experts in various fields from Homi Bhaba Research Centre Chandigarh led by Director, Dr. Ashish Gulia, participated in the meeting alongwith other concerned officers. Pertinently, ...

BJP for meaningful engagement with ReKs, ReJs, NYCs, MGNREGA employees

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: A host of delegations pertaining to ReKs, ReJs, NYCs, MGNREGA employees called on the BJP's grievance cell at Trikuta Nagar, Jammu. The proceedings were monitored by Ranbir Singh Pathania, Former MLA and BJP Spokesperson. Vikas Choudhary, Secretary BJP was also present. These trained, capacity-built assets of the State need to be given a fair treatment. Successive governments herein over have practiced policy of hire and fire. This has worsened the situation here. We need to be...

After digitization of services focus should be timely service delivery: CS

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today remarked that after successfully digitizing all the services, focus should be laid on timely delivery of services and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in managing the affairs of government departments. Dr Mehta was speaking in the 14th Board of Governors (BoG) meeting of the Jammu & Kashmir e-Governance Agency (JaKeGA) attended by other members including Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce; Commissioner Secretary , IT; Secre...

DC Kathua reviews progress of projects being executed by PWD, JKPCC

01/02/2023
KATHUA, Jan 31: Deputy Commissioner Kat-hua, Rahul Pandey, chaired a meeting here in the conference hall of DC Office Complex to review the progress of projects being executed by PWD (R&B) and JKPCC. The DC took a comprehensive review of works taken up by the PWD under different schemes viz. UT & District CAPEX, CRF, NABARD, City & Town, NFB, SSY etc besides taking appraisal of the latest physical and financial progress of projects being taken up by JKPCC in the district. The DC directed XENs ...

Weather based insurance for crops; Atal Dulloo reviews implementation

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Addi-tional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Produ-ction Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, chaired a meeting to review implementation of Restructured Weat-her Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) in Jammu and Kashmir here today. The meeting focused on the response from various insurance companies to the tender document. During the meeting, discussion was held on several technical issues related to the implementation of the scheme including jurisdiction demarcation and crop identi...

Traffic Police organizes awareness campaign for Balgaran children

01/02/2023
Jammu, Jan 31: Traffic awareness cum sensitization programme was held under the supervisions of Raj Pal Singh, SP Traffic Police City Jammu led by Bikram Kumar DySP city south Jammu and Inspr Rakesh Kumar DTI Satwari regarding Traffic Rules and Regulat-ions at Balgaran Channi Rama Jammu. During the sensitization drive, more than 70 students/children's were taught to follow Traffic Rules and further asked to spread this message to ensure safety while moving on roads. The aim of the drive was to...

Dr Samoon reviews functioning of J&K Skill Development Mission

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department (SDD), Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, today chaired a meeting to review functioning of J&K Skill Development Mission at Civil Secretariat, Jammu. Threadbare discussion was held on various issues pertaining to Audit of PMKVY 2.0, SANKALP, payment of PMKYV 3.0 and covid warriors, clearance of work done liabilities under the scheme and utilization of USB under PMKVY 2.0 for Skill trainings under PMKVY 4.0. During the meeting, Principal Se...

Power shutdown

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Chief Engineer (Distr-ibution) JPDCL Jammu has informed that the power supply to Rajinder Nagar Keran, Laxmipuram, Swarn Vihar, Bharat Nagar, Ganga Nagar, Bantalab, Radio Station, BSNL, CRPF, Ayush Hospital and adjoining areas shall remain affected on Feb 1 from 9 am to 2 pm. Meanwhile, Superintending Engineer (Distribution), JPDCL, O&M Circle Kathua has informed that the power supply to Gho Brahmana, Kothey, Pathania, Duboj Kaka, Phalla and adjoining areas shall remain affected ...

Shiv Khori Mela arrangements finalised

01/02/2023
REASI, Jan 31: Deputy Commissioner, Reasi Bab-ila Rakwal today chaired a meeting to finalize the arrangements for smooth conduct of Maha Shivratri Mela 2023 at revered Shiv Khori shrine. The three day Congregation will begin from Feb 17 and culminate on Feb 19, 2023. The DDC discussed various issues like facilities of drinking water, uninterrupted power supply, sanitation, repair of roads, medical facilities and the security arrangements. She directed the concerned departments to put in place...

BJP organizes seminar on National Education Policy-2023, a boon for present generation students

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: A seminar on National Education Policy-2023, a boon for present generation students, was organized by department of Publications, J&K BJP in collaboration with department of Literature, BJP Jammu and Kashmir. Former Deputy CM of J&K Kavinder Gupta presided the program, while Dr. J. N. Baliya, Head Department of Educational Studies, Central University of Jammu and R. S. Pathania, former BJP MLA from Ramnagar were the main Speakers. Kavinder Gupta said that NEP-2020 is a visionar...

District-level NCORD Committee meeting held at Rajouri

01/02/2023
RAJOURI, Jan 31: Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, Vikas Kundal, convened a meeting of the District Committee Constituted under NCORD to review implementation of the measures to tackle the growing drug menace in the district. The DC reviewed the current situation and proposed several interventions to reduce the number of drug abusers. "Drug abuse and addiction is a serious issue that we must address with determination and resolve. We must take all necessary steps to ensure our citizens, both young ...

PSPS Govt P.G. College for Women organises “Movie Screening” event for students

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: To provide a creative learning experience to the young students, Department of English, PSPS Govt P.G. College for Women, Gandhinagar, on Tuesday organised Screening of a Hindi film Guide - the all-time classic, here in the College auditorium. The activity was conceptualized as part of the innovative teaching-learning pedagogy for the B.A./B.Com Sem lll course. While relaxing and rejuvenating the students from the methodical academic activity, the session developed in them the...

Civil Defence Jammu organizes one day awareness program

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: A One day Awareness programme was held at Institute of Management, Public Administration & Rural Development (IMPARD) J&K, Jammu which was organized under the supervision of Dy. SP. Anita Pawar, Dy. Controller Civil Defence, Jammu. In the said awareness program, Principals & Head Masters of various Hr. Sec. School and High Schools of Jammu district participated the awareness programme. The programme was co-ordinate by Co-coordinator Dr. Ruchi Gupta J&K IMPARD, Jammu. Du...

Randhawa attends Ati Maha Vishnu Yagya, pays tributes to martyrs

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Former Legislator and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vikram Randhawa paid tributes to the martyrs, who laid down their lives for the sake of the nation. He paid tributes while attending the 39th Ati Maha Vishu Yagya of 108 Kundli, being solemnized in District Samba. Randhawa said that sacrifices of martyrs will be remembered forever because it is due to these sacrifices of soldiers that people are living a life free of fear. He claimed that BJP has eliminated corru...

2 days training programme concludes at SKPAU

01/02/2023
UDHAMPUR, Jan 31: A 2 days training programme on "Enable Police Officers to be Custodian of society-Mission Karmayogi" concluded today. Mission Karmayogi is the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building aimed at 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 bring about a change in attitude and skill set of ...

SARAS Fair provides platform to rural women to showcase and sell their products: Indu

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: The upcoming SARAS AJEEVIKA Fair will provide a platform for women Self Help Groups (SHGs) from rural areas of India to showcase and subsequently sell their products. This was stated by Mission Director J&K Rural Livelihoods Mission (JKRLM), Indu Kanwal Chib while interacting with Media at aquaplex crown Bagh- e -Bahu, Jammu. Aquaplex Crown Bagh-e-Bahu is the venue of the SARAS Mela, She said and briefed the media about the highlights of the fair to be held from February 4 to...

Haneet declared qualified for award of PhD

01/02/2023
KATRA, Jan 31: Ms. Haneet Kour has been declared qualified for the award of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electronics & Communication Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The researcher worked on the title, "Green and Safe 5 G and Beyond 5G Wireless Networks" with Dr. Rakesh Kumar Jha, Faculty, School of Electronics and Communication Engineering. The candidate has published research papers indexed in IEEE Transactions, IEEE journals and has presented papers at internati...

Agriculture Directorate Jammu organises Northern Regional meeting on price policy of Kharif crops 2023-24

01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Dir-ectorate of Agriculture Jammu today organized a regional meeting of Nor-thern States on Price Policy for Kharif crops, 2023 -24 here at conference hall, Talab Tillo, Jammu. Prof. Vijay Paul Sharma, Chairman, Com-mission for Agricultural Costs & Prices ( CACP); D. K. Pandey, Advisor, CACP; Dr. Naveen Parkash Singh, Member, CACP; Joint Director Agriculture Jammu, AS Reen; Joint Director Marketing PHMI & FM, Mahesh Verma; Director research, RBS College, Agra, Dr AR Sha...

Dulloo reviews PM KISAN; Calls for ramping up eKYC, NPCI seeding of beneficiary bank accounts

31/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 30: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting to review implementation of PM KISAN in the Union Territory. ACS, while assessing scheme status, took stock of online updation of revenue records, eKYC and NPCI seeding of beneficiary bank accounts on a district-wise basis. He asked the Chief Agriculture Officers and district administrators to identify any obstacle in data uploading and eKYC procedures. Underlining the...

National workshop on bioinformatics at School of Biotechnology concludes at JU

31/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 30: Prof. Rajni Kant, Dean Research studies was chief guest and Prof. Seema langer Dean life sciences was the guest of honour at the valedictory function of 7 days DST-SERB sponsored workshop organized by School of Biotechnology in collaboration with HRDC and CITESM University of Jammu. The workshop was held under Karyshalla scheme of Accelerate Vigyan program of SERB to impart high end skills to researchers and faculty in the STEM area. Prof. Rajni Kant, Dean Research studies e...

Mir welcomes new entrants into party folds

31/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 30: A Sarpanch Makhan Lal along with dozens of supporters from Udhampur today joined Apni Party. The joining programme was organised by Provincial Vice President Jammu and Ex-MLA Faqir Nath here at Apni Party Office in Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. Party's Senior Vice President, Ghulam Hassan Mir welcomed the new entrants into the party and expressed hope that their joining would strengthen the party at the ground level in Udhampur. Speaking on the occasion, Mir said that the joining of le...

Enhance Amount of Monthly Social Welfare Pensions of Citizens: RTI Activist

31/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 30: RTI Activist Raman Sharma, hailing from Jammu have urged the union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to enhance the amount of monthly social welfare pensions of the citizens which is given to senior citizens, widows, orphans, physically disables and other kind of vulnerable sections of the society. In his appeal, Sharma said given the present inflation rate, the amount given to the citizens under social pension schemes is too meager and it should be rationalize in comparison ...

Rahul owed apology to people for Congress’s Himalayan blunders in J&K: Rana

31/01/2023
SAMBA, Jan 30: Senior BJP leader Mr Devender Singh Rana today blamed Rahul Gandhi for failing in apologizing to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for the Himalayan blunders committed by the Congress in this part of the country since 1947. "Least to speaking about tendering apology, Rahul Gandhi took pride in being in the company of PAGD allies who have exploited Kashmiris, one way or the other, all these years", Mr Devender Rana told media at the side-lines of Yagya organized by Sant Sri Balak Y...

2 days training programme on “Karmayogi Police- custodians of society” commences at SKPAU

31/01/2023
Udhampur, Jan 30: 02 days training programme on "Karmayogi Police- custodians of society" commenced 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 harmonization for effective and efficient public service delivery. The idea behind the scheme is to bring about a change in attitude and skill set of government employees. Th...

Best Paper Award to SMVDU Scholar

31/01/2023
KATRA, Jan 30: ShahbazIndu received the best paper award at the 3rd Inte-rnational Conf-erence on Changing Business Paradigm (ICCBP) at Management Development Institute (MDI) Murshid-abad, held in January 2023.Shahbaz received the best paper award in the Marketing track with the theme "Reinventing Marketing through Sustainability, Innovation and Analytics", and he presented the paper titled, "What Determines the Purchase of Superfoods? An Empirical Assessment of Indian Consumer". The inclusion...

Expert talk on “Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity” held at GCW Udhampur

31/01/2023
UDHAMPUR, Jan 30: To promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the Institution through multitudinous modes, a one day expert talk on "Entrepr-eneurship and Innovation as Career Opportunity" was today organised by I Innovation Council (IIC) of Government College for Women(GCW), Udhampur here on college campus. The Program targeted to provide undergraduate students and faculty members opportunities to expand their dexterities in various significant facets involved in building Career Opportuniti...

State General Secretary BSP join NC

31/01/2023
JAMMU Jan 30: State General Secretary BSP Ravinder Singh (Papu) joined National Conference in presence of the party President Dr Farooq Abdullah the otherday at Bathindi, Jammu. Welcoming Ravinder Singh into the party fold, Dr Farooq Abdullah described National Conference as a mass movement that has all along stood for the just cause of the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and strived for development and progress of the state with a sense of commitment. Dr Abdullah hoped that with the join...

MP Khatana inaugurates hardware store

31/01/2023
Samba, Jan 30: MP Rajya Sabha Er. Gulam Ali Khatana inaugurated a state of the art hardware showroom Aracot Constructions at NH 44, Sarore adda here. MP Gulam Ali appreciated the efforts of proprietor Aracot Constructions Mehboob Alam for opening a hardware store with large scale variety like Kohler, Hindware, Berger, RECM etc. He said that the district Samba is the fastest growing and expanding area and the availability of branded hardware and sanitary ware was being felt by the local resid...

Free medical camp held at Doda under AKAM

31/01/2023
DODA, Jan 30: District Administration Doda today organized a free medical/ consultation camp at OPD Block of Associated Hos-pital GMC Doda. Renowned Gastroenterologist of the UT Dr Vijant Singh Chan-dail, Associate Professor in GMC Jammu checked up the patients. A huge footfall of pati-ents were witnessed at the camp as the health department under the supervision of Chief Medical Officer, Dr Yaqoob Mir Doda, had conducted wide publicity to attract the people to avail free consultation. The f...

Rajouri admin gears up to host Mega Youth Conference

31/01/2023
RAJOURI, Jan 30: Deputy Commissioner Raj-ouri, Vikas Kundal today chaired a meeting to discuss arrangements for the Mega Youth Conference proposed to be organised in the district. The meeting was attended by the representatives of stakeholder departments to discuss the schedule, programming of the event and the plan for the special activities to be organised across the district to engage the youth. "The youth conference is part of the youth engagement program aiming to create a platform to enc...

JKNC Central Zone distributes blankets at JRC Udheywala

31/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 30: A programme was today organized by the Central Zone J&K National Conference (JKNC) at JRC Home for Handicapped, Udhaywala for reaching out to specially abled children and distributed blankets among them, wherein, former Minister and Sr. NC leader Ajay Kumar Sadhotra was Chief Guest and former Minister and Zonal President JKNC, Babu Ram Paul presided over the function. The programme was organized by Dr. Vikas Sharma Co-ordinator Jammu District (Urb-an) & Zonal Secretary JKNC. On ...

Secretary Mining resolves lot of issues in Stakeholders’ Meeting

31/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 30: Amit Sharma, Secretary to Gove-rnment, Mining Depart-ment told held an extensive meeting with major stakeholders of Mining Depar-tment including National Highway Authority of India and its major executing agencies, namely M/s Gay-atri, M/s Megha and others. Lot of officers including Director Geology & Mining, Project Director, NHAI, MD, J&K Minerals Limited, Additional Secretary Mini-ng, Joint Director Geology & Mining, Senior Law Officer and others attended this important meetin...

Police recovers kidnapped minor girl within hours in Pulwama, 3 arrested

31/01/2023
Pulwama, Jan 30: Police in Pulwama have recovered a kidnapped minor girl and arrested 03 accused persons involved in the commission of crime. On 29/01/2023, Police Station Rajpora received a written complaint from a resident of Sonabanjer Khaigam stating there in that his daughter aged about 15years has been kidnapped by three persons namely Sharief Ah-mad Awan son of Mohd Ismail Awan, Sajad Ahmad Awan, Javaid Ahmad Awan, both sons of Sharif Ahmad Awan, all residents of Pahli-pora Keller. Acc...

Power shutdown

31/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 30: Chief Engineer (Distribution), JPD-CL Jammu has informed that the power supply to Fatehpur, Atti, Bhatian, Behrot, Saj, Rajdhani, Shadra Sharif, Thanamandi Tow-n, Azmatabad, Lah, Khablan & adjoining areas shall remain affected on Jan 31 from 9 am to 5 pm. Meanwhile, the Superinten-ding Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M Circle Kathua has informed that the power supply to HP Gas Agency-2, Channi Ma-nhasa Village shall remain affected on Jan 31 from 10 am to 2 pm.

ADC, SP Awantipora inaugurate CBC’s 3-day multimedia exhibition on AKAM

31/01/2023
Awantipora, Jan 30: Additional Deputy Commissioner, Awantipora Zaffar Hussain Shawl and Superintendent of Police Sh. Syed Fayaz Ahmad on Monday inaugurated a 3 day long multimedia exhibition at Government Polytechnic College Awan-tipora in Pulwama district. The exhibition is being organised by the Central Bureau of Communication, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India as part of a series of awareness programmes being organised across different districts of J&K under the aeg...

Astro India Automobile launches XUV 400 electric

31/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 30: Astro India Auto-mobile pvt Ltd authorized dealer of Mahindra & Mahindra launched XUV 400 electric SUV in the presence of Chairman Mr Mohinder Gupta, MD Mr Vikram Mahajan, Director Mr Satyam Gupta and Dr C.D Gupta. The XUV400 is the first EV from Mahindra to feature the electrifying copper twin peak logo, giving it a distinctive presence on the road. Available in two variants - XUV400 EL powered by a 39.4 kWh battery and XUV400 EC powered by a 34.5 kWh battery, the eSUV will com...

Army organises Artificial Limb Measurement Camp

31/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 30: Indian Army organised an Artifi-cial Limb Measurement Camp with Health checkup at Rakhmuthi in Akhnoor (J&K) for differently abled persons. A large no of locals including ladies attended the measurement camp. Measurement of individuals carried out by the team of Kiwani Club, New Delhi. Health checkup were also carried out for Atte-ndees. The Awaam were grateful to the Indian Army for organising the event.

Women among dozens of people join Apni Party in Bhaderwah

31/01/2023
BHADERWAH, Jan 30: Dozens of people join Apni Party in Bhaderwah. The programme was organised by Apni Party leader Anil Kumar. He thanked the Apni Party leadership and Provi-ncial President, Legal Cell, Jammu, Vikram Rathore for highlighting the genuine concerns of the people who faced ignorance for decades despite having elected representatives in previous Govts. Kumar welcomed the new entrants into the party and hoped that their joining would strengthen the party. He also raised issues of dev...

Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, GoI, calls on Lt Governor

31/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 30: Chair-man, Commission for Agricu-ltural Costs & Prices (CACP) GoI, Prof. Vijay Paul Sharma called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan today. He was accompanied by Director, Agriculture Production & FW, K K Sharma. Pertinently, a regional meeting is being held in the backdrop of International Year of Millets (IYOM) 2023 and G20 India summit 2023. The participating members will discuss different parameters like demand & supply, cost of production, price trends, input p...

Kathua Campuswelcomes participants of the 36th North Zone Youth festival “Antarnaad”

31/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 30: Kathua Campus, University of Jammu, welcomed the participants of the North Zone Youth festival to be held on 31/1/23 to 4/2/23 at University of Jammu. Participants were received by the faculty of the Kathua Campus near D.A.V school, Barwal (Kathua) who are coming from various universities/colleges of the country. Here at the venue, they were served light refreshme-nts. Mr Amit Sharma Students Welfare Officer, Kathua Campus, has coordinated the program along with NSS volunteers fr...

74th Republic Day celebrations culminate with Beating Retreat ceremony

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: Beating the Retreat ceremony, marking the culmination of four-day-long Republic Day celebrations was held at MA Stadium today. The occasion was graced by Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha. During the ceremony, marching Bands of Armed Forces played the inspiring patriotic tunes on the Brass bands and Pipe drum bands on the slow and quick strathspey. Musical tunes including Vijay Bharat, Dhawaj ke Rakshak, Kadam Kadam Badhaye Ja, Veer-Sipahi, Jai Ho, Sare Jahan Se Achha on the Bras...

BJP committed to J&K’s inclusive growth: Rana

30/01/2023
NAGROTA, Jan 29: Saying that Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi has transformed the country's politico-development ethos in the recent past, Senior BJP leader Mr Devender Singh Rana today said the world's largest political party is committed to inclusive growth of Jammu and Kashmir in every sphere by taking every segment along. "BJP's nationalistic character and inclusive ethos, guided by the Prime Minister's cherished Mantra of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Pryas is key to takin...

Theft case solved, stolen electronic items worth Rs 200000 recovered

30/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 29: A complaint was lodged at PS Domana Jammu regarding theft in a house at Durga nagar, chinore Jammu area under the jurisdiction of PS Domana. On the receipt of this information, a case FIR No. 311/2022 U/s 457/380 IPC was registered at P/S Domana and investigation started. On this special police teams of PS Domana under the supervision of SDPO Domana Sunil Singh were constituted. The team led by SHO PS Domana Inspr Tilak Raj assisted by PSI Anoop Kotwal did strenuous efforts and ...

PM appeals to dispose E-Waste to safeguard “Environment” during Mann ki Baat

30/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 29: Prime Minister Nare-ndra Modi's popular AIR programme "'Mann Ki Baat '' was listened to in various programmes organized by party leaders to listen to the programme amongst the groups of prominent social and political activists. Corporator Ward No. 50 Channi Himmat Neena Gupta, J&K BJP State Head Information Technology (IT) Department Advocate Ishant Gupta, State IT Co-Incharge Advocate Varun Gupta, Secretary Trikuta Nagar Mandal & Ward No. 50 President Pawan Kumar Dhunna, Trishul...

DC Srinagar hands over 85 Tablets to Patwaris & Girdawars

30/01/2023
SRINAGAR, Jan 29: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today handed over 85 Tablets to Patwaris and Girdawars of the district under e-Governance initiative at the Conference Hall of the DC Office Complex, here. Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Syed Shabir Ahmad; Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Raies Ahmad Bhat and other Officers were present on the occasion. On the occasion, the DC said the step has been taken by the District Administr-ation to ensure effective and ef...

Impressive Shoba yatra taken out in Akhnoor on eve of Guru Ravi Dass Parkash Divas

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: An impressive Shoba yatra was taken out in Akhnoor on the eve of Parkash Divas of Guru Ravi Dass Ji Maharaj. The Shoba Yatra started from Daskal which was flagged off by SSP Mohan Lal Bhagat (JKPS) who was accompanied by ADDC Jammu Ramesh Chander Uttam (JKAS), Manoj Kum-ar President Guru Ravidas Sabha Akhnoor, Retd. Exec-utive Engineer Madan Lal, Retd Executive Engineer Ra-ttan Lal, Inspector DK Bhar-dwaj, Dr. Ashok Kumar, Sr. Lakhvir Singh, Sr. Ranvir Singh Joint Secretary DGPC ...

DSSP expresses gratitude to Rahul for his appreciation, pledges to fight against draconian land laws

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: DSSP held a detailed meeting at Kathua to decide the future course of action in view of the latest political scenario. While addressing the gathering at his residence, Ch.Lal Singh lambasted the government for the draconian land laws of LG government intending to divest the age old possession of farmers and making them to lead a miserable life. He said that DSSP shall take this fight to its logical conclusion and involve every family in this agitation. Although DSSP is committed...

Rural Area of Jammu North will be developed on modern lines: Manhas

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: Former Member-Parliament (Rajya Sabha) & Ex State President Bharatiya Janata Party, Jammu and Kashmir Shamsher Singh Manhas today inaugurated lane & by-lanes at Kot Lower-B (Garhi) Panchayat in Jammu North Assembly Constituency along with Sarpanch Hari Saran. Speaking on the occasion, Manhas said that it was the long pending demand of the locals and people were facing great hardships due to deteriorated condition of the lanes. Manhas said an amount of 7.50 lakhs were spent on th...

Sure Diagnostic Lab organizes free orthopedic check-up camp

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: Sure Diagnostic Lab organized Free orthopedic check-up camp by Dr Rakesh Sharma, MS Ortho AO Fellow(ASIF) Germany, KTD Fellow Arthoplasty Mumbai, Life member India Orthopedic Associ-ation, Life member Indian Arthoplasty Association. Around 100 patients were examined in the camp today and free medicines were also distributed. BJP Mahila Morcha J&K Chief Spokesperson Ritika Trehan was guest of honour on this occasion. Dr Rakesh Sharma speaking on the occasion said that a tumble ...

Billawaria discusses issues of skill upgradation and self-employment opportunities for youth

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: Deputy Mayor of Jammu, Baldev Singh Billawaria chaired a meeting to discuss the issues of skill upgradation and self-employment opp-ortunities for the youth of Jammu city. The meeting was attended by Commi-ssioner, JMC, Secretary, JMC, Committee Members Satpal Karlupia, Kapil Singh Chib & representatives of local trade and industry associations, and NGOs working towards the skill development of the youth. In his address, Baldev Singh Billawaria, "The youth of Jammu are our most ...

Rahul unfurled Tricolour at Lal Chowk after Nehru in 1948-another big lie by Cong: Purnima

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: Purnima Sharma, Spokes-person BJP J&K and former Deputy Mayor on Sunday refuted the claim that Rahul Gandhi unfurled Tricolour at Lal Chowk after Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in 1948 by terming the same as another big lie by the Congress. Addressing a gathering here, the BJP's Spokesperson said that there is no truth in the assertion as Congress leadership is brazenly playing politics on the National Flag by twisting facts and figures. The BJP Spokesperson alleged that Congress is marre...

Volunteer blood donation camp organized at Sant Nirankari Mandal

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: With the blessings of Her Holiness Satguru Mata Sudhiksha Ji Maharaj, Sant Nirankari Charitable Found-ation (Social Wing of Sant Nirankari Mission) organized a volunteer blood donation camp at Sant Nirankari Satsang Bhawan,Vijaypur (Jammu) to spread the message of Nirankari Baba Ji that 'blood should flow in veins not in drains'. Devotees from local Branches of Sant Nirankari Mission i.e., Bishnah, Ramgarh and Pandorian also participated in this camp. This camp was inaugurated b...

NSS SMVDU organises cleanliness drive

30/01/2023
KATRA, Jan 29: NSS SMVDU in collaboration with district administration Reasi organized a cleanliness Drive under the aegis of Swacch Bharat Mission. The drive was organized to collect mainly plastic wastes alongside the National Highway NH-144. Total 15 teams were deputed by district administration Reasi to clean the Reasi-Katra highway in this drive. The NSS SMVDU team covered a total of 2.5 Km distance during the drive. Around 80 Kg of plastic waste was collected by the volunteers during th...

Missing person reunited with his family

30/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 29: A complaint was lodged at PS Domana, by a person namely Parkash chand S/o Tabu Dam R/o Manyal Brahmana Jammu, stating that his son got missing from his home. In this regard missing report vide DD No 16 Dated 3-1-2023, got registered at PS Domana and investigation got started. On this special police teams of PS Domana were formed under the supervision of SDPO Domana Sunil Singh. The team led by SHO PS Domana Inspr Tilak Raj did hectic efforts and traced out the missing person nam...

14th International Exhibition of Art by JKCCA inaugurated

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: 14th International Exhibition of Art (Online) organized by Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Regd., Jammu was inaugurated online on 29th January, 2023 by the chief guest Jenab Saleem Beg, Former Chairman of Natio-nal Monuments Authority, J&K and Director General Tourism. Pt. Kewal K Sharma, President Jammu and Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts was the guest of honour whereas Sh. Romesh Bhosle, eminent artist (Pune) & Advisor JKCCA was the special guest on this occa...

Rana listens Mann ki Baat in Nagrota

30/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 29: Today BJP Vice President Devender Singh Rana listen 95th edition of PM Modi's "Mann ki Baat" in Nagrota, Jammu along with BJP State excutive Member Som Nath Khajuria, BJP workers, Panch and Sar-Panch and people of area. Som Nath Khajuria said that over the years the number of people listening to the PM's programme has increased each month."I would like to request all of you that in BJP every district presidents, every mandalam president, taluk president and area president should...

Fisheries department gears up to tap huge potential of Ranjit Sagar Reservoir

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: Director Fisheries, J&K, Mohammad Farooq Dar, today conducted an extensive tour of Ranjit Sagar Reservoir to monitor the progress of development of Reservoir Fisheries in the reservoir. The Director also reviewed the implementation of the various Fisheries developmental schemes being implemented in the area. It was given out that presently, the area under reservoir fisheries in the UT is estimated at about Rs 0.07 lakh hectares and with the constant addition of new Hydel power p...

Police arrests 2 drug peddlers, contraband substances recovered

30/01/2023
Baramulla, Jan 29: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, police have arrested two drug peddlers in Baramulla and Kulgam & recovered contraband substances from their possession. A police party under the supervision of SHO PS Sheeri Insp. Waseem Jahangir at a checkpoint established at STC Sheeri Crossing intercepted a suspicious person who tried to flee from the spot but was apprehended tactfully. During search, 110 grams of Charas and 1.2kgs of Cannabis Hemp w...

KIIT University holds mini marathon

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: To celebrate its Silver Jubilee Year, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be University, held a mini marathon here today. Raveesh Mengi, President of Lakshya "The Aim" was Chief Convener of the event at Jammu. The Marathon was flagged off today from ACM Public School Jammu by the Chief Guest, Jugal Kishore Sharma (MP- Jammu Poonch Lok Sabha), Subash Sharma (Chairman- Social Justice Commi-ttee J.M.C), Sunita Gupta (Councillor Ward No. 37), Munish Khajuria...

BJYM felicitates eminent Dogri Writer Mohan Singh on being awarded with Padma Shri

30/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 29: Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) today felicitated eminent Dogri Writer and litterateur of Jammu, Mohan Singh who hails from Udh Mandi, Gurha Salathia, Samba on being selected for country's prestigious Padma Shri Award. In this context, Arun Prabhat, President JKBJYM along with Dr Sunil Sharma Dogri Researcher, Vikas Sharma BJP Leader, Ankush Singh District President visited the residence of Mohan Singh and honoured him for being awarded with Padma Shri. Arun Prabhat said tha...

DDC Chairperson Poonch reviews progress achieved under District Capex 2022-23

30/01/2023
POONCH, Jan 29: Chair-person District Develop-ment Council Poonch, Tazeem Akther, today chaired a daylong meeting here in conference Hall of Dak Banglow to review the status of developmental projects being undertaken under District Capex 2022-23 and other schemes being implemented in the District. Additional District Develo-pment Commissioner, Mali-kzada Sheraz Ul Haq; Divisional Forest Officer, Suresh Manda; Chief Plann-ing Officer, Maqsood Ahm-ed; PO ICDS, Khalid Huss-ain; ACD, Abid Hussain S...

SKUAST-Taj calls on VC, discuss issues of varsity

30/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 29: The executive committee of SKUAST-Teaching Ass-ociation Jammu (SKUAST-TAJ) under the chairmanship of its President Dr. Vikas Sharma calls on VC SKUAST-J Dr. Nazir Ahmad Ganai in his office at Main Campus Chatha. The association discussed the various burning and just issues of SKUAST-Jammu with the Hon'ble VC, who happened to be Vice Chancellor of SKUAST-K and recently got the charge for the post of VC SKUAST-J in addition to his own duties till the selection/appointment of new ...

Karan provides Ayushman Bharat card to needy patient

30/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 29: Taking Narendra Modi led NDA Government schemes at grass root level, Former District General Secretary and BJP Leader Advocate Karan Sat Sharma provided Ayushman Bharat Golden card to a needy patient Tirath Raj at his residence in Rehari area. Sharma was also accompanied by Social Activist Abhishek Sharma and several others. Speaking on the occasion, Karan said that the flagship scheme of the Government, Ayushman Bharat is the vision of our hardworking Prime Minister Narendra Mo...

DC Doda chairs District TB Control Society meeting; Reviews Routine Immunization status

29/01/2023
DODA, Jan 28: Deputy Commissioner Doda Vishe-sh Paul Mahajan, who is also Chairman District Tub-erculosis Control Society for erstwhile District Doda (Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban) today chaired a meeting of District TB Forum (District TB Control Society) meeting to assess the community engagement, interventions and community led TB response here in his office at DC office Doda. District Tuberculosis Officer, Dr Guljabeen Ara gave a deta-iled presentation highlighting the status of progress in Pre...

SCO Film Festival 2023 opens in Mumbai

29/01/2023
Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 28: The five day SCO Film Festival opened in Mumbai Friday evening in a glittering ceremony with the Union Minister Anurag Thakur and Minister of State Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi lighting the lamp along with other dignitaries. The Guest of Honour at the opening ceremony Ms. Hema Malini and other eminent film personalities like Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Sajid Nadiadwala, Esha Gupta, Poonam Dhillon, Eli Avram, Hrishita Bhatt and Jacky Bhagnani were felicitated on the occasion. "...

Dulloo calls for adequate supply, availability of petroleum derived spray oils for Agriculture use

29/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 28: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Prod-uction Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting here at Civil Secretariat to discuss the availability and supply of petroleum-derived spray oils for use in agriculture and allied sectors in the Union Territory. The meeting delved into various issues related to freight and supply capacity of the empanelled oil and petroleum companies. During the meeting, Atal Dulloo asked about the spray schedule and instructed the...

Amit conducts spot inspection of extraction sites to ensure availability of minor minerals for Delhi-Katra expressway, Ring Road project

29/01/2023
KATHUA/SAMBA, Jan 28: Secretary, Mining, Amit Sharma today conducted an extensive visit to the mining extraction areas of Kathua and Samba belts of the Union Territory wherein major National Highway projects like Delhi-Katra Expressway and Semi Ring Road works are going on. He was accompanied by Managing Director, J&K Minerals Limited and District Mineral Officers. The Secretary inspected multiple sites of crushers and supply of minor materials related to the ongoing prestigious projects of na...

Jugal reiterates Govt’s resolve to provide quality Education in Schools

29/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 28: Directorate of School Education Jammu in Collaboration with SAI organized a bouquet of events including yoga session, nukkad natak, song dance events etc to celebrate the Fit India Week, here today at Government High School Deeli, Jammu. Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma, the Chief Guest, while addressing the students said that sports not only help in the all round development of mind, body and soul but have become a viable career option as well. "Recognising the importan...

NMDC signs up Nikhat Zareen as its Brand Ambassador

29/01/2023
Hyderabad, Jan 28: National miner and India's largest producer of iron ore NMDC has signed a Memo-randum of Agreement (MoA) with World Boxing Champion, Nikhat Zareen to represent NMDC as its brand ambassador. Epitomising strength, a quality that is indispensable to NMDC, the company has chosen to be represented by someone who shares their commitment to bring honour to the country. NMDC is gearing up to become an iron and steel powerhouse and as we transform to NMDC 2.0, our Brand Ambassador m...

Srinagar Admin holds Award Ceremony at Banquet Hall

29/01/2023
SRINAGAR, Jan 28: To acknowledge and recognize the services rendered by the Officers/Officials of District Administration Srinagar, Police and other persons who have performed distinguished and meritorious services in various fields such as Civil Administration, Police, Educ-ation, Social Services, Sports etc., the District Administ-ration Srinagar today held a Felicitation cum Award Cere-mony program at Banquet Hall, here. The felicitation program was presided over by the Deputy Commissioner (...

VC JU releases poster of Antarnaad

29/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 28: Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu, Prof. Umesh Rai today released the poster of Antarnaad -36th Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival starting from 31st January to 4th February, 2023. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Rai said that such events provide students a unique window into the cultural diversity of India. He further said that such events are indispensable for holistic education. ANTARNAAD-2023 is being organized by the University of Jammu in collaboration wit...

Power shutdown

29/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 28: Chief Engineer (Distribution) JPDCL Jammu has infor-med that the power supply to Lalle-Da-Bagh, Lower Muthi, Lakshmi Vihar, Balwant Vihar Udheywala, Anand Nagar, Nachillian, Nagbani, Floura, M/C Domana, Machallian, Akhnoor, Tanda, Jourian, MES, Ranjan, Pargwal, and adjoining areas shall remain affected on January 29 from 9 am to 2 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Jourian, Troti, Muthi, Mara, Bakora, Rakh Muthi, PHE, BSF, Border Migrant, Sohal, Kanachak, Kalyanpur, Panjore, Lal...

DC Samba discusses Rollout of Aspirational Panchayat Development Programme

29/01/2023
SAMBA, Jan 28: To discuss different parameters/indicators with the regard to Aspirational Panchayat Deve-lopment Programme (APDP) launched by the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, J&K for short listing of the least developed Panchayats in each Block in the District, Deputy Comm-issioner, Samba Ms Anur-adha Gupta convened a meeting of officers of different departments, here in the Conference Hall of DC Office Complex. At the outset, the rollout of APDP and its significance in futu...

Dulloo reviews implementation of infrastructure Fund Schemes in Agri, Allied sectors

29/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 28: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Produc-tion Department (APD), Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting to review implementation of government schemes that are aimed at promoting agriculture infrastructure in the state. The schemes reviewed in the meeting included the Agricultural Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Agriculture & Horticulture Infrastructure Development Fund (AHI-DF), Fisheries Infrastruc-ture Development Fund (FIDF), National Horticul-ture Board (NHB), Mission fo...

DIPR hosts symposium cum cultural programme on “Cultural Practices for Sustainable Environment” at Udhampur

29/01/2023
UDHAMPUR, Jan 28: Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Cultural wing Jammu, in collaboration with District Information Centre Udhampur, today organised a Symposium cum cultural programme on "Cultural Practices for Sustainable Environment" here at Government Girls High School Udhampur. President Senior Citizen Club Udhampur Mahadeep Singh was the chief guest at the event organised under the supervision of Cultural Officer, Jammu Parul Khajuria. As many as 7 students participated in ...

One day awareness camp organized by Civil Defence Jammu

29/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 28: One day awareness programme was held at Johar Nagar New Plot, Jammu, which was organized by Civil Defence, Jammu under the supervision of Dy.SPAnita Pawar, Dy. Controller Civil Defence Jammu. Awareness about the basic knowledge of First Aid, CPR, Chocking, Fire fighting, and other Emergency rescue methods were given by the Civil Defence expert. The awareness programme was attended by 100 civilians including ladies of the area. The main aim of the awareness programme was to make...

Chairman DLSA Samba chairs Mentoring & Monitoring Committee meeting

29/01/2023
SAMBA, Jan 28: Under the aegis of NALSA and as per the Action Plan issued by the J&K Legal Services Authority for the month of January, 2023 and also under the able guidance of Ms. Sonia Gupta, Worthy Chairman, District Legal Services Authority Samba (also Pr. Distt & Sessions Judge), Mentoring & Monitoring Committee today met in the Conference Hall of District Court Complex Samba for close Monitoring of the Court based Legal Services rendered and the progress of the cases in Legal Aided Matter...

DC Rajouri chairs mega youth conclave

29/01/2023
RAJOURI, Jan 28: District administration Rajouri is going to organise LG Rolling Cricket Cup as part of youth engagement programme under the aegis of Nasha Mukt Bharat campaign. Deputy Commissi-oner, Vikas Kundal announced about the sports event today while addressing a huge audience here at a one day mega youth conclave organised by the District Administration in collaboration with the Social Welfare Department. The tournament will start from 5th February 2023. ACR, Imran Rashid Kataria; DSWO...

White Knight Gunners celebrates 74th Republic Day

29/01/2023
JAMMU, Jan 27: On the occasion of Republic Day, flag hoisting program was organized across the country. Amidst all this, White Knight Gunners organised a simple but impressive program along with the local people in Village Malpur, Akhnoor and celebrated the 74th Republic Day. They all together unfurled the tricolor flag at village Malpur. After that the national anthem was also sung. The local people participated in the flag hoisting ceremony with zeal and enthusiasm. Major Amit Pathak was the...

Grand Mela organised to boost opening of accounts in Post Offices

29/01/2023
UDHAMPUR, Jan 28: To bolster up opening of regular accounts in Post offices, a grand Mela was today organised at Panchayat Ghar Majalta. Juhi Manhas Patha-nia, Vice-Chairperson DDC Udhampur was the Chief Guest & inaugurated the Mela. Addressing the gathering, she said that despite traditional postal services, inland letters and postcards, financial services have held fort for the department. The banking section, especially, has been popular among lower and middle-class people looking at small ...

Missing person reunited with his family by Police Station

29/01/2023
Jammu, Jan 28: A missing complaint got registered at Police Station Jhajjar Kotli by the legal heirs of a person namely Vicky Kumar S/o Kali Dass R/o Badsoo Teh Dansal Distt Jammu stating that he got missing from his home. In this regard missing report vide DDR No. 18 Dated 19-1-2023 got registered at PS Jhajjar Kotli and investigation got started. On this special police teams of PS Jhajjar Kotli were formed under the supervision of SDPO Nagrota Sultan Mirza. The team led by SHO PS Jhajjar Kot...

DC Kishtwar inaugurates Rs 12 Lakh PMEGP unit sponsored by KVIB

29/01/2023
KISHTWAR, Jan 28: Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, Dr Devansh Yadav today inaugurated Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) unit (Readymade Garments Shop belonged to Zaffar Abbas of Village Palmar) sponsored by Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) here at Sangrambhatta. He was accompanied by DDC member Palmar, Tahir Masood and other senior officials of the district. Pertinent to mention that the PMEGP beneficiary Zaffar Abbas son of Mohammad Abbas Sheikh of Daggi Palmar h...

GDC Neeli Nallah hosts seminar on conservation of Himalayan Medicinal Plants

29/01/2023
UDHAMPUR, Jan 28: Government Degree College Neeli Nallah, Udhampur on Saturday organised a seminar cum awareness programme on "Diversity, Conservation & Livelihood Security Thro-ugh Important Himalayan Medicinal Plants" in collaboration with "Regional-cum-Facilitation Centres Northern Region -II, National Medicinal Plants, Board, Ministry of Ayush Govt. of India, Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Kashmir". The event was held under the Patronage of Prof. Hans Ra...