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Government actively pursuing GI registration of new crafts: Dwivedi

Jammu, Jan 15 Following the registration of seven world-famous handicrafts of Jammu & Kashmir under Geographical Indication of Goods (GI) Act, the Government is now actively pursuing GI registration of five more crafts for quality assurance so that their marketing in t...

Saurabh distributes cheques among workers under various schemes

Budgam, Jan 15 Secretary Labour and Employment, Saurabh Bhagat, today informed that Rs. 70 crore have been disbursed among 1.50 lakh workers registered with Board and Other Construction Welfare Scheme (BOCWS) during current financial year. Commissioner Secretary gave t...

HUNGER STRIKE OF DHARMARTH TRUST EMPLOYEES CONTINUE

Jammu, Jan 15 Demanding the merger of all Dharmarth Trust temples with Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board SMVDSB for their proper development and for early constitution of committee for the same, employees of Dharmarth Trust on Thursday continued their demonstration o...

STREET VENDORS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY ROADS IN TOWN, CREATE CHAOS

KAMRAN KHAN Bhadarwah Jan 15 Be it historic Chowgan, busy markets,Takia Chowk, Jamia Masjid or Sadar Bazar, street vendors are widespread. Their presence in big quantities on most of the town’s roads causes traffic snarls and Jam beside creating chaos for pedestrians. ...

Govt Polytechnic organises mega job fair

Jammu, Jan 15 Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, today inaugurated mega job fair organised by Government Polytechnic Bikram Chowk, Jammu. The event, which was attended by more than 1200 students of Polytechnic/ITI, was participat...

Executive Committee-CAMPA recommends Afforestation of 13000 ha in 2021-22

Jammu, Jan 15 The Executive Committee of CAMPA has recommended for afforestation of 13000 ha forest area in the 2021-22. During the meeting, the PCCF reviewed the ongoing activities of CAMPA and scrutinised the proposed Annual Plan of Operations for the next financial ...

No instance of Avian Influenza found in Kupwara so far: CAHO

YB News Kupwara, Jan 15 The Chief Animal Husbandry Officer (CAHO) Kupwara, G. M. Malik today informed that no instance of Avian Influenza (bird flu) has been found in Kupwara district so far. He said this during a meeting chaired by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC)...

Advisor Farooq Khan visits Doda, reviews development works

Y B News Doda, Jan 15 Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today visited Doda district and reviewed various development works and welfare schemes being executed in the district in a meeting held with the district administration. Reviewing the progress under PMG...

Renuka appeals people to participate in Gram Sabha

Akash Singh Ramban, Jan 15 DDC member Renuka Katoch today appealed the public to participate in the Gram Sabha and other related events to formulate effective development plans for their respective areas besides achieving desired results from various social as well as ...

Doda, Samba receive 1st batch of Covishield vaccine

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 Several districts of Jammu Division today received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine(Covishield) from the health department. Like in other parts of the country, the first phase of vaccination would start with the immunization of frontline healt...

Bailey Bridge nearing completion, trial run shortly: DC Ramban

Y B News Ramban, Jan 15 Deputy Commissioner (DC), Ramban, Nazim Zai Khan and Chief Engineer BRO, Brigadier IK Jaggi today inspected progress of construction work of Bailey bridge besides repair work of damaged concrete bridge, here at Kela Morh. Additional Deputy Commi...

DC holds public hearing for minor mining projects at Nagri Parole

Y B News Kathua, Jan 15 A public hearing was today organized for eliciting opinions, viewpoints and suggestions of the locals and other stakeholders for environmental clearance for minor mineral mining projects here at tehsil Nagri Parole. The hearing was held for over...

BJP Kisan Morcha hold meetings with farmers

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 Kisan Morcha State President of Jammu and Kashmir Omi Khajuria discussed the decision of the Supreme Court with Bharat Bhushan in direct communication with the farmers. Khajuria told the farmers that the BJP welcomes the Supreme Court's decision ...

UK Parliamentarians’ stance on Kashmir unfounded: Kavinder

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 The stand taken on Kashmir by some of the parliamentarians of United Kingdom during a debate in the UK holds no ground as the discussion was based on unsubstantial accusations by rogue nation Pakistan. This was stated by senior BJP functionary an...

Sat lays foundation of canopy work at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 In a function here today Former Cabinet Minister Sat Sharma (C.A) along with Chairman Social Justice Standing Committee and Corporator Ward no. 12 Jeet Angral laid the foundation stone for work of canopy hut at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Park in ward n...

Sport climbing training camp concludes

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 5-days Youth Sport Climbing Training Camp being organized by Mountaineering Association of J&K under the aegis of Indian Mountaineering Foundation North Zone Committee from 11th to 15th January to popularize the game among the masses and to ident...

Indian Federalism in acute danger: AAP Jammu

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 The Aam Aadmi Party Jammu held a peaceful protest at Miran Sahib, Jammu in token of its solidarity towards protesting farmers on the boundaries of NCR Delhi against uncalled enactment of farmers bill which is grossly against the interests of cror...

Randhawa inaugurates Kohinoor restaurant

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 Claiming of adding twist to the regular food and bringing out uniqueness without losing the original essence, Kohinoor restaurant got inaugurated today thus taking the people of Jammu on a delicious trip and providing them with an experience of e...

BIDEN PICKS 2ND KASHMIRI ORIGIN WOMAN FOR WHITE HOUSE

Srinagar, Jan 15 US President-elect, Joe Biden has roped in a second Kashmiri origin woman in his administration ahead of his inauguration next week, reports said. As per reports, Sameera Fazili, a Kashmiri origin woman has been picked by the Biden administration as De...

5 PERSONS INJURED AS MINI BUS TURNS TURTLE IN POONCH

Poonch, Jan 15 Five persons were injured when a minibus they were travelling in turned turtle in Poonch district of Jammu on Friday. Official sources told that at 8:40 hours, the vehicle (Canter) bearing Registration No. JK02V-8466 was on its way from Mandi towards Poo...

DGP sanctions welfare relief for NoKs of deceased cops

Jammu, Jan 15 Continuing with its endeavour to provide financial assistance to the families of the police personnel who have passed away while in service, the Director-General of Police Dilbag Singh has sanctioned rupees 80 lakh as Special Welfare Relief for NoKs of fo...

RPO JAMMU OBSERVES SWACHHTA PAKHWADA

Jammu, Jan 15 The Regional Passport Office (RPO) Jammu observed Swachhta Pakhwada from 1st January to 15thJanuary with a great deal of zeal and fervour. The event began with an introduction to Swachhta Pakhwada, its importance, highlights of ill effects of dirtiness an...

Mercury settles several degrees below freezing point

Srinagar, Jan 15 Kashmir reeled under intense cold wave conditions on Friday as mercury stayed several degrees below the freezing point, resulting in freezing of several water bodies including the Dal Lake. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 7.6 degrees Celsius which is ...

Govt sanctions appointment of District Judges on ad-hoc basis

Jammu, Jan 15 The government of Jammu and Kashmir today sanctioned appointment of Sub Judges as District Judges on ad-hoc basis. According to an order issued in this regard, the sanction has been accorded in terms of Rule 20 of the Jammu and Kashmir Higher Judicial Ser...

JK reports 144 positive cases, 5 more deaths

Jammu, Jan 15 The Government on Friday informed that 144 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 64 from Jammu division and 80 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 123108. A...

‘Pak violated truce more than 5k times, 221 terrorists killed in 2020

Jammu, Jan 15 Pakistan troops violated the ceasefire more than 5,000 times along borders in 2020 across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. As per official data issued on Army Day, Pakistan in 2020 violated the ceasefire by starting unprovoked firing along the Li...

Kashmir highway remains shut, traffic also suspended on Ramban-Banihal sector

Srinagar, Jan 15 The Srinagar-Jammu national highway remained closed for the fifth consecutive day on Friday though the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has started work on a war footing to construct the Bailey bridge and restore traffic on the only all weather road con...

Vedanta Aluminium wins 2 first prizes at National Energy Conservation Awards

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 Vedanta Aluminium won two first prizes at the prestigious National Energy Conservation Awards 2020 (NECA 2020), for exemplary efforts in energy conservation through best-in-class practices, technology adoption and innovative solutions. Instituted...

DDC Udhampur reviews implementation of Social Welfare Schemes

Y B News Udhampur, Jan 15 The progress of centrally sponsored schemes being implemented by the Social Welfare and Education Department was today reviewed by District Development Commissioner, Udhampur Dr. Piyush Singla, here at a meeting of concerned departments. The D...

ADC Bhaderwah discusses R-day 2021 arrangements

Y B News Bhaderwah, Jan 15 Additional Deputy commissioner Bhadarwah, Rakesh Kumar today convened a meeting to discuss arrangements for the celebration of upcoming Republic day 2021. Discussions regarding security, first aid, sanitation, Fire and Emergency Services, Sea...

R-Day arrangements finalised at Ramnagar

Y B News Udhampur, Jan 15 The arrangements for the smooth celebration of Republic Day 2021 at Tehsil headquarter Ramnagar were finalized at a meeting chaired by Sub Divisional Magistrate, Naresh Kumar. Threadbare discussions were held on various arrangements related to...

ADC Jammu reviews Preparedness for National Road Safety Month

Y B News Jammu, Jan 15 Additional Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Satish Sharma today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the preparedness for smooth conduct of National Road Safety Month, which is being observed from January 18 to February 17, 2021. The road ...

SCCU felicitates UPSC crackers

Y B News Udhampur, Jan 15 If there is nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. In the context, Aditya Singh who cracked UPSC exam, a resident of Thati and Sunil Singh a government teacher posted in GMS Jakhari Tikri zone National Awardees for bes...

DE&CC Kulgam conducts online CCS

YB News Kulgam, Jan 15 The District Employment & Counselling Centre (DE&CC) Kulgam today organised an online Career Counselling Session for the civil service aspirants of the district through Zoom Meeting App. The event was aimed to groom the aspiring candidates to unl...

J&K Bank commissions ATM at Chhattergam

YB News Srinagar, Jan 15 J&K Bank has dedicated one more Automated Teller Machine to public in Budgam district. Zonal Head Kashmir (Central-II) Syed Shujaat Hussain Andrabi inaugurated the on-site ATM facility at the bank’s Business Unit Chhattergam in presence of Clus...

MSK Kishtwar hosts awareness Programme on Women Centric Schemes

YB News Kishtwar, Jan 15 District level Centre for Women, (Mahila Shakti Kendra( today organised awareness programme on Women Centric Schemes, here at AWC Chattar and Poochal A. The MSK team sensitised the participants about role of Mahila Shakti Kendra which provides...

ADC Jammu reviews Preparedness for National Road Safety Month

YB News Jammu, Jan 15 Additional Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Satish Sharma today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the preparedness for smooth conduct of National Road Safety Month, which is being observed from January 18 to February 17, 2021. The road s...

JKPM Demands Donipawa- Janglat Mandi Road Widening:

YB News Anantnag, Jan 15 J&K Peoples Movement has demanded immediate road widening of the Donipawa-Janglat Mandi stretch falling under K i s h t w a r - S i n t h a n - Anantnag road project. In a press statement, JKPM Senior Leader Advocate Syed Iqbal Tahir said that ...

DDC for effective implementation of WWS for women empowerment

YB News Anantnag, Jan 15 The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Anantnag, K.K.Sidha today called for effective implementation of Women Welfare Schemes (WWS) for women empowerment in the district. During a meeting convened here, the DDC directed the concerned offic...

DC Gbl reviews facilities provided to aggrieved women at OSC

YB News Srinagar, Jan 15 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, who is also Chairman Management Committee of Sakhi One Stop Centre for women today, convened a meeting here to review the facilities provided to the aggrieved women at One Stop Centre (OSC)...

2-week refresher course in science concludes at Kashmir University

YB News Srinagar, Jan 15 The two-week refresher course in science for university and college teachers concluded at the University of Kashmir on Friday. Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad had inaugurated the refresher course for university and college teachers on January ...

Div Com, DC visit snowbound Gurez for 02 days marathon camp, delivers COVID-19 vaccine

YB News Srinagar, Jan 15 Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, PK Pole along with Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad on Friday visited snowbound Gurez Valley near LoC for 02 days marathon camp to deliver COVID-19 vaccine and also to have first-hand appra...

Arrangements for Covid-19 vaccination drive finalised at Gbl

YB News Srinagar, Jan 15 The District Administration Ganderbal today informed that two vaccination centers have been established at District Hospital and SDH Kangan for the inauguration of Covid- 19 vaccination drive on January 16th in the district. This was stated by ...

Police organises mega drug awareness rally

Shah Basit Ganderbal, Jan 15 Amongst various social evils, drug abuse by misguided youth is a major concern spreading like wild fire. In our society all sections have to work conjointly and save youth from the clutches of engulfing drug menace. J&K Police has adopted m...

Stolen plywood worth Rs, 50, 000 recovered, 2 held

Jammu, Jan, Jan 15 A complaint regarding plywood theft was lodged in P/S Gangyal by Nikhil Mittal S/o Parveen Mittal R/o Channi Himmat, Jammu. In this regard, case FIR No. 03/2021 U/s 380 IPC was registered at Police Station Gangyal, Jammu. On this, special teams of P/...

Hit and run case solved within 24 hrs, 1 held

Jammu, Jan 15 An information was received at Police Station Bus stand from reliable sources that one pedestrian namely Shukantla sharma R/o Bhawani nagar Janipur was hit by a motorcycle bearing registration number Jk02AP 1067 from behind. The rider fled away from spot ...

1 drug peddler held, Codeine Phosphate, banned tablets recovered

Sopore, Jan 15 One more drug peddler arrested by Sopore Police in case FIR No. 09/2021 U/S 8/22 NDPS Act, dated 11 January 2021 Police Station Dangiwacha. During the course of investigation of the case arrested drug peddler Qaiser Ahmad Dar S/O Ghulam Hassan Dar R/O La...

Pipping ceremony for promoted rural traffic police officials held

Jammu, Jan 15 Traffic Department Rural, Jammu today hosted a Pipping ceremony for the promoted officials. Senior Superintendent Police, Traffic Rural Jammu, Mohan Lal Kaith, decorated the officers/ officials, who were recently promoted by the Zonal Police Headquarters ...

Kansal calls for safety of line workers; Stresses need to follow SOPs, use PPEs

Jammu, Jan 15 Principal Secretary, Power Development Department and Information, Rohit Kansal, today convened a meeting of senior officers to discuss safety issues of field workers of the department. Kansal said that safety of field workers including daily wagers engag...

Prof. Bhim Singh to knock doors of SC for justice to SPOs

Jammu, Jan 15 Prof.Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers Party reached Delhi after 10 months stay in Jammu where he was fighting against the breaking of the ancient state of J&K and turning into Union Territories by Modi government on August 5, 2019. On reachin...

Secretary School Education visits JKBOSE; reviews functioning of Board

Jammu, Jan 15 Secretary School Education Department, B.K Singh, today took stock of the functioning of J&K Board of School Education here at its Divisional Office. The Secretary interacted with the Officers and staff of JKBOSE to get firsthand account of various proces...

BJP thriving on gossip, whisper and innuendo says Harsh Dev

Ramnagar, Jan 15 Accusing the BJP of having failed and floundered in honouring its commitments with the people of Jammu region ever since its ascendance to power, Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister said that the saffron party was thriving merely on empt...

MARTIAL ARTS HAVE BECOME LIFE SKILL SAYS YUDHVIR SETHI

Jammu, Jan 14 Martial Arts is a life skill and the BJP will do everything in its stride for its promotion among the youngsters in Jammu, senior vice president of J&K unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party Yudhvir Sethi said on Thursday. He was speaking at the concluding ce...

Pakistan trying to sabotage Modi's development plans in J&K: Chugh

Jammu, Jan 14 The detection of yet another tunnel on the international border in J&K has demonstrated Pakistan's frustration to infiltrate terrorists after the Indian security forces have repeatedly thwarted their attempts to do so, said BJP national general secretary ...

Congress celebrates Lohri & Maha Sankranti in Jammu

Jammu, Jan 14 The Congress party celebrated the occasion of Lohri and Maha Sankranti in a combined program organised at PCC Headquarters, Jammu. Former Minister J&K Raman Bhalla, Vice President JKPCC and Former Minister J&K Yogesh Sawhney, General Secretary JKPCC and I...

DRSC meeting held at Baramulla

YB News Baramulla, Jan 14 To discuss road safety measures and other vital issues pertaining to transport mechanism, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Dr G N Itoo today convened District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) cum Regional Transport Authority (RTA) meeting h...

Sensitization programme on FRA held at Kulgam

YB News Kulgam, Jan 14 A daylong programme to sensitise District Development Councilors, Block Development Council Chairpersons, Sarpanchs and Panchs about their role in implementation of the Forest Right Act (FRA)-2006, Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dw...

Advisor holds public grievances redress camp, interactive session with farmers

YB News Doda, Jan 14 Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, today held an interactive session cum public grievances redressal camp at Jathi during his three-day tour to Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda. Local vegetable growers and general public appreciated the administ...

NCERT book claiming Mughals rebuilt temples classic case of twisting history: Kavinder

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 Former Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta termed the response of NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) over an RTI filed to know the source of claim made in 12th class history book on Mughals reconstructing temples after...

DC reviews arrangements for celebration of National Day

Toseef R Ganai Poonch, Jan 14 Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Rahul Yadav on Tuesday convened a meeting to review the arrangement to put in place for ensuring Republic Day Celebrations 2021 in the district. The meeting was attended by ADDC, Mohd. Rashid Chowdhary, SSP Rame...

DDC inspects progress on Bailey Bridge at Kala Morh on Highway

Y B News Ramban, Jan 14 District Development Commissioner (DDC), Ramban, Nazim Zai Khan today inspected the progress on the construction of Bailey Bridge besides repairing work of damaged concrete bridge, here at Kela Morh. He informed that traffic would start on the N...

Martial Arts have become life skill: Yudhvir Sethi Assures support for the coaches, budding students

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 Martial Arts is a life skill and the BJP will do everything in its stride for its promotion among the youngsters in Jammu, senior vice president of J&K unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party Yudhvir Sethi said on Thursday. He was speaking at the conc...

Political activists call on Lt Governor

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 Political activist and President, Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party (JKWP), Mir Junaid today called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. Junaid submitted a memorandum of issues and demands to the Lt Governor highlighting various ...

Mayor and his team kickstarts development works

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 Continuing his endeavor to provide better development and civic amenities to the citizens of Jammu, Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor Jammu Municipal Corporation kick started the construction of lanes & drains in Gali No. 30 at Shiv Nagar area of Ward N...

Chrungoo organises "Anna-Daanum" function on the occasion of Makkar-Sankranti

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 On the occasion of "Makkar-Sankranti", Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, Senior BJP and Kashmiri Pandit leader and Incharge: Deptt of Political Affairs and Feedback, J&K-BJP organised 'Anna-Dannum' function at Jammu today. The humanitarian aid programme al...

Govt fails miserably in assuaging their economic, dev and political aspirations: Bhalla

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 JKPCC Chief GA Mir on Thursday claimed that BJP government in the midst of a collapsing economy, "turning a disaster into an opportunity to fill its coffers." He said despite lower international prices, the government has "broken all records of p...

Govt working for equitable, balanced development: LG

Srinagar, Jan 14 Observing that Government is working with an agenda of equitable and balanced development, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (UT) Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said all necessary measures are being taken to address the concerning issues of the pe...

Over 270 terrorists currently active in J&K: Sources

Jammu, Jan 14 More than 270 terrorists are currently active in Jammu and Kashmir, which is less than the 2019 and 2020 figures, official sources have said. The Union Territory has seen a decrease in terrorist incidents, infiltration and civilian killings in 2020, while...

Sgr records coldest night in 30 yrs

Srinagar, Jan 14 A major portion of Kashmir's famous Dal Lake and several other water bodies froze on Thursday as the cold wave in the Valley continued with Srinagar recording the coldest night in 30 years, officials said here. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 8.4 degr...

Srinagar-Jammu NH remains shut

Srinagar, Jan 14 Over 5,000 vehicles, including those carrying essentials and oil tankers, remained stranded at different places on the 270-km-long Srinagar- Jammu national highway on Thursday which has been closed for traffic movement after the retaining wall of a bri...

Emergency Response Support System comes up in J&K

Jammu, Jan 14 Police on Thursday informed people to use the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) to address emergencies of citizens. The ERSS is designed to address all emergency signals received from citizens through voice calls, SMS, email, panic SOS signal, ERSS...

DGP sanctions financial assistance for 425 cops

Jammu, Jan 14 Continuing with an aim to provide more and more welfare measures for police personnel and to provide financial assistance to meet their urgent needs, Director General of Police, J&K Dilbag Singh has sanctioned over Rupees 4.16 crore welfare loan, relief i...

J&K REPORTS 79 POSITIVE CASES, 3 MORE DEATHS

Jammu, Jan 14 The Government on Thursday informed that 79 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 30 from Jammu division and 49 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 122964. ...

Provide employment to local unemployed youth: People's Party United

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 People's Party United strongly demanded from the company management to provide employment to the unemployed youth of Chenab region in the power project, these views were expressed by the state president of the party Rehmat Chaudhry while talking ...

There is a need to give special attention towards Chanderbhaga region: Fairoz Khan

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 A press conference was addressed by Fairoz Khan, Congress leader & former national president of NSUI at Jammu today. In the press conference Khan put the light on various issues of Chenab Valley and state as a whole such as the increasing earthqu...

Gupta distributes ration items to needy people

Y B News Bishnah, Jan 14 Corporator Sahil Gupta from Municipal Committee Bishnah today distributed ration items to needy people at village Nandrol of Panchayat Majua (Bishnah Constituency) Sahil Gupta along with Sarpanch Bavishan Singh, Panch Bushan Kumar and Panch Sav...

Monga questions govt’s preparedness in dealing with crisis arising out of highway closure

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 Expressing serious concern over the continuous closure of the Srinagar- Jammu national highway, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC GN Monga today questioned the preparedness of the administration in...

Ramban admin to accept Forest Rights claims from January 15

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 District Administration is going to accept the Forest Rights claims under the Forest Rights Act 2006 from January 15,2021. As per a public notice issued by the Deputy Commissioner (DC), the eligible claimantsthe Forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes a...

VC KVIB reviews Traditional Industries rejuvenation projects

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 In order to review the status of clusters established under the Scheme of Funds for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), a meeting of associated agencies including Nodal Agency (NA), Implementing Agencies (IA), Technical Agency (TA) a...

Tawi Lift Irrigation, Ravi Canals being closed for De-silting work

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 The Tawi Lift Irrigation Canal and Ravi Canal would be closed w.e.f. 18.01.2021 for carrying out desilting/urgent repair works and modernization works. All the concerned Executive Engineers have been directed to take up all the closure works i.e....

ACB organises webinar of DVOs portal

Y B News Jammu, Jan 14 Anti Corruption Bureau today organized Webinar on newly launched Departmental Vigilance Officers Portal. The webinar was inaugurated by Anand Jain, IPS, Director Anti Corruption Bureau and was attended by about 100 DVOs from various departments a...

Walking on icy Dal Lake can be life threatening

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 The minimum temperature recorded in Srinagar has gone below freezing point and touched -8.4°C, today. It was recorded as the coldest night of this winter, since the past 25 years. Earlier, in 1995 the minimum temperature in Srinagar had reached...

37 passengers avail Kargil Courier Service

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 Kargil Courier airlifted 37 passengers today. 20 passengers availed the service from Srinagar to Kargil and 17 passengers from Kargil to Srinagar, including two patients. The patients had to be carried to Kargil Airport in an ambulance and were...

Sarpanchs, Panchs administered oath at Kulgam

YB News Kulgam, Jan 14 The newly elected Sarpanchs and Panchs of block Kulgam were today administered oath during a ceremony held here. A total number of 09 Sarpanchs and 16 Panchs were administered the oath by Block Development Officer (BDO) Kulgam, Manzoor Ahmad. On ...

Tippers pressed into service to lift snow from roads

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 The District Administration Shopian today availed the service of tippers to lift the snow from streets and lanes where the snow falling from steep roofs had accumulated in the form of mounds. It was given out that this step was taken after the ...

Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Jamal U Din (RA) celebrated in Sehipora Wayil

Shah Basit Ganderbal, Jan 14 The Annual Urs of Sheikh Jamal U Din (RA) celebrated at Sehipora Wayil In Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal District with religious fervour and enthusiasm. A large number of devotees including men,women and children from different faiths and comm...

DC visits Covid-19 vaccination registration sites

YB News Anantnag, Jan 14 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, K K Sidha today visited Covid-19 vaccination registration sites for phase-I at District Hospital Anantnag and Sub District Hospital Bijbehara to take stock of the arrangements for successful conduct of the...

Covid-19 vaccination drive to kick off on January 16 at B’pora

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad today said that the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination shall start from January 16 from two centres of the district. The DDC said this during a meeting of the District Level...

District Pencak Silat Championship concludes

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 The 2 days District Pencak Silat Championship organized by District Srinagar Pencak Silat Association under the banner of Pencak Silat Association of Jammu Kashmir today concluded at Indoor Sports Complex, Lal Chowk, here today. Sports officer ...

National Youth Day’ observed at GDC Bla

YB News Baramulla, Jan 14 The NSS Unit of Government Degree College, Baramulla today organised a special session themed ‘Channelizing Youth Power for Nation Building ’to commemorate National Youth Day in honour of Swami Vivekananda. This day is observed every year on t...

2-day training programme on GeM begins at Kashmir University

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 Registrar of University of Kashmir Dr Nisar Ahmad Mir inaugurated on Thursday a two-day training programme for officers and officials of the varsity about the Government e-Market Place (GeM). GeM is an online market platform for procurement of ...

Rationing of petroleum products inspected at Gbl

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 A team of enforcement wing of FCS&CA led by Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Farooq Ahmad Baba today conducted an inspection of various Petrol pumps, Gas agencies and several medical stores operating within the district. During inspection, ...

DDC reviews progress under District Capex Budget, B2V Projects

YB News Srinagar, Jan 14 The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Shopian, Choudhry Mohammad Yasin today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review progress achieved under Capex Budget and Back to Village (B2V) programmes here. On the occasion, DDC reviewed...

5 accused held in attempt to murder

Jammu, Jan 14 A written complaint was lodged at P/S Bagh-e-Bahu by one person namely Parvinder Singh @ Lucky S/o Harpal Singh R/o Satellite Colony Bathindi Jammu that he has been attacked by five persons namely Rasvinder Singh, Ravinder Pal Singh, Surjeet Singh @ Sonu,...

Girl commits suicide, consumes poisonous substance

Bandipora, Jan 14 A 26-year-old girl on Wednesday evening committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Aham sharief village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Meraj Ah one of her neighbours told CNS that the girl (name withheld) consumed so...

1 person receives injuries after fight at Gram Sabha

Uri, Jan 14 A man was injured on Wednesday during a fight at Gram Sabha of Forest Rights Committee (FRC) in upper Garkote village of Uri area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reportedly FRC gram Sabha was held in the village in which officials of Rural Developmen...

Drug peddlers arrested, 50 gms charas recovered

Samba, Jan 14 Acting sternly against the drug menace and its propagators, District Police Samba in the jurisdiction of P/S Vijaypur has arrested a drug peddler and recovered 50 gms (approx) Charas from his possession. A Police Party of P/S Vijaypur while performing pat...

25 gms heroin recovered, 1 peddler arrested

Jammu, Jan 14 During intervening night of 13/14-01-2021, a police team of P/S Nowabad led by SHO P/S Nowabad Inspr. Deepak Jasrotia during patrolling duty rounded up a suspect namely Harmeet Singh @ Vicky S/o Tirath Singh R/o Akali Kour Singh Nagar Digiana coming from ...

LG inaugurates Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board's hi-tech Call Centre for devotees

Katra, Jan 14 Taking a major leap towards creating a robust response mechanism to address the queries and grievances regarding Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Ji pilgrimage, Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, who is also the Chairman of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, today...

Tarigami urges LG to release wages/salaries of Anganwadi Workers/Helpers

Srinagar, Jan 14 Thousands of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers working under the Social Welfare Department’s Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) in Jammu and Kashmir are without wages for the last more last eight months and liability of some months of year 2019 whi...

Pipping ceremony of newly promoted ASIs conducted

Jammu, Jan 14 SSP Crime Jammu decorated newly promoted Assistant Sub- Inspectors of Police of Crime Branch Jammu at Zonal Crime Headquarters Jammu today one by one, keeping in view the SoP norms of pandemic -Covid-19. The officials have been promoted to the present ran...

RD&PR appoints watchdogs for bringing efficiency

Jammu, Jan 14 To ensure transparency and accountability in the Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (RD&PR), two independent watchdogs have been appointed by the department to monitor and resolve issues and conflicts as well as to provide inputs to make i...

Maha Mandleshwar Rameshwar Dass seeks support in construction of Ram Mandir

Akhnoor, Jan 14 Maha Mandleshwar Rameshwar Dass Ji Maharaj today addressed a press conference at Kameshwar Mandir Akhnoor. Through the Press Conference Maha Mandleshwar Rameshwar Das Maharaj appealed every individual to contribute for construction of Bhawya Ram Mandir ...

Kaith Biradari celebrates Sankri Devta’s Day

Jammu, Jan 14 The Kaith Biradari members drawn from different parts of the country thronged the SankriDevasthan at Langotian here today celebrate the annual day of Sankri Devta. Besides taking part in Havan and puja archana, they paid their obeisance to Sankri Devta fo...

NBF RELEASES DEVOTIONAL ALBUM

Jammu, Jan 14 Tarun Uppal, chairman of Nirbhay Bharat Foundation, along with famed senior journalist Sohail Kazmi, Jb. Khalid Hussain, Rajan Gupta, Rajinder Dubey, Divyansh baba on Thursday released a new devotional song album ‘Sacha Dhar Chandi Maiya Da’. The Bhajan a...

Amid rising sudden deaths/heart attacks in Valley, DAK sounds alert

Srinagar, Jan 14 Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) in a communique has expressed serious concern over the rising deaths due to sudden heart attacks in Kashmir valley. Lately we are witnessing many such deaths especially since past few months in which more than 50 peopl...

VC SKUAST-J inspire scientist to take up farmer-oriented research

Jammu, Jan 14 Prof. J.P. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J), asserted that techniques and technologies developed by the Faculty must reach to the farming communities. He was interacting with the...

JKCCA to organize National Painterss Camp

Jammu, Jan 14 Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu is going to organize a National Painters Camp at Jammu & Kashmir Tourist Complex, Patni Top (J&K) from 28th January to 30th January, 2021. Fifteen artists from different states and Union Territories ...

LG visits family of slain goldsmith Satpal Nischal

Srinagar, Jan 13 Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha today visited the family of slain goldsmith, Satpal Nischal, who was killed by terrorists at his shop at Saraibala, Srinagar a few days ago, and expressed solidarity with the bereaved family members. Strongly condemning...

Lohri signify an event of communal harmony of Dogras: DSS

Jammu, Jan 13 Braving cold weather Conditions, members of Dogra Sadar Sabha J&K and All Jammu Civil Society Forum including senior citizens dressed up in their traditional turbans assembled at the Sabha Bhawan to celebrate Lohri and greet each other with affectionate h...

Block Divas held at Anantnag

YB News Anantnag, Jan 13 The District Administration Anantnag, under the chairmanship of District Development Commissioner (DDC), KK Siddha today resumed the Block Diwas (public outreach programme) at Sub Division Kokernag. The camp was attended by PRI members includin...

District TB Forum discusses modalities for effective implementation of NTEP

Y B News Poonch, Jan 13 District Tuberculosis (TB) Forum Poonch, today discussed modalities for effective implementation of National Tuberculosis Elimination programme (NTEP) here at its meeting chaired by District Development Commissioner, Rahul Yadav. The members of ...

Reasi Administration celebrates Lohri with women SHGs

Y B News Reasi, Jan 13 District Administration Reasi today celebrated Lohri festival with women Self Help Groups here at Malair. The aim was to promote and encourage women to form self help groups in the district and also to ensure that their products reach out to the ...

Dharmarth Trust employees' chain hunger strike continue

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 Dharmarth Trust employees, who are on protest for the last 44 days and chain hunger strike for the last 17 days, on Wednesday celebrated Lohri as black day, as a mark of protest against the Dharmarth Trust management for not redressing their dema...

Thakur Baldev 96th birth anniversary celebrated

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 A function was organized at Satrayan (RS Pura) to celebrate the 96th Birth Anniversary of Thakur Baldev Singh Chib and Lohri in which a large number of people participated to pay their tributes. Thakur Baldev Singh was born at Watala (Distt. Mirp...

Gangyal Welfare Association organizes Lohri Milan

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 The program of ‘Lohri Milan’, which was first started in 1990 and still continues to celebrate in Gangyal ward number 56 of the Gandhi Nagar assembly, is organized by the Gangyal Welfare Association every year. In which Lohri Milan ceremony was o...

KASHMIR SNOWFALL

LG reviews restoration of essential servicesin Kashmir
* CONDUCTS WHIRLWIND TOUR, INSPECTS SNOW CLEARANCE WORK, RESTORATION MEASURES * RECEIVES FIRSTHAND APPRAISAL OF RESTORATION OF FACILITIES IN SNOW-HIT VALLEY * DIRECTS SENIOR OFFICIALS TO ENSURE TEAM ON GROUND IS FUNCTIONAL ROUND-THE-CLOCK ------------ Srinagar, Jan...

PASSENGER-PACKED PLANE’S ENGINE HITS SNOW

Srinagar, Jan 13 At Srinagar International Airport, a passenger- packed Airplane’s engine hit the mounds of snow at the Airport when it was ready to take off for Delhi. According to officials, the incident occurred with the Indigo Airplane which, carrying over 200 pass...

IAF AIRLIFTS 75 STRANDED PASSENGERS OF BORDER TOWN

Srinagar, Jan 13 The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday airlifted 75 passengers of border town of Kargil in Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, Chief Coordinator, AN- 32 Kargil Courier Service Aamir Ali said this afternoon. He said AN-32 Kargil Courier, of IAF operated to...

JK receives 1.46 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine

Srinagar, Jan 13 Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday received the first consignment of 1.46 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine from Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), officials said. While 79,000 doses were received here for vaccination of nearly 60,000 healthcare wo...

GRENADE LOBBED AT CRPF PARTY, NO CASUALTY REPORTED

Srinagar, Jan 13 Suspected militants on Wednesday attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) party with a grenade in Rainawari area of Srinagar, reports said. However, there was no immediate report of any loss of life or injuries. Quoting officials, news agency KNO...

BSF detects cross-border tunnels in J&K

Kathua, Jan 13 The Border Security Force (BSF) has detected two tunnels here in Kathua and Sambha districts on Wednesday. “Border Security Force detects a tunnel along the international border in Hiranagar sector of Kathua. More details awaited,” officials said. In ano...

JK reports new 121 positive cases, no death reported

Jammu, Jan 13 The Government on Wednesday informed that 121 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 55 from Jammu division and 66 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 122885...

Sgr records minus 7.8 degrees Celsius

Srinagar, Jan 13 The Kashmir Valley reeled under severe cold, with Srinagar city — the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir — recording its lowest minimum temperature in eight years, the Meteorological Department said here on Wednesday. Srinagar recorded a low of minus ...

Advisor Baseer Khan greets people on Lohri, Makar Sankranti

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Wednesday greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Lohri and Makar Sankranti and hoped that the festivals will herald growth and prosperity. In his message, the Advisor said that these fest...

DSEJ felicitates Kala Utsav- 2020 Toppers of Jammu district

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 A felicitation ceremony was held today in the office of the Chief Education Officer Jammu, wherein Director School Education Jammu, Anuradha Gupta felicitated the toppers of Kala Utsav - 2020 belonging to district Jammu. Congratulating the topper...

Advocate General, Law Officers, staff condole demise of Driver

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 Advocate General, D C Raina and his team of law officers including Senior Additional Advocate Generals- S S Nanda, H A Siddiqui, Additional Advocate Generals- Aseem Sawhney, Ravinder Gupta, F A Natnoo, Amit Gupta, Raman Sharma, Deputy Advocate Ge...

Amazon launches worldwide first mobile-only video plan: Prime Video

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 Accelerating its efforts to increase access to highquality entertainment for every Indian, Amazon today introduced Prime Video Mobile Edition – a mobile-only plan at an amazing introductory price of ₹89. India becomes the first Amazon Prime count...

Dogra Brahaman Pritinidhi Sabha celebrates Lohri Festival

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 Dogra Brahaman Pritinidhi Sabha today celebrated Lohri Festival with enthusiasm and Ferrer. In this connection a function was organized in the premises of Brahaman Sabha, Parade, where the office bearers of the Sabha and other social and culture ...

J&K Govt pushes for Geographical Indication (GI) tagging for Doda Gucchi Mushroom

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 Marking a new age of heirloom crops & products, Principal Secretary Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary has taken a historical initiative by pushing for Geographical Indication of Doda Gucchi Mushroom. Great Mission Gr...

Saurabh Bhagat reviews rule drafting as per new Four Labour Codes of Union Ministry

Y B News Jammu, Jan 13 Commissioner Secretary Labour & Employment Department, Saurabh Bhagat today chaired a meeting regarding drafting of Rules on Four Labour Codes notified by Central Government recently. The meeting was attended by Labour Commissioner, J&K, Abdul Ra...

JKSWDC organizes awareness camp

Y B News Samba, Jan 13 With a purpose to create awareness of various schemes related to women, UT J&K State Women’s Development Corporation (UTJKSWDC) organized an awareness camp at Khanwal Reahian Ward No 05 Samba. On the occasion, the women folk were made aware about...

Mega Block Divas held at Kulgam

YB News Kulgam, Jan 13 The District Administration Kulgam today organised Mega Block Diwas at 3 blocks of the district to take appraisal of the public issues, grievances and demands. During the Block Diwas, functions were organised at Devsar, Kulgam and D.H.Pora blocks...

Rs 74,000 fine imposed on erring traders at Budgam

Srinagar, Jan 13 Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Budgam, who is also the Adjudicating Officer today imposed a fine of Rs 74,000 on various food outlet owners, shopkeepers, traders and wholesale dealers for violating the food safety standards in the district. The f...

Ski Mountaineering trials for Khelo India on January 17

Srinagar, Jan 13 J&K Ski Mountaineering Association (JKSMA) is going to take part in forthcoming Khelo India National Winter Games 2021 at Gulmarg. “Ski Mountaineering which is a part of Winter Olympic Sports now was first time introduced in Khelo India Winter Sports a...

DVO Sgr team calls on DC Gbl

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 A team of District Veterans Office (DVO) Srinagar led by Incharge, Rashid War today called upon the Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal to discuss various issues pertaining to the veterans of district Ganderbal. During the discussion, ...

Implementation of NGT directions, operation of DEC fund reviewed

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 The District Administration Ganderbal under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba today convened a meeting of all members of District Environment Committee (DEC) to review the progress of implemen...

Awareness programme on FRA held at Bla

YB News Baramulla, Jan 13 A daylong training cum awareness programme on Forest Rights Act (FRA)- 2006 was today organized at Govt Degree College for Boys, Baramulla by Forest Department in collaboration with district administration Baramulla under the supervision of De...

BJP vs Mamata: Who will win the caste management game in Bengal?

Kolkata, Jan 13 For long, what made West Bengal politics distinct from other states was the “class factor” and not the “caste factor”. The Left, which ruled the state for a good 34 years, nurtured an electoral mobilisation generated on the basis of “class”, i.e. the ri...

Introductory Ski course for all girls batch sponsored by Tourism Department begins

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 After the two back to back boys batches, the Directorate of Tourism, Kashmir Wednesday flagged off the first all girls batch for introductory Ski Course at Gulmarg. The all girls group was flagged of from TRC, Srinagar by Joint Director, Touris...

LAWDA demolishes illegal hut after 8 years

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) on Tuesday finally acted on the repeated complaints of residents and environmentalists and partially demolished a private hut in the tourism park on the West side of Nigeen Lake on Tuesday. The ...

Installation of GPS on vehicles, novel step towards accountability and transparency: DC

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 In a novel step towards ushering accountability and transparency into the system, the District Administration Pulwama under the leadership of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Dr Raghav Langer is installing GPS tracking devices in all the vehic...

Dr Darakhshan Andrabi calls on Lt Governor

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 Member, Central Waqf Council and Chairperson, Waqf Development Committee, Union Ministry of Minority Affairs, Dr. Darakhshan Andrabi, called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here today. Dr. Andrabi expressed gratitude towards t...

Farmers Darbar held at Maloora

YB News Srinagar, Jan 13 The Department of Agriculture today organised Farmers Darbar at Maloora, Srinagar to reach out to the farmers to take appraisal of their grievances for accurate and on ground assessment and redressal of the same. The Darbar was inaugurated by D...

Cyber Police busts fake call centres, 23 persons arrested

Srinagar, Jan 13 Cyber Police Kashmir busted fake call centres and arrested 23 persons who allegedly duped people by impersonating as executives of e-commerce companies. Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone, Srinagar received information through reliable sources that some...

Man held with 900 gram bung powder

Shah Basit Ganderbal, Jan 13 The Ganderbal Police in its offensive against drug peddlers, according to an official press release issued, said that it arrested one person with contraband substances from the Central Kashmir district. In its press release, the Police said...

6 drug peddlers held, psychotropic and contraband substances recovered

Srinagar, Jan 13 Continuing its drive against the drug dealings, Police in a series of actions have arrested six drug peddlers from Awantipora, Budgam, Baramulla and Ganderbal. Huge quantity of psychotropic substance and contraband substances recovered from their posse...

Pangong Lake opens after a year, raises hope among tourism players

Srinagar, Jan 13 There is good news for people of Ladakh and tourists as Pangong Lake has been thrown open around after a year. The Pangong Lakh, which is world’s highest salt lake, was shut for tourists last year because of the COVID-19 and border tensions between Ind...

NSF flays reducing age bar for employment by UT Government

Jammu, Jan 13 Slamming JK Government for curtailing age bar to 32 years for recruitment in JKPSC, National Secular Forum( NSF) criticized the LG Administration for squeezing the chances of young educated youth here. This was stated by Dr Vikas Sharma, President Nationa...

Directorate of Tourism hosts Lohri Festival at Bahu Gondola Station

Jammu, Jan 13 Directorate of Tourism, Jammu, for the first time organized a function at Bahu Gondola Station Jammu to celebrate Lohri-the auspicious festival, symbolizing fertility and the spark of life. The event started with lighting of traditional lamp by Mayor Jamm...

“46 Industrial Estates for Kashmir, 24 for Jammu”

Discrimination against Jammu region crosses all limits in BJP rule: Harsh Dev
Jammu, Jan 12 “Despite a highly discriminatory Industrial package having been announced by the GOI recently it is shocking that none of the senior leaders of BJP have responded till date to the public outcries against the alleged prejudicial treatment to Jammu with the...

J&K Service Selection Board convenes its 178th Board meeting

APPROVES SELECTION OF 57 CANDIDATES FOR VARIOUS POSTS
Jammu, Jan 12 The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board today convened 178th Board meeting under the chairmanship of its Chairman, Khalid Jahangir to consider various matters pertaining to withheld recommendation, court cases, cancellation of selections and release...

Talat inaugurates Pre-Fab Block at GDC Marh, releases maiden college newsletter

Jammu, Jan 12 Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Department, Talat Parvez Rohella, today inaugurated Pre-fabricated block besides releasing maiden issue of college Newsletter “THE SAGE” at Government Degree College Marh. Director Colleges, Higher Education Depart...

POLICE MARTYRS MEMORIAL INTER CLUB CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP CONCLUDES

Jammu, Jan 12 A number of positive changes took place during last two years and we will continue to work with more dedication to strengthen peace and stability in Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by the Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh at the closing cerem...

Workshop cum Training Prog on Covid-19 vaccination drive held at Bla

YB News Baramulla, Jan 12 Continuing its efforts to disseminate necessary awareness with regard to the forthcoming vaccination drive commencing from 16 January across the country, a daylong workshop cum training programme was today conducted at Dak Bungalow, here. The ...

DC Ang visits National Highway

YB News Anantnag, Jan 12 In view of the blockade on National Highway from the last two days due to damages caused to Bridge at Kela Mode Ramban, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, K.K.Sidha today visited National Highway to look into the problems being faced by the...

Samoon inaugurates mega job fair at ITI Udhampur

Y B News Udhampur, Jan 12 Government Industrial Training Institute Udhampur today organized one day mega placement job fair for unemployed youth of the district at ITI College complex Udhampur. Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department J&K UT, Dr Asgar Hassan S...

DDC Doda reviews R-Day 2021 arrangements

Y B News Doda, Jan 12 District Development Commissioner, Doda, Dr Sagar D Doifode, today reviewed the arrangements for celebration of Republic day function 2021 at the District Head Quarter. Detailed discussions were held on various issues regarding seating arrangement...

Army launches Student Development Programme in Chhatru

Y B News Kishtwar, Jan 12 In a noble initiative to uplift the educational standards of class 9th to 12th students and to help them perform better in upcoming session & board exams, a “Student Development Programme” was today launched by Commander Sector 9 RR Brigadier,...

DDC Doda reviews implementation of District Road Safety Plan

Y B News Doda, Jan 12 District Development Commissioner (DDC), Doda, Dr Sagar D Doifode who is also the Chairman of District Road Safety Committee (DRSC), today reviewed the implementation of “District Road Safety Plan” here at a meeting of the Committee. The DDC took ...

BJP will never compromise with national sovereignty: Kavinder

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 Bharatiya Janata Party’s principle of no compromise with the national sovereignty has ensured that the dreaded anti-national elements are finally made to pay for their deeds, former Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Kavinder Gupta said ...

National Youth Day celebrated at JU to Commemorate Swami Vivekananda birth anniversary

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 To commemorate Swami Vivekananda Ji’s Birth Anniversary as National Youth Day, the Department of Students Welfare, University of Jammu organized a Lecture cum Interaction Programme on the topic “Life & Teachings of Swami Vivekananda Ji” at Brig R...

DTEA vows to highlight misdeeds of Dharmarth Trust management

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 Dharmarth Trust employees, who are on protest for the last 43 days and chain hunger strike for the last 16 days under the banner of Dharmarth Trust Employees Association (DTEA), on Saturday vowed to intensify its ongoing agitation if Government f...

Jammu Hotels Association, JK Welfare Federation call on Advisor Baseer Khan

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 A delegation of All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association from Jammu today called on Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan at Civil secretariat here. The members of delegation led by Pawan Gupta submitted a memorandum of demands and iss...

Children can become ambassador for child protection in their schools, homes: Advisor

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 To mark celebration of National Youth Day being celebrated to commemorate 159th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, inaugurated a capacity building programme on child rights, child protection, Juve...

Tawi Trekkers organises trek on birth anniversary of Sw Vivekanand

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 National Youth Day, the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, the maker of modern India, was celebrated by Tawi Trekkers J&K today by organizing a day long trek from Kattal Batal (Nagrota) to Aitham (7kms short of Surinsar) via Pahairh Devta. The group ...

IGP JMU VISITS MAHORE & GOOL TO REVIEW SECURITY SCENARIO

Jammu, Jan 12 Inspector General of Police Jammu Zone, Jammu Mukesh Singh- IPS today visited Sub Division Mahore area in district Reasi, and Sub Division Gool in district Ramban to reviews security scenario of the area. He held Public meetings and distributed sewing mac...

FROST BITES VALLEY, DRASS FREEZES ROCK SOLID AT MINUS 28.5

Jammu, Jan 12 Morning fog affected pedestrian and vehicular movement in J&K on Tuesday as the gap between the maximum and the minimum temperatures narrowed down in Valley and Ladakh. Night’s lowest temperature dropped to bone-chilling minus 28.5 in Drass town of Ladakh...

IAF AIRLIFTS 286 STRANDED PASSENGERS OF LADAKH

Srinagar, Jan 12 The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday lifted 286 stranded passengers of Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, which remained cut off from the Kashmir valley after the 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway was closed for winter months from January Ist, 20...

IBPS agrees to re-conduct exams missed due to bad weather

Srinagar, Jan 12 The online test for the candidates who missed the ongoing J&K Bank Banking Associate examination due to extreme weather on 3rd, 5th and 9th of January, 2021 shall be held again. The decision comes after J&K Bank Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) R K...

Time to fulfill your promise of restoring statehood back to J&K: Bukhari to PM, HM

Jammu, Jan 12 Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari today urged the Prime Minister Narendera Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to fulfill the promise of granting statehood status to erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir stating that the Government of India should also annou...

Breaking barriers, 21-yr-old female auto driver takes to road

Udhampur, Jan 12 Breaking the stereotypes, 21-year-old Banjeet Kaur from Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir is driving an auto-rickshaw to help her father to earn living. “My father was a school bus driver but he lost his job as the schools remain closed due to COV...

3 Bamboo clusters to provide job opportunities to over 25,000 people in Jammu: Ministry of DoNER

Srinagar, Jan 12 The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) in its year-end report has revealed that three bamboo clusters are being developed in Jammu division in coming days, which will provide employment opportunities to over 25,000 persons. The rep...

JK reports 113 positive cases, 1 more death

Jammu, Jan 12 The Government on Tuesday informed that 113 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 65 from Jammu division and 48 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 122764. ...

Kashmir remains cut off from rest of country for 2nd day

Srinagar, Jan 12 The Kashmir valley remained cut off from the rest of the country for the second successive day on Tuesday due to closure of the 270- km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway after retaining wall of a bridge in Ramban collapsed on Sunday evening. The his...

Munish chairs meeting of BJP ST Morcha

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 Munish Chaired Meeting of JKBJPST Morcha regarding smooth implementation of FRA and issue of regularisation of seasonal Teachers. Today a meeting of BJP ST Morch State office bearer of BJP ST Morcha held at Jammu regarding the issues related to S...

Online GK Olympiad by Mind Wars get overwhelming response in Jammu

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 National-level championship, the “Mind Wars Olympiad 2020” is getting an overwhelming response among the students across Jammu region. The championship which started on 22nd November 2020, will go on till 07th February 2021, and it is open to stu...

RDD Dir reviews performance of Department in Rajouri, Poonch districts

Y B News Jammu, Jan 12 Director, Rural Development, Jammu, Sudershan Kumar today reviewed Administrative issues and the progress of different schemes including Centrally sponsored schemes being implemented by the Rural Department in the twin Districts of Rajouri & Poon...

Manjit Singh welcomes SC stay on three farms bills

Y B News Samba, Jan 12 Former Minister and Apni Party Provincial President Manjit Singh today hailed the stay of Apex Court of India on the implementation of three farms bill in the country. In a statement, Manjit Singh said that the decision has vindicated the stand o...

DDC Kulgam monitors Snow clearance operations during night hours

YB News Kulgam, Jan 12 The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today visited several areas of the district during night hours to monitor snow clearance operation going on to widen the roads for smooth movement of traffic. The DDC said tha...

Link roads still remain under snow more than a week after snowfall: Tarigami

YB News Srinagar, Jan 12 After the recent heavy snowfall, people across Kashmir valley have been grappling with severe crisis as the administration has miserably failed to not only clear snow from the link roads, but restore water and electricity supply fully. Snowfall...

Republic Day arrangements reviewed at Sumbal

YB News Srinagar, Jan 12 To ensure smooth conduct of Republic Day function, Sub-Divisional Magistrate Sumbal, Dr Bashir A Lone, today convened a meeting of all concerned officers to review the arrangements put in place. Speaking on the occasion, the SDM stressed upon t...

ADC Gbl conducts surprise inspection of various govt offices

YB News Srinagar, Jan 12 To ensure punctuality of employees, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, today conducted a surprise inspection to various offices in Mini Secretariat Complex Ganderbal including Fund Office, Khadi Village & Industr...

Food Business Operators asked to stop use of cooking oil with higher TPC

YB News Srinagar, Jan 12 The Food Safety department has asked all the business operators especially those selling local snacks including Nader Moonji, Pakoodas, Samosas and allied food articles to stop usage of cooking oil with Total Polar Compounds (TPC) above 25 perc...

65% physical work on Z- MORH tunnel completed: Div Com

YB News Srinagar, Jan 12 The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting to review pace and progress made on Z- MORH and Zojila tunnels connecting Kashmir with the Ladakh region. At the outset, Executive Director, NHIDCL, gave a detailed P...

J&K Government signs MoU with NECBDC, NEC for Bamboo Entrepreneurship and Bamboo Infrastructure Development in J&K

YB News Jammu, Jan 12 In order to harness the unexplored potential of bamboo sector in J&K, the Ministry of DoNER, GoI through North East Cane & Bamboo Development Council (NECBDC) under North Eastern Council (NEC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Govern...

Republic Day arrangements finalized at Shopian

YB News Srinagar, Jan 12 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Choudhary Mohammad Yasin today convened a meeting of concerned officers to finalise arrangements for smooth celebration of Republic Day function here. The DC informed that the main function of the national ...

DDC reviews status of languishing projects of JSD at Kulgam

YB News Kulgam, Jan 12 The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today chaired a meeting of officers to review the status of languishing projects of Jal Shakti Department (JSD) that are under execution in CAPEX, NABARD and other schemes. Du...

Normal life restored in far flung areas: DC Kupwara

YB News Kupwara, Jan 12 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Anshul Garg today said that the District Administration has been working on a war footing basis to restore normal life in the district after the recent heavy snowfall. The DC informed that the border Tangdar...

J&K enters new era with decline in militancy : Chugh

Jammu, Jan 12 BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh today said that the J&K has entered a new era where people have started shunning guns and terrorism and have started looking for development and progress. In a statement Chugh hailed the report of the Union Home ...

Div Com Jammu reviews progress of work on IIM Campus

Jammu, Jan 12 Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma, today reviewed the progress of work on construction of permanent campus of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), here at a meeting of concerned officers. The Campus of the prestigious Institution is coming up at Jag...

J&K SSB refutes news titled ‘JKSSB’s Contradictory Principles on Finance Accounts Assistants’

Jammu, Jan 12 Refuting the news titled ‘JKSSB’s Contradictory Principles on Finance Accounts Assistants’ published in a local daily yesterday wherein an attempt has been made to create impression that the qualification for the post of Accounts Assistant (Finance) has b...

DDO and cashier defraud Rs. 33 lacs GPF; CB lodges FIR

Jammu, Jan 12 Crime Branch Jammu registers a criminal case under relevant sections of law against the employees of Geology and Mining Department viz accused-Ajaz Mir, Drilling Engineer, the then Drawing and Disbursing Officer and Rohin Nanda Cashier for their involveme...

Former Ministers, public delegation call on LG

Jammu, Jan 12 A public delegation from Rajouri led by former Minister and senior leader of J&K Apni Party, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan here today. The delegation hailed the UT Government for initiating the implemen...

Navin pitches for production of market oriented crops for better returns

Jammu, Jan 12 “Production of food crops like Potato, Maize and Wheat matching quality parameters of big food chains and food processing units should be promoted for better marketing and high returns to the farmers” stated Principal Secretary Agriculture Production & Fa...

Farmers exhibit fruit crops at Bhagwani Mela

Jammu, Jan 12 Bhagwani Mela (District level) was today held at Mananu Panchayat of Samba in which over 200 farmers hailing from all the zones of the district participated and exhibited their fruit crops. Director Horticulture Jammu, Ram Savak, was the chief guest, whil...

People fatigued with bureaucratic rule in J&K: Harsh

Jammu, Jan 11 Asserting that bureaucratic rule in J&K had proved a flop show, Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister said that general masses were fast losing faith in the present dispensation which had failed to address even their basic concerns. With peop...

IGP visits Sub Division Mendhar to review security scenario

Jammu, Jan 11 Inspector General of Police Jammu Zone, Jammu Mukesh Signgh-IPS today visited Mendher in district Poonch to review the security scenario of Border areas .He was accompanied by DIG of Police R-P Range Vivek Gupta-IPS and SSP Poonch Ramesh Angral- JKPS. Dur...

Era of dynast rulers over, BJP’s propeople policies future of J&K: Kavinder

Jammu, Jan 11 The dynast rulers like Abdullahs and Mufti have looted the people of Jammu and Kashmir for seven decades and their future in politics is now in dark, because of pro-people policies of Bharatiya Janata Party, former chief minister Kavinder Gupta said on Mo...

DIV COM JAMMU REVIEWS REPUBLIC DAY ARRANGEMENTS

Jammu, Jan 11 Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, today reviewed the arrangements being put in place for the Republic Day celebration 2021, in a meeting of all the concerned officers, here at M A Stadium. It was informed in the meeting that the main function ...

92.7 BIG FM celebrates ‘Kudiyan Di Lohri’

Jammu, Jan 11 As the UT prepares for one of their favourite festivals this harvest season, 92.7 BIG FM has once again celebrated the festival Lohri in a unique way for its listeners and proved why they are Jammu’s pioneers when it comes to standing for impactful radio ...

DC Kulgam visits several areas of Noorabad, reviews post Snowfall situation

YB News Kulgam, Jan 11 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today conducted an extensive tour of various areas of Noorabad to take firsthand appraisal of snow clearance operations, restoration of essential services besides taking stock of the availab...

Preparedness for Covid-19 vaccination drive reviewed at Bla

YB News Baramulla, Jan 11 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Dr G N Itoo today convened a meeting of concerned officers to take stock of the arrangements put in place for carrying out the much awaited COVID-19 vaccination drive. On the occasion, DC took a comprehe...

DDC reviews preparedness for COVID19 vaccination, IPPI

Y B News Reasi, Jan 11 District Development Commissioner Reasi, Indu Khanwal Chib on Monday chaired a meeting of the District Level Task Force to review the preparedness for the Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization and expected COVID19 vaccination in the district. The ...

DDC Ramban reviews implementation of District Road Safety Plan

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 District Development Commissioner (DDC), Ramban, Nazim Zai Khan who is also the Chairman, District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) today reviewed the implementation of “District Road Safety Plan” here at a meeting. He also discussed the modalities f...

DLEPC Doda discusses District export promotion plan

Y B News Doda, Jan 11 The District Level Export Promotion Committee (DLEPC), Doda, which met today here under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, Dr Sagar D Doifode, held a detailed deliberations with regard to the products which require to be promoted at UT, Nati...

DLC Ramban intensifies training-cum-awareness drive

Y B News Ramban, Jan 11 District Level Committee (DLC), Ramban has intensified the training-cumawareness drive to sensitize the field functionaries about implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006 in the district. In this regard, a trainingcum- awareness programme was t...

Mayor and his team kick starts development works

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Continuing his drive to provide better development and civic amenities to the citizens of Jammu, Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor Jammu Municipal Corporation in presence of Vikram Randhawa Ex- MLC, Rahul Kumar Councilor of Ward No.20 today kick started...

Anar India launches Jammu Shopping Festival from Jan 9 to Jan 31

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Bageshree Jamwal, Cofounder, Anar India along with its core team today interacted with media persons, comprising Anar India Head Operations Tarun Khajuria, R&D Head Divyavasu Sharma and BDE Ashish Sharma in a press conference at Press Club, Jammu...

Man with haemophilia condition undergoes knee replacement

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 A 48-yr male with haemophilia condition has recently undergone a successful total knee replacement at Alchemist Ojas Super Speciality Hospital, Sector 26, Panchkula . Dr Gagandeep Gupta , consultant orthopedics and joint replacement at Alchemist...

BJP Talab Tillo Mandal concludes Two Day long Prakshikshan Varg

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Concluding two day long Prakshishan Varg BJP Talab Tillo Mandal of District Jammu West concluded its camp with addresses from senior leaders of the party. The Varg was organized under the leadership of Talab tillo Mandal President Keshav Chopra.S...

Frozen pipes plunge Bhaderwah village into deep water crisis

KAMRAN KHAN Bhadarwah Jan 11 As Chenab region particularly Bhadarwah Valley in hilly Doda district faces the harshest winters in years, residents of Sunote Village in Thubba Panchayat are beset with new problems. Frozen taps and overground gravity lines have plunged th...

TWO JeM OGWsHELD IN PULWAMA: POLICE

Srinagar, Jan 11 Security forces on Monday arrested two overground workers of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) from Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. “Police along with Army and CRPF arrested two terrorist associates of proscribed outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad from A...

DAL LAKE FREEZES AS MERCURY PLUMMETS

Srinagar, Jan 11 As heavy snowfall occurred in Jammu and Kashmir, temperatures across the state plummeted to zero degrees Celsius, leading to the freezing of the Dal Lake in Srinagar. According to the India Meteorological Department, the minimum temperature and the max...

MODERATE EARTHQUAKE JOLTS CHENAB VALLEY, TREMORS FELT ACROSS J&K

Jammu, Jan 11 A high intensity earthquake Monday evening shook Chenab Valley districts including Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban while tremors were felt across Jammu and Kashmir. A high intensity earthquake jolts Chenab Valley at 07:33 pm. The earthquake of magnitude 5.1 jol...

JK reports 113 new positive cases, one more death

Jammu, Jan 11 The Government on Monday informed that 113 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 46 from Jammu division and 67 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 122651. A...

Jmu-Sgr NH again closed after road patch caves in

Banihal/Jammu, Jan 11 The 270-kilometrelong Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic after a portion of the road caved in near Ramban town, officials said on Monday. Efforts are on for an early restoration of the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with...

Death of Writer, Singer Ram Pal Sharma condoled

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 A condolence meeting was held today in the office of Jammu & Kashmir Centre for Creative Arts (JKCCA), Jammu to condole the demise of Ram Pal Sharma, a renowned Dogri language writer and singer from Sunderbani (Distt. Rajaouri, J&K). Sh. Ram Pal ...

Jugal kick-starts renovation work of community hall

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Today a function was organized in ward no. 12 in which Member of Parliament, Jammu-Poonch Jugal Kishore Sharma were invited as Chief Guest. He along with Chairman, Social Justice Standing Committee and Corporator W.no 12, Jeet Kumar Angral inaugu...

Sunrise Public School distributes caps, socks among children

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Today Sunrise Public School ( a unit of Sunrise Educational Trust ) distributed woollen caps and socks to the children and their parents also who are studying in our school in Channi Himmat area near JK Medicity Jammu. Madam Manpreet Kour founder...

Pawar condoles demise of Thakur Randhir Singh

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 With profound grief and sorrow emergency condolence meeting was held at NCP headquarter Jammu in honour of the sad demise of Thakur Randhir Singh former minister and ex-party JKUT President. On the sad demise of Thakur Randhir Singh the condolenc...

Farooq, Omar express grief over demise of NC Block President Assar

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah today expressed deep grief over the passing away of the party Block President, Assar in Ramban District Khursheed Ahmed Salaria. In their condolences messages, Dr F...

ABVP CUJ unit distribute books, stationery items and warm clothes among children

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti week celebration, ABVP Central University of Jammu unit distributed books, stationery items and warm clothes among children living in Qasim Nagar Basti and Maratha Basti, Balicharana. Karyakartas talke...

Restore statehood of J&K: Bhim urges Centre

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Prof.Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of J&K National Panthers Party has urged the President of India, Shri Ramnath Kovind for his urgent intervention to save the state of J&K and Ladakh from the hungry hawks hovering over the skies of J&K. J&K has been ...

JMC evicted municipal flat at Rehari Mohalla

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 On the instructions of Commissioner, JMC, Avny Lavasa (IAS) under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner (R), JMC, Sudhir Bali (KAS) Jammu Municipal Corporation today on 11.01.2021 have taken possession of municipal flat at Rehari Mohalla Behi...

Around 1200 stakeholders of 7 blocks participate on day 2

Y B News Doda, Jan 11 Around 1200 stakeholders of 7 blocks participated on day 2 of 3 day training organised by District Administration to acquaint the members of the newly constituted Forest Rights Committees about the provisions of Forest Rights Act 2006. The Divisio...

GDC Banihal organizes National Webinar on management of personal finance

Y B News Banihal, Jan 11 The NCC Naval Wing and Placement Cell of Government Degree College Banihal, today Organized a National Webinar on ‘Strategy for Managing Personal Finance including Mutual Funds and NPS during and After COVID-19 and Career opportunities in Army ...

Anuja Koul qualifies for award of Ph.D. in Biotechnology

Y B News Katra, Jan 11 Anuja Koul has successfully defended her doctoral thesis titled “Phytochemical and Genetic Diversity Assessment on in vitro Regeneration Aspects in Selected Accessions of Bacopa Monnieri [L.] Wettst”, and has declared qualified for the award of t...

ASCOMS & Hospital holds Induction Day for new batch of MBBS students

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Induction Day 2020 was held in ASCOMS & Hospital for Newcomers admitted to pursue MBBS Course 2020. The celebrations were held in College Auditorium 11.01.2021. Dr. Pavan Malhotra, Director Principal, ASCOMS & Hospital was the Chief Guest. Induct...

FFMA pays tributes to Lal Bahadur Shastri

Y B News Jammu, Jan 11 Freedom Fighters Memorial Association (FFMA) on Monday paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his death anniversary in a function held at Dogra Shourya Samarak, Amphalla. The function was organized by its Chairman of...

DRSC meet held at Ganderbal

YB News Srinagar, Jan 11 To make travelling safe and secure besides reducing the traffic jams, a meeting of the District Road Safety Committee (DRSC) was convened today to discuss the formulation and implementation of traffic management plan in the district. During the...

Govt signs MoU for skill development of students

YB News Srinagar, Jan 11 The Government has taken skill development as a mission to create a pool of skilled workforce in the Union Territory, who can serve the nation both on local as well as on national levels. For this purpose, Skill Development Department is explor...

Newly elected Councilors administered oath at Anantnag

YB News Anantnag, Jan 11 The recently elected ULB Councilors were today administered oath by Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) Anantnag, Syed Yasir during a ceremonial function held here. On the occasion, elected Councilors of 04 Municipalities viz 05 Councilors of MC A...

ARTO Kulgam monitors traffic management

YB News Kulgam, Jan 11 Acting on the directions of District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat, a team of officials led by Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) Kulgam, Dr Mohammad Zubair Lattoo today conducted daylong drive in the Town to ...

Training for implementation of FRA begins at Anantnag

YB News Anantnag, Jan 11 The District Administration Anantnag today organized level 03 of the training programme for implementation of Forest Rights Act-2006 at Khanabal, Kokernag, Dooru, Mattan and Achabal. Under this level, the training with regard to implementation ...

Music system, uniforms distributed among KCA artists at Kupwara

YB News Kupwara, Jan 11 Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, Nazir Ahmad Lone today distributed a Music System and 10 uniforms among the artists of Kupwara Cultural Academy (KCA).

Functioning of ICDS reviewed at Kupwara

YB News Kupwara, Jan 11 The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Kupwara, Nazir Ahmad Lone who is also the District Programme Officer today convened a meeting of concerned CDPOs to review the functioning of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) department. The ...

DLTC meet held to fix SoF in Kulgam

YB News Kulgam, Jan 11 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today convened a District Level Technical Committee (DLTC) meeting to revise the Scale of Finance (SoF) for providing loans to farmers on short term basis for various crops. During the meeti...

Training cum Awareness programme on FRA held at Shopian

YB News Srinagar, Jan 11 To ensure effective implementation of provisions of Forest Right Act (FRA) in the district, the District Administration Shopian in collaboration with Forest Division Shopian today organized Training cum Awareness programme for Forest Rights Com...

Restoration operation/ Snow clearance carried out forthwith to avert any eventuality: DC Gbl

YB News Srinagar, Jan 11 The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today said that the district administration worked as per a comprehensive plan formulated vis-à-vis restoration of essential services and to carry out snow clearance operations to restore no...

Surveillance for Avian Influenza started in Kashmir

YB News Srinagar, Jan 11 A squad of experts from the Institute of Animal Health and Biological Products (IAH&BP), Zakura of Animal Husbandry Department, Kashmir in coordination with the Wildlife Protection Department, Kashmir today visited Hokersar wetland to set in mo...

KU’s MERC organises webinar on Digital Storytelling

YB News Srinagar, Jan 11 Kashmir University’s Media Education and Research Centre (MERC) organised a webinar on Digital Storytelling to train its students with new tools and techniques of telling stories using digital media platforms. Idhries Ahmad, Communication Offic...

Agriculture Dept, Kashmir formulates road map for timely availability and monitoring of Pesticides

YB News Srinagar, Jan 11 The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Muhammad Iqbal who is also the Controller of Insecticides J&K today convened a meeting to review the quality supply and availability of Pesticides in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir for upcoming agricultu...

1 held with stolen gold

Jammu, Jan 11 A complaint was lodged at P/S Nowabad by one lady namely Bably Devi W/o Ashok Kumar R/o Yatri Bhawan, Puran Nagar, Talab Tillo Jammu that some unknown thieves entered her house on 07-01-2021 and stolen gold ornaments weighing 04 tolas and cash Rs 2000 fro...

Bootlegger nabbed with 4 bottles and 18 halfs of Excise Liquor

Arnas, Jan 11 Today at around 1730 hrs Police Party of Police Station Arnas and PCP Dharmari laid a surprise naka and during naka checking at Dhaman apprehended one person namely Balbir singh S/O Vijay Ram R/O Mahore who while seeing naka of Police tried to ran away fr...

Drug peddler held; psychotropic substances recovered

Sopore, Jan 11 January 11: Police in its recent action against drug dealings in Sopore have arrested a drug peddler and recovered psychotropic substances from his possession. Officers at a checkpoint established at Ladoora Crossing intercepted a suspicious person ident...

Lost cash returned to owner

Jammu, Jan 11 Shashi Kant Padha R/o Bhaderwah reported at P/S Bus stand that he has lost/misplaced purse having cash Rs. 26000 while travelling from Bhaderwah to Jammu. On this, a special police team under the guidance of SHO P/S Bus stand Insp. J J Bhagat was formed. ...

Theft case solved, accused held, stolen property recovered

Sopore, Jan 11 On 05 January 2021 Police Post Watergam received a written complaint from one Javaid Ahmad Mir S/O Mohammad Dilawar Mir R/O Rohama Rafiabad, proprietor of Peace Automobiles located at Saidpora Rafiabad & stated therein that theft has happened in his work...

CMD felicitates JKB Football Academy for winning Christmas Gold Cup

Srinagar, Jan 11 Jammu and Kashmir Bank Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Kumar Chhibber felicitated Bank’s Football Academy team for scripting title glory in Christmas Gold Cup 2020 in Jammu. The Bank’s Academy side had won the title overpowering Hero FC Jammu by ...

Horticulture deptt organises Kisan Ghosti cum training

Jammu, Jan 11 Today the deptt of horticulture block Khour under the directions of Director Horticulture Jammu Ram Savak KAS organized Kisan Ghosti cum one month food processing training programme for women at Samwan in which more than 100 farmers participated. Chairman...

GCW Parade organises E- Counselling Session for students

Jammu, Jan 11 Government College for Women, Parade Ground, today organised an e-counselling session for the students of the college. The e-counselling session was organised under the patronage of Principal, Dr. S.P Saraswat, and Dr. Manisha Koul, Deputy Director, Distr...

NDPI will adopt new modus operandi if 4G internet services not restored

Jammu, Jan 11 Rajesh Gupta president J&K UT National Democratic Party Indian demanding restoration of 4G mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir and claimed people, especially students, are suffering due to the lack of access to it during the coronavirus crisis. ...

Municipal heads’ association, DDC member call on LG

Jammu, Jan 11 A delegation of municipal heads from Jammu province today called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The members of the delegation led by Rajinder Singh Chib submitted a memorandum of demands and issues to the Lt Governor pertaining to...

ACB registers FIR in disproportionate assets case against Patwari, ors

Jammu, Jan 11 Based upon the results of a Preliminary Enquiry conducted by the Anti Corruption Bureau on the allegations that one Javed Ahmed (Patwari) S/O Bashir Ahmed R/o Village Kanger Tehsil Bhalwal District Jammu posted as Patwari in Revenue Department at Kote has...

BHATIA WELCOMES NEW J&K INDUSTRIAL POLICY

Jammu, Jan 11 Er. Kuldeep Singh Bhatia, HOD Mechanical Government Polytechnic chaired a meeting of the department to discuss the impact of J&K new Industrial Policy on admissions, employability of Final year/pass out student’s of Mechanical Engineering Department and s...
 

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