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To keep hawks' eyes on the mining mafia, Jammu and Kashmir administration is soon going to introduce QR codes on the vehicles transporting mining material to several parts across the Union Territory. To prevent smuggling of mining in Jammu and Kashmir, stern rules have been implemented by making necessary amendments in the law.
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, has greeted the people on the eve of Lohri to be celebrated on Thursday and Makar Sankranti, which falls on Friday.In a message, the Lt Governor said, these festivals are a strong symbol of our shared ethos and culture.
With objective to eradicate corruption, the administration amended sub-rules under Jammu and Kashmir Public Men and Public Servants Declaration of Assets and Other Provisions Rules, 1998 while enjoining employees to inform prescribed of movable asset which exceeds two months basic salary to the competent authority.
Aiming to develop Jammu Tawi Railway Station on the pattern of model station, the existing goods yards will be shifted to the Bari Brahmana Railway Station by April while new platforms are also in the pipeline to facilitate and cater the rush of visitors with various facilities.
Taking a U-turn from its previous order, Jammu and Kashmir administration has directed the passport authorities and the Crime Investigation Department (CID) not to insist the employees for the vigilance clearance as the concerned department has to obtain the prior vigilance status in respect of the intending applicant.
With an aim to achieve the targets and goals as per National Strategic Plan for elimination of Tuberculosis from the Union Territory by or before 2025, Jammu and Kashmir. Administration has expedited the drive to identify the patients suffering from the diseases at the earliest and put them on effective treatment for their early recovery.
Almost four months after more than one dozen employees were terminated and retired prematurely from different departments, Jammu and Kashmir administration plans to show the door to ‘non-performing’ teachers soon.
If you are planning of your ‘dream house’ but worried about the completion of various formalities including the No Objection Certificate issued by the Jammu Development Authority and the Jammu Municipal Corporation then leave aside all your worries because the administration has simplified the process of obtaining the permission document, which has to be issued maximum in a month period.
To meet the expenses of the “witness protection scheme”-2018, Jammu and Kashmir administration has recently created a corpus fund to be known as the “witness protection fund”.
Although the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated on August 5, 2019 but the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh will have joint cadre of Administrative Services, Police and the Forest Services.
The mineral extraction in Jammu and Kashmir is contributing a lot in the revenue of Union Territory. Although the Jammu region of the Union Territory is having a rich potential in tourism sector if compared to the Kashmir valley but the lesser known fact is that the region also caters as many as 72 main mineral based registered and established units across.
In order to mitigate the learning gap among students and overcome the loss due to missing school days because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir has directed all Chief Education Officers (CEOs) to operate remedial classes in government and private schools.
Although the pandemic has affected economic activities across Jammu and Kashmir but the health worker always remain front foot in terms of vaccinating people against the deadly infection.
After the biggest cancer institute established in the national capital, the second largest in North India will be coming up at Kathua district for which the construction work has been expedited.
Although the no cases of new COVID variant have been found in Jammu and Kashmir so far, the administration has pull up socks to combat the new threat. The adminstration has been taking several measures to tackle the threat. The administration has effectively restricted the spread of infection during 1st and 2nd wave with precautionary measures.
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday accorded sanction for the seizure of a truck used for terror activities, taking the number of such seizures under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) to 75 this year, police said.Five residential houses, six shops, land and cash have also been seized under the act till date, a police spokesperson said.
The trial run for Jammu, Srinagar Metrolite is likely to be conducted next year as the final Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been submitted to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
At a time when the economy is strained by the on-off Covid induced lockdowns in last and half years the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced the austerity measures to boost the economy without hampering the operational efficiency of the government.
New Delhi: A commandant-rank officer of the ITBP has been dismissed from service and his arrears of pay and allowances have been forfeited on charges of corruption, according to an official order.
In first, the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) is all set to involve members of Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) to monitor the performance of Primary schools and winter camps in the valley.The development comes months after the Chief Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Dr.
The Health and Medical Education Department has impressed upon Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) and Block Medical Officers (BMOs) in Kashmir to ensure the availability of Jan Aushadi stores in all Primary Health Centers (PHC) and New Type Primary Health Centre (NTPHC) and in their jurisdiction.
Jammu: An army personnel allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Banihal area of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Tuesday, officials said.Sepoy Tejpal Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was on sentry duty when he fired upon himself inside a camp at Chamalwas late this afternoon, the officials said.
The administration in Kashmir in the last six months has imposed a fine of over Rs 17 Lac on violators during inspection of adulteration of milk, quality of meat and other eatable items.As per the data available, from April to October, this year, the Food Safety Department, Kashmir compliance through regular inspections and sampling conducted 4637 inspections across the valley.
Living under fear of psychosis in the wake of civilian killings especially of a particular community, the displaced employees’ from the Kashmir Pandit fraternity serving the Kashmir valley under Prime Minister Relief Package will get housing facilities by 2022.Under the Prime Minister's relief package, all the displaced employees will be given suitable accommodation by next year.
Jammu: In a major crackdown against narcotics smuggling, Jammu Police on Thursday have seized 199-marked heroin packets weighing 52 kgs worth Rs 1 billion in an international market from Jhajjar Kotli area here in the city outskirts.
Jammu: Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested on Wednesday after heroin was seized from their possession in Jammu, police said.On a tip off, a special team intercepted a drug peddler and recovered from him 200 grams of heroin at Roopnagar area and registered a case against him, they said.He was identified as Arjun Singh of Kathua.
New Delhi: India added 9,283 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,35,763 while the active cases declined to 1,11,481, the lowest in 537 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.The number of deaths climbed to 4,66,584 with 437 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.
Jammu: A 14-year-old boy from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was apprehended by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday, officials said.Asmad Ali, a resident of Tatrinote tehsil in Rawalakot, crossed into this side of the LoC near a forward post, following which he was nabbed, they said.
Jammu: A constable with the Jammu and Kashmir police died on duty after being hit by an unknown vehicle in Manda area here on Thursday.Police on Thursday said that constable Queem Ali, 32, son of Qasim Din, resident of Rangora, Majeen, posted at Pacca Danga Police Station, was hit by an unknown vehicle during the wee hours near Manda check post while he was on duty.
In a significant development, the Infant Mortality Rate in Jammu and Kashmir has been reduced to 20 per 1000 live births against the national average of 30 per 1000 live births.The infant mortality rate is the number of babies less than a year old who die for every thousand live births.
The Srinagar Smart City Limited recently launched Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping system project under which all households and other premises in Srinagar will have a unique digital address.The project is being carried out by Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL), Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), in collaboration with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, New Delhi, and GeoVista.
Col (Retd) Ajay K RainaCome 22 October and we gear up to observe it as the Black Day. It would, in no uncertain terms, an apposite way of revisiting that day in 1947 when invaders who were being led, armed and supported by the Pakistan army, strolled into the territory of the princely State of Jammu & Kashmir.
In Jammu and Kashmir, over 251, 393 children are stunted; while over 625,519 children have anemia.The data have been put forth by NITI Aayog in a study titled State Nutrition Profile of Jammu and Kashmir. The data describes the trends for a set of key nutrition and health outcomes, determinants, and coverage of interventions.
In one of the recent interviews, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha said that strategy has been framed to counter civilian killings.
The security forces in Jammu and Kashmir always have upper hand in militancy. Since the abrogation of Article 370, the security forces have adopted tough mode against the militancy.
Although the Jammu and Kashmir Administration is focusing on the education sector besides health, agriculture and sports as well, the structure of higher education is on crutches especially the Cluster University Jammu riding on ‘retired’ faculty as no fresh appointment has been made since 2016.
To facilitate the smooth pilgrimage especially in harsh weather conditions, a multistory Yatri Niwas (Pilgrims Shelter) is coming up at Chanderkote in Ramban district of the Union Territory.The shelter will accommodate nearly 4500 pilgrims once completed.
Amidst the fear of swelling cases of COVID, the dengue cases have also started increasing across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir thus putting the Health Department to gear up for augmenting healthcare facilities.Dengue cases have started rising in the UT of J&K and so far, dengue symptoms are diagnosed in 22 people. The most of the cases are found in Jammu.
Aiming to boost the industrial sector under new Industrial Policy, a dry port is coming up in Samba district of Jammu region as a part of Rs 50,000 crore investments.Dry Ports, known as Inland Container Depots, are equipped for handling and temporary storage of containerized cargo as well as empties.
To ease out the traffic mess on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, the work of Satwari-Kunjwani flyover will commence by end of this year and to be completed by 2024.The work will be executed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) in an area of 4 km long stretch between Kunjwani to Satwari while the tenders for the same will be opened on September 15.
VijaylaxmiGeorge Santayana aptly said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It seems that the lessons from the history contain no meaning for the Separatists in Kashmir. They fail to realize that their anti-India activities and utmost support in the execution of Pakistan’s proxy war in Kashmir, is paving a way to their peril.
‘Gar firdaus bar-rooh-e zameen ast,Hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast’1. This couplet by celebrated mystic, sufi poet Amir Khusro describes all that can be said about beauty of Kashmir ‘if there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this’.
Jammu, Aug 1: The environmental sector has embraced social media rapidly and wholeheartedly. It is using the medium to support environmental campaigns and to connect people locally and cross-nationally on major environmental issues such as climate change. It also provides ordinary people with the ability to track the quality of the air and water around them and then share this data with others.
Jammu, Jul 31: Immunization is one of the sheilded and most cost-effective ways to diminsh disease and intercept death. It is safe and cheap, and requires relatively little contact between the health system and the patient. As well as preventing death and illness, immunization also contributes to greater attendance in school, increased productivity, enhanced lifetime earnings and economic growth.
Jammu, Jul 30: Examining our approach to delivering justice I mention in my book, 'Ethical Dilemmas of a Civil Servant' that when the British left this country, they took justice with them and left behind laws, in-laws and outlaws.
By Ritika KaranCommon-pool resources are the resources made available to all for consumption and the excess to which can only be limited only at a high cost. Fisheries, forests, underwater basins, and irrigation systems are few examples of common-pool resourcesCommon-pool resources are disposed to overuse and are thus prone to “Tragedies of the Commons” which are present whenindividual interests as well as the group interests are in conflict. For instance, fishermen face the temptation to harvest as many fish as possible, because if they do not, someone else will.
By Ritika KaranThis particular question can be answered while taking into consideration two aspects. First would justify it as, “Economic growth leads to the generation of higher incomes which in turn would further make people approve of the Government, which is the good growth hypothesis.” In consequence, the growth will generate stability. The second justification is that of destabilizing growth hypothesis which exclaims that “growth generates certain complex changes in society, and further, instability.
Mumbai: Actor John Abraham says his biggest advantage is that he is not afraid of failure."I come from a very middle-class background and even today, I hold on to those values very strongly. My biggest advantage is that I'm not afraid of failure. And when you're not afraid of it, you can do whatever you want because you've seen failure and success in the same measure.
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu on Tuesday asked the police chief to strengthen security of shrines across the Union Territory following an attack on the Dargah of Mir Syed Mohammad Hamdani (RA) in Tral area of south Kashmir.