Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the 25th Foundation Day celebration of SKUAST-Jammu at Baba Jitto Auditorium on Wednesday.In his address, the Lt Governor congratulated the Vice Chancellor, faculty members and students on the occasion.He highlighted the reforms introduced in 2020 to revamp SKUAST-Jammu to meet modern workforce requirements in Agriculture & Allied Sectors, to contribute … Read more
CCI thanks people for making Bandh successful Normal life was affected as various protests were held on Saturday on Jammu-Pathankot National Highway and parts of Jammu region observed shutdown against the installation of Smart Meters and removal of Toll Post at Sarore in Samba district.As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the day-long shutdown call … Read more
Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) to observe Jammu bandh on Saturday (August 26) to register a protest against “installation of smart meters and functioning at Toll Plaza at Sarore.”Arun Gupta, President JCCI informed that after meeting with different trade groups, the Chamber decided to observe a peaceful Jammu Bandh in support of issues … Read more
A meeting of the Central Welfare Committee of Fire & Emergency Services was held on Wednesday under the Chairmanship of Alok Kumar-IPS (ADGP), Director Fire & Emergency Service, J&K in his office chambers at Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. During the meeting, 359 Welfare Cases of Fire Services personnel for grant of welfare relief/loan cases were placed … Read more
After six back-to-back unsuccessful attempts, Jammu’s lad has successfully cracked Union Territory’s level Civil Services Examination, the results of which were declared yesterday. As per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), with persistent hard work and determination, Jammu’s Rajat Sambyal has achieved his dream of becoming a civil servant by cracking the prestigious Jammu and … Read more
Anti-corruption Bureau on Tuesday trapped and arrested a forest department officer and an employee for demanding and accepting bribe in Reasi. “Anti Corruption Bureau received a complaint against Abneet Kumar presently posted at Beat Bharakh with additional charge of Beat Narla Bambal. In the complaint, the complainant alleged that he had taken one dry fallen … Read more
Ritual first haircuts and agriculture-over use of fertilizer as well as poisonous pesticides reaching the famous Surinsar-Mansar Lake as runoff from the fields is fast deteriorating the Lake’s water quality which in turn may affect the mass mortality of exotic carps too. The official documents available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reads: “Agriculture-over … Read more
A family head was arrested on allegations of attacking and killing his son even as injuring his wife and daughter in Samba district on Wednesday afternoon. An official told GNS that one Kulbir Singh was arrested by police soon after a news of him spread for allegedly attacking and killing his son Jatan Singh and … Read more
Dr Zabeer Ahmed, Chief Scientist at CSIR-IIIM Jammu, a local hailing from Poonch District of Jammu & Kashmir took over as Director of CSIR – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine Jammu, a National Institute of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, GOI with its branch laboratory at Srinagar. Pertinently, the … Read more
‘Policy framed in public interest’ Despite no support from the transporters, Jammu city Saturday observed a partial shutdown on the call given by the trader’s body-Chamber of Commerce and Industries against the imposition of property tax from April 1, 2023. The markets in Jammu city remained closed in the morning but shutters went up as … Read more