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Jammu, Dec 10 : S Ajit Singh, Chairman, All J&K Sikh Coordination Committee called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at Raj Bhawan today. He apprised the Lt Governor on various issues pertaining to the Sikh community, including implementation of Anand Marriage Act in the UT, promotion of Punjabi Language in School Education, representation of Sikh community in Public Service Commission, etc. Source

Jammu, Dec 10: Three youth drowned while crossing a river in a JCB machine in Reasi district while a woman was killed when a truck hit a scooter in Samba district, during the last 24 hours. The woman was riding pillion on the scooter, driven by her husband. Police said that three youth identified as Nitish Kumar, 22; Hoshiyar Singh, 25 and Rajinder Kumar, 27 drowned late Saturday evening when a JCB machine they were riding on turned turtle and submerged in a river in Sungri village in Chassana of Reasi district. In a separate incident, a woman was killed when a scooter, bearing registration number JK02CM 5957, being driven by her husband was hit by a truck, bearing registration number JK02X 2858, on Saturday in Bari Brahmana of Samba district. The deceased was identified as S...

Jammu, Dec 10: Principal Secretary J&K Finance department Santosh D Vaidya has directed all the administrative departments to direct their subordinate offices to follow “statutory obligations in the contracts for hiring manpower from outsourcing agencies on GeM portal” and ensure their strict compliance. Direction has been issued after the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, has expressed concern about “possible underpayment of contractual workers engaged through outsourcing agencies due to unauthorized deduction in wages by such agencies.” The Ministry has also flagged the issue of “delayed payment of monthly wages to such workers by the agencies and non-deposition of EPF and ESIC contributions of the workers.” “In order to protect the interest of such...

Jammu, Dec 10: Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir, Vice-Chairman (VC) District Development Council (DDC) Kupwara called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan today. VC DDC Kupwara calls on LG Sinha Photo: Jammu and Kashmir Information Department GK NEWS SERVICE Jammu, Dec 10: Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir, Vice-Chairman (VC) District Development Council (DDC) Kupwara called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan today. Post navigation ...

Jammu, Dec 10: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo Sunday said that the patient-care system in Udhampur was bolstered by Government Medical College and Associated hospital. “Today’s programme was restricted to inspection of certain projects, mainly Udhampur’s Devika project, which has been completed and another big project Government Medical College, Udhampur (building), which is presently under construction,” he said. “As regards sanctioning of Udhampur Medical College is concerned, 100 medical seats have been sanctioned for it. Construction of the college building is underway. The MBBS programme has already been initiated here. This has bolstered patient-care facilities here,” he said. Dulloo was responding to media queries during his visit to Udhampur, where he inspected ongoing ma...

Udhampur, Dec 10: Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir has achieved maximum saturation in all the agriculture and health benefit schemes rolled out by the central government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking to the media after reviewing the implementation of various people welfare central schemes in his Lok Sabha constituency of Udhampur-Kathua-Doda, the Minister said that district Udhampur had always been ahead of others. Of the various agriculture sector schemes, he informed that district Udhampur achieved 100 percent saturation in PM Kisan Yojana by providing annual support of Rs 6,000 to 51, 035 farmers. Similarly, 100 percent saturation had also been achieved by providing Kisan Credit Cards to 51035 farmers, he added. As far as the Soil He...

Srinagar, Dec 10: Three persons, including the driver, were killed after an earthmover met with an accident in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said today. Reports said that an earthmoving machine turned turtle at Sungri late last night, resulting in the death of three people, including the driver. Two among the deceased were identified as Munshi Nitish Kumar and Rajinder Singh. The identity of the third deceased person was not immediately known. A police officer said a case has been registered and further investigation has been initiated. Source

Jammu, Dec 9: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said that the government was committed to promoting the cultural and linguistic traditions of Jammu and Kashmir. An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that addressing the 11th Foundation Day function of Shri Kailakh Jyotish and Vedic Sansthan Trust, the LG said, “The government is committed to promoting cultural and linguistic traditions in J&K.” He shared the key initiatives of the J&K administration for the promotion of Sanskrit and value-based education in J&K. “Sanskrit is our priceless cultural heritage, which is now being looked upon with admiration across the world. It is the greatest treasure of knowledge in Science, Medicine, Botany, Literature and many other subjects,” Sinha said. He ...

Home » Governance » Timing of grievances redressal programme of DGP in Jammu changed Jammu, Dec 9: The timing of the grievances redressal programme of the Director General of Police (DGP) in Jammu has been changed. A statement of… Timing of grievances redressal programme of DGP in Jammu changed GK NEWS SERVICE Jammu, Dec 9: The timing of the grievances redressal programme of the Director General of Police (DGP) in Jammu has been changed.A statement of J&K Police issued he...

Rajouri, December 08: Security forces in Friday recovered arms and ammunition in Naushera area of Rajouri district. An official told GNS that a search operation was launched by joint team of Police and army in the Patrari Rajalkote forest area. During searches one pistol wrapped in white cloth, 8 cartridges of 9mm pistol and other incriminating material was recovered. Meanwhile, a case has been registered in this regard and investigation has been taken up. Source