Jammu and Kashmir: Director Horticulture visits pre and post harvesting units

Mar 31, 2021, at 11:55 pm

Srinagar: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today paid a surprise visit to district Shopian and Pulwama to inspect various pre and post harvest units. According to the statement, the Director was accompanied by Deputy Director Horticulture, Chief Canning and Processing Instructor and other senior officers.

Jammu and Kashmir: Zero tolerance against spurious pesticides and fertilizers: Dir Law enforcement

Mar 31, 2021, at 11:21 pm

Srinagar: The Director Law Enforcement J&K, Bal Krishan Chandan today called for zero tolerance against spurious/substandard pesticides and fertilizers besides strict implementation of established procedures of law enforcement so that the farming community could be served in a real spirit.

Jammu and Kashmir: CRPF organises free medical camp in Sopore

Mar 29, 2021, at 10:49 pm

Srinagar: 177 Bn CRPF Sopore today organised a Free Medical Camp today at Khusal Stadium Tulibal area of Sopore.

Jammu and Kashmir: 20% of elderly population Immunized in south Kashmir

Mar 29, 2021, at 07:20 pm

Srinagar: Two weeks after the government started the covid-19 immunization for the senior citizens here, around 20 percent of the population from this age group has received the first dose of the vaccination in south Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir: Plantation drive held at CHC Sopore

Mar 29, 2021, at 03:24 am

Srinagar: Health Department in collaboration with Social Forestry Division Baramulla organized a plantation drive at Community Health Centre (CHC) Sopore and other adjacent health institutions on Friday.

Jammu and Kashmir: 5.17 lakh people vaccinated against COVID

Mar 29, 2021, at 01:02 am

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has vaccinated over 5.17 lakh people against the COVID-19 with no reported case of extreme adverse events.

Jammu and Kashmir: Weeklong plantation drive starts at Faculty of Forests SKUAST-K

Mar 23, 2021, at 11:49 pm

Srinagar: A week long plantation drive started today at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir’s (SKUAST) Faculty of Forestry, Benhama-Watlar, Ganderbal with the planting of deodar sapling by Professor Tariq Hussain Masoodi, Dean Faculty of Forestry at the campus.

Climate change has affected water sources in J&K: LG Manoj Sinha

Mar 23, 2021, at 11:28 pm

Srinagar: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha today said that climate change has reduced the size of glaciers leading to fast depletion of water resources in many districts of J&K.

Conduct fine and Rapid Antigen Test on people without mask: DC Srinagar

Mar 22, 2021, at 01:11 am

Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Saturday said that following COVID19 safety guidelines is a ‘greater common good’ for all and people must adhere to SOPs as a preventive measure to contain the coronavirus.

Kashmiri doctor's body says COVID-19 likely to stay with us forever

Mar 19, 2021, at 10:50 pm

Srinagar, Mar 19 (UNI) Asserting that COVID-19 could stay with humans forever, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said that virus will become yet another infection joining many other diseases that humanity has learned to live with.

COVID-19: Jammu & Kashmir set to get high-end Roche's Cobas systems

Mar 15, 2021, at 11:01 pm

Srinagar:  Amidst fears of another wave of viral respiratory infection across India, high-end fully-automatic equipment is arriving for the three medical colleges of J&K for increasing the speed and volume of testing.

COVID-19: Jammu and Kashmir reports 105 new +ve cases

Mar 15, 2021, at 01:27 am

Jammu/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday informed that 105 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (25 from Jammu division and 80 from Kashmir division), have been reported thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 127640.

Forest department to plant 1 crore saplings across Jammu and Kashmir

Mar 11, 2021, at 02:29 am

 Srinagar: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Dr Mohit Gera today said that the department aims to plant one crore saplings across Jammu and Kashmir to increase the forest cover of the UT.

Jammu and Kashmir: PMO reviews progress of COVID-19 vaccination drives

Mar 11, 2021, at 01:13 am

Srinagar: Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P K Mishra Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the public health response to COVID-19 and asked all the states and union territories to assiduously expedite vaccination of priority groups in accordance with the guidelines.

Jammu and Kashmir: DC Baramulla takes stock of Bird flu mitigation measures

Mar 10, 2021, at 12:23 am

 Srinagar: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Bupinder Kumar today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to take stock of various mitigation efforts launched by the district administration to curb spread of Bird flu infection in the district.

Jammu and Kashmir: Programme on medicinal plants commences at SKUAST-K

Mar 08, 2021, at 11:54 pm

Srinagar: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir kick-started a 25-day skill development programme on medicinal plants for the educated youth of Kashmir at the Faculty of Forestry, Benihama, Ganderbal.

Jammu and Kashmir: SEHAT cards to be issued on Mission Mode, says DDC Shopian

Mar 08, 2021, at 11:47 pm

Srinagar: The District Development Commissioner Shopian Sachin Kumar Vaishya today stressed on prompt issuance of SEHAT cards under Aayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya (AB PMJAY) SEHAT scheme to all registered beneficiaries and registration of all left outs on BIS Portal.

Save trees from porcupine attacks with jute bag coverings: Dir Horticulture

Mar 08, 2021, at 11:39 pm

Srinagar: The Director Horticulture on Sunday urged the farmers and fruit growers to cover the trunk of apple and almond trees with jute bags, HDPE bags, wire mesh to avoid trees from getting attacked by porcupine and other animals.

Jammu and Kashmir: Hangul census 2021 on cards

Mar 06, 2021, at 11:21 pm

Srinagar: Wildlife Department shall conduct a census of the endangered Hangul in J&K with the process to be complete by the end of this month.

Scale up restoration of Wular: Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulatory Authority to WUCMA

Mar 05, 2021, at 05:32 am

  Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulatory Authority (JKWRRA) Chairman Ghanshyam Jha Wednesday stressed on the Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) to scale up restoration works and afforestation activities to create maximum storage within the Wular Lake.

3.81 lakh vaccinated for COVID-19: Jammu and Kashmir Govt

Mar 03, 2021, at 06:03 pm

Sringar: A total of 3.81 lakh healthcare workers and other frontline workers have been vaccinated for COVID-19 so far, the government said Monday.

Jammu and Kashmir: Medical check up camp for children in Mendhar village

Mar 01, 2021, at 03:24 am

Srinagar: With the aim to spread health awareness among school children, Indian army organised a medical check-up and awareness camp at Primary School Behrote located near Line of Control in Balakote sector of Mendhar sub division in Poonch district.

Jammu and Kashmir: Cabinet Secretary reviews COVID19 situation

Mar 01, 2021, at 12:53 am

Srinagar: The Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba, while chairing a high-level meeting to review the public health response to COVID-19 Saturday asked all the States and Union Territories to closely monitor the trajectory of COVID infections to prevent surge in cases and assiduously expedite vaccination of priority groups in accordance to the guidelines in this regard.

Jammu and Kashmir: Orientation programme to conduct census of Migratory birds held at Hokersar

Feb 18, 2021, at 03:49 am

Srinagar: The Wetlands Division of Jammu and Kashmir Wildlife Protection Department today organised an orientation programme to inculcate the census techniques amongst the participants at Camping Ground, Hokersar, here.

Jammu and Kashmir: Drug de-addiction awareness programme held in Ganderbal

Feb 15, 2021, at 02:17 am

Srinagar: A drug de-addiction awareness programme was organised at Government Higher Secondary School Gund in Ganderbal district on Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir: 3-day awareness program on health, hygiene concludes

Feb 15, 2021, at 01:21 am

Srinagar:  Super Speciality Hospital, GMC organized a three day long seminar cum awareness programme on various health and hygiene campaigns of the Government being implemented in the hospitals.

Raising awareness crucial to addressing mental health problems'

Feb 12, 2021, at 06:18 pm

Srinagar: A day-long mental health awareness programme was held at Kashmir University’s South Campus, Anantnag.

Jammu and Kashmir: MVD organises Health check-up cum awareness programme at Shopian

Feb 12, 2021, at 06:15 pm

  Srinagar: As a part of ongoing National Road Safety Month 2021, a Medical check-up cum awareness program was held today for learner licence seekers at Mini Secretariat, Shopian in collaboration with Health Department Shopian.

Jammu and Kashmir: Critically ill patient airlifted from Tulail valley

Feb 09, 2021, at 11:01 pm

Srinagar: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad, two critically ill patients were airlifted from snowbound Tulail area of Gurez valley to Bandipora for immediate medical relief on Saturday.

Jammu and Kashmir: VMS organises medical cum rehab camp at Pattan

Feb 02, 2021, at 11:52 pm

Srinagar:  Voluntary Medicare Society (VMS) organised a free medical-cum-rehabilitation camp at Pattan old hospital in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday.