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Governor lays foundation of 8 residential buildings at SMVDIME Asks for expeditious completion of upcoming Institute of Medical Excellence and other major projects of Shrine Board 3/29/2013 9:19:25 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 29: Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, has stressed the need for expeditious completion of the upcoming Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) at Kakryal and of the other major ongoing projects of the Shrine Board. The Governor said this while laying the foundations for the construction of 8 buildings blocks in the upcoming SMVDIME complex last evening. Being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs. 51 crore, these buildings are Dhanvantri Bhawan and Aayush Bhawan (Senior Resident Doctors’ Accommodation), Ashvin Bhawan (Doctors’ Hostel), Nivedita Bhawan (Nurses’ Hostel), Sushruta Bhawan (Accommodation for Ancillary Staff), Charak Bhawan (Class-IV Accommodation), Aarogya Bhawan (Patients’ Inn), and Sanjeevani Bhawan (Guest House). Work on the construction of some of these buildings has already commenced on the ground. This Multi-Superspecialty Hospital is being constructed by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board to provide quality medical services to the general public of the surrounding areas, the progressively increasing numbe...   READ MORE

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Visit Kashmir and Captivate Spring beauty: Mir to world tourists Asks students to be ambassadors for tourism promotion 3/29/2013 9:16:57 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Mar 29: Minister for Tourism Mr. Ghulam Ahmad Mir has called upon the world tourists to visit Kashmir and enchant the beauties of spring bestowed to the valley known as Paradise on Earth adding that Kashmir valley has its own charm in all the seasons of the year. Addressing at a function today organized by Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora for celebration of spring festival, the Minister said that among all four seasons , spring has its own importance and the spring season brings mesmerizing and pleasant scenes of nature, with blooming tulips gardens and the orchards of almond, cherry, apple, pears and pansies. The Tourism M...   READ MORE   Mega event all set to take off, arrangements finalized: DGP Police Public Mela on March 31: 3/29/2013 9:16:21 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 29: Arrangements for one day Police Public Mela were finalized at a joint meeting of senior police officers and members of Police Parivar held here today. The event is all set to take off on March 31, 2013 at Police Sports Stadium, Gulshan Ground, Jammu. At the outset of the meeting, the Director General of police (DGP) Ashok Prasad sought reports from all committees constituted for making different arrangements. The meeting was informed that all required arrangements have been completed and are fully prepared to conduct the mega event on the scheduled date. It is expected that a large number of people, representing all walks of life would participate in...   READ MORE   Inclusion of Gojjri in 8th schedule recommended to Centre: Mian Altaf 3/29/2013 9:15:47 PM Rajouri: Minister for Forest and Environment, Mian Altaf has said that Government has already recommended to the Central Government the case of inclusion of Gojjri language in the 8th schedule of the constitution whileas efforts are on for setting up Gojjri Departments in Kashmir and Jammu Universities. The Minister was addressing at a function “Gojjari Aadbi Oar Saqafati Millan” organized, in memory of a renowned Gojjri poet Mian Mohamad Israil Assar, by J&K Academy of Art Cultural and Languages , Rajouri branch in collaboration with Anjuman Gujjri Zaban-o-Adab Daramshala Kalakote at Government Higher Secondary School, Lambari today. S.P. Rajouri, SDM Kalakote, Editor, Mansha Khaki...   READ MORE   Bhalla cautions people against dumping of building debris in Nallahs Govt mull to establish 5-D theatre on Fun City pattern at Bagh-e-Bahu 3/29/2013 9:15:28 PM JAMMU: Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture, Raman Bhalla, has cautioned the people against dumping of building debris in nallahs and internal lanes, adding that such practices lead to public nuisance, particularly during rainy season. The Minister was interacting with locals while inspecting the ongoing construction work of nallah embankments and culvert at Rahim Nagar, here on Friday morning. Mr. Bhalla said Government has earmarked Rs. 10 lakh for modernization of nallah and construction of crossing culvert over nallah. He directed the executing agency to complete the ongoing works of nallah at Rahim Nagar so that the flashfloods do not cause further harm to the property an...   READ MORE   Rs 2.68 cr BSA provided to unemployed under SKEWPY 3/29/2013 9:14:12 PM JAMMU: The unemployed youth of the district Budgam have been provided Rs. 2.68 crore as Voluntary Service Allowance (BSA) under SKEWPY during the current fiscal. This was stated at an Employment Fair organised by the employment and counselling Centre Budgam in coordination with the district administration held at Hardpanzoo Budgam. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Budgam, G.M. Bhat was the chief guest on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Director Employment, Reyaz Ahmed, informed that the Self Employment unit holders of district Budgam have been provided incentives worth Rs. 1.90 crore in the shape of margin money and capital assistance. He said the employment Departmen...   READ MORE   DG Sports sanctions scholarship worth Rs 15 lakh 3/29/2013 9:13:34 PM JAMMU: Director General Youth Services and Sports, Navin Agarwal, sanctioned Rs. 15.36 lakh as scholarship for the sportspersons who participated in the 58th National Schools Games in various sports disciplines within and outside the State during the year 2012-13. The scholarship will be distributed among 613 players drawn from across the State of Jammu and Kashmir, including 84 medalists with 31 gold, 18 silver and 35 bronze. The gold medailists will get Rs. 10,000 per head, while the silver and bronze medalists will be receiving an among of Rs. 7,000 and 5,000 per head respectively. For mere participation in National Schools Games, the players will get an amount of Rs. 1750 per head. ...   READ MORE   No change in existing procedure of obtaining form VAT-65 Commissioner CT 3/29/2013 9:12:09 PM JAMMU: Commissioner Commercial Taxes, Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, has clarified that the government or the Commercial Taxes Department has not made any changes or modification in the existing procedure of obtaining form VAT-65 from the dealer. Responding to continuous re-presentations and delegations from Chamber of Commerce and Industries Jammu and Kashmir, Traders and manufacturer Associations and United Trader Front Srinagar with regard to change in the procedure of receiving the statutory from VAT-65, he made it quite clear that neither the government nor the Commercial taxes Department has made any change in the existing procedure and in order to facilitate the dealers, there has been a ...   READ MORE   Sanitation at SMGS goes mechanised, Taj inaugurates facility 3/29/2013 9:18:37 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 29: The manual cleaning of wards, corridors and rooms at SMGS hospital and GMC Jammu today got replaced by a sophisticated mechanised cleaning with the induction of machines imported from Italy. Minister for Medical Education, Youth Service and Sports, Mr. Taj Mohi-ud-Din inaugurated the mechanised cleaning which has a speed of cleaning about 20,000 square feet per hour and it is expected to clean the entire hospital within few hours. The mechanised cleaning would not only enhance the level of sanitation at the hospital but also bring it to the stage of nationally acclaimed hospitals. It may be recalled that the Minister, on his maiden visit to the hospi...   READ MORE   Projects worth Rs. 260 Cr under execution 3/29/2013 9:13:21 PM SRINAGAR: Progress of urban projects being executed by J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) in Srinagar city under the urban sector of its Multi sector Project for Infrastructure Rehabilitation (MPIR) funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB) were reviewed in a meeting of officers here today. It was given out in the meeting urban sector in Srinagar city ,J&K ERA had taken up 11 sub-projects for execution at an estimated cost of Rs 260 crores out of which 3 major mega water supply schemes have already been commissioned and has resulted in much needed improvement and augmentation of safe drinking water in the Srinagar city and directly benefitted 8 lakh souls in Srinagar city. Giving de...   READ MORE

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