Aadhaar made mandatory for J&K drug de-addiction portal

SRINAGAR, Jul 14 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir government has made Aadhaar authentication mandatory for registration on the Union Territory’s Drug De-addiction Registry Portal (DDRP). The Health and Medical Education Department order accessed news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) stated that beneficiaries seeking treatment through the portal will have to verify their identity using Aadhaar…

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Four J&K private institutes served notices for running ‘unapproved’ healthcare courses

Srinagar, Jun 19 : The Jammu and Kashmir State Allied and Healthcare Council (SAHC) has issued show-cause notices to four private institutes for allegedly conducting allied and healthcare programmes without obtaining mandatory approvals from competent authorities. The institutes named in the notices accessed news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) including Boston Institute of Medical Science…

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J&K’s Apple, Saffron Farmers at Risk from US Trade Deal : CM Omar Abdullah

Jammu, Feb 10; Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed serious concerns that the India-U.S. trade deal would adversely affect the Union Territory’s economy, which is heavily reliant on horticulture. Speaking to reporters here CM Omar Abdullah as per news agency Kashmir News Service (KNS) said the pact offered “no benefit” and…

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Casual Employees Protest Outside CM Residence Over Regularization

Jammu, Feb 10: Casual employees on Tuesday staged a strong protest outside the Chief Minister’s residence in Jammu, expressing anger over the absence of any announcement regarding their regularization in the latest budget. The protesters said that despite repeated assurances by successive governments over the years, their demand for regularization has remained unresolved for decades. They…

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