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Kulgam March 22: Based on fourteen Key Performance Health indicators for the month of February, District Kulgam bagged the first rank in J&K with overall District score 77.25 The objective of Janani Suraksha Yojana is to reduce maternal mortality rate (MMR) and neo-natal Mortality rate (NMR) through promotion of institutional…

  Awantipora March 22: 2-Day Virtual International Conference on ‘Sustainable Development and Technological Innovation’ commenced today at Islamic University of Science and Technology. The virtual conference is being organized by the Department of Management Studies IUST with themes revolving around ICT, tourism, health, leadership, capacity building, institutional change management, sustainable…

Central & the UT Government is working on a policy to help Ukraine returned students to complete their studies in India: LG SRINAGAR, MARCH 22: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today met MBBS students of the Kashmir valley who have returned from Ukraine, at Raj Bhavan here. The students while interacting…

PM Modi mentions village’s success story in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ SRINAGAR, MARCH 22 : Oukhoo village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, popularly known as ‘Pencil Village of India’, writes its own growth story as it supplies 90 per cent of the raw material to country’s pencil manufacturing units besides exporting…

  Srinagar, Mar 22 : A policeman was killed during a brief shootout in Soura area of Srinagar on Tuesday afternoon. An official said the police constable was injured during a brief shootout between militants and security forces in Soura area. He said that the injured cop was immediately shifted…

Kokernag, (Anantnag), Mar 22 : Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said the bollywood movie Kashmir Files is a “bad fiction” and people like Vivek Aghinotri only sow seeds of hatred between different communities for their careers. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a public gathering in…

    Srinagar, Mar 22 : Police on Tuesday said that a militant associate was arrested for grenade blast in Shopian in which a CRPF personnel was injured on March 19. A police spokesperson said that case regarding grenade attack on CRPF camp was solved by arresting accused persons involved…

Srinagar March 21:To promote Horti-tourism industry and at the same time making people aware about the Horticulture/Gardening “Spring Blossom Festival 2022’ was today inaugurated and thrown open for public today by the Department of Horticulture at Centre of Excellence (CoE) Zawoora, Srinagar. The festival was inaugurated by the Chief Guest…

    Srinagar, Mar 21 : A non-local labourer was on Monday evening shot at by the unidentified gunmen at Gangoo area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said  that a non-local labour identified as Bisujeet Kumar, son of Paras Mandan of Bihar was injured after he was fired…

Every year traditional health workers in Kashmir use leeches to treat people suffering from skin diseases, arthritis, chronic headaches and sinusitis on Nowruz, which marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. (In pics by Zargar zahoor)