Srinagar: A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander and ‘prime suspect’ of Editor-in chief of daily English Rising Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari was among the two militants who were killed in encounter that raged between forces and militants in Kuthpora Chattergam area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said. However, three Army men had also sustained injuries in […]
Srinagar: The state police chief on Wednesday said that the prime suspect of the assassination of Editor-in chief of Rising Kashmir, Dr Shujaat Bukhari was killed in a gunfight in Budgam district, saying that they will approach Pakistan to take back his body. KNS news agency reported, addressing a news conference, DGP Dilbagh Singh, who […]
Srinagar: PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has taken up the issue of turning J&K Bank into PSU with Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley. In a tweet Mehbooba said “Spoke with @arunjaitley ji about the intrusive and regressive move to declare J&K Bank as a PSU. This decision will add to the woes […]
JAMMU: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today asked the State Forest Corporation to bring efficiency in its functioning and to improve the financial health of the organization by taking innovative steps. He pressed on re-skilling of the employees to have proper utilization of human resource available with the corporation. The Advisor, who is also […]
JAMMU:Â Polling for Phase-V of Panchayat Polls-2018 will be held tomorrow at 2512 polling stations including 769 in Kashmir division and 1743 in Jammu division. The timing for polling is from 8 am to 2 pm. According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra, 848 polling stations have been categorized as hypersensitive including 755 in […]
Srinagar: Imposing ban on sale of heaters, boilers and other crude heating devices, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan on Wednesday directed Power Development Department (PDD) to launch sustained drive against power pilferage, an official spokesman said here this evening. He said in order to check illegal and excessive use of electricity load by consumers, […]
JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved repeal of the Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001, (commonly known as Roshni scheme). Advisors B B Vyas, K Vijay Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai & K K Sharma, Chief […]
JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved enhancement in the waiting list from the existing 33.33% to 50% of the posts advertised, which shall extend to 100% wherever the number of posts is 10 or less, either under normal selection or under the […]
JAMMU: In today’s world, Natural Gas is the cleanest form of energy and is a non-pollutant. It is extremely useful both for heating and cooking purposes. There is a worldwide movement towards a Gas based economy with increasing use of Natural Gas in transport, industrial and domestic sectors. Recognizing this, a nationwide City Gas Distribution […]
JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the ‘Jammu & Kashmir Societies Registration (Amendment) Act, 2018’ to curb the mushroom growth of NGOs/Societies and streamline their functioning. Provisions for renewal, appeal, de-registration and mandatory requirement of maintenance of accounts, address, details of members […]
