Trade & Export Policy: JK to boost exports, create niche market for local products
SRINAGAR Jammu and Kashmir Government has come out with first-ever Trade & Export Policy to keep pace with the fast-changing economic relations developing around in the aftermath of trade liberalization and globalization. The J&K Trade & Export Policy (2018-28) drafted by the State’s Industries and Commerce Department in consultation with various stakeholders was last evening […]
Advisor Kumar declares open Inter-Zonal District Level Tourney at Budgam
BUDGAM: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar today declared open Inter Zonal District Level Tournaments at Budgam in which hundreds of students from various schools are participating. The tournament is being organized by Youth Services & Sports Department in coordination with the district administration. The district level competitions are being held in the discipline of […]
Governor invites experts for tackling Dal Lake issues
SRINAGAR: The spokesman of the Raj Bhavan has recalled that since the commencement of the Governor’s Rule, Governor N.N. Vohra has held two meetings to discuss the rapidly increasing congestion of the Dal Lake and, among the decisions taken, it was decided that manual de-weeding shall commence without any further delay. Spokesman further recalled that […]
Imran Khan wants simple swearing-in, no foreign leaders to attend
Islamabad: Imran Khan has decided against inviting foreign leaders and celebrities to his oath-taking ceremony as Pakistan’s new prime minister as he wants to keep the event very simple, according to a media report. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) emerged as the single largest party in the elections held on July 25. The 65-year-old leader is […]
India test-fires interceptor missile
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the endo-atmospheric Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile, which is a part of the country’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield against a multiple target scenario. The interceptor missile (it remains within the earth’s atmosphere at an altitude below 100 km), fired from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, hit a designated incoming dummy enemy missile at a […]
Unknown men snatch bank guard’s rifle in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
Srinagar, Unidentified men on Thursday snatched rifle from a security guard in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. Unknown men appeared at Jammu & Kashmir bank Limited branch at Brakpora, Anantnag this afternoon and snatched a rifle of a security guard, official sources told Muslim kashmir. The unknown men fled from the spot before the government forces […]
Poonch resident working as labourer shot dead in Saudi Arabia
Srinagar : A 35-year-old man from Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir was shot dead in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. A report carried by GNS news agency said that Zulfikar Ahmad of Keri Gultha village in Mendhar tehsil of the district was shot dead by a Saudi man following a tiff over some issue in […]
SAC approves amendments to Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989
Srinagar: The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here last evening under the chairmanship of Governor, N N Vohra, approved amendments to the Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 to provide for consultation with Halqa Majlis before preparing the development plan for a Panchayat. The decision is a step towards devolution of more powers to the people […]
Kashmiri Hajj pilgrim dies of cardiac arrest in Makkah
SRINAGAR — A woman haji from Jammu and Kashmir died due to cardiac arrest on Thursday, during the pilgrimage in holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia, reports said. The pilgrim was identified as Hameeda Begum, wife of Ghulam Ahmad, resident of Laribal, Tral in Pulwama district, suffered a massive cardiac arrest and she was declared brought dead by the hospital. She […]
Two militants killed in north Kashmir’s Kupwara: Police
Srinagar : Two militants were killed in an encounter at Khumriyal area of Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. An official said that the joint team of SOG and army launched a search operation in Khumriyal. As the joint team approached the suspected spot the militants opened fire triggering off a gunfight, he said. He said […]
