Complete works in double shifts: Div Com directs executing agencies
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 20: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today issued strict directions to the engineers of Jammu & Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) and Jammu & Kashmir Housing Board (JKHB) to complete the pending works on languishing projects within the given time frame by working in double shift. The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir issued […]
‘Explain how J&K can really attract investors’: Opposition MPs ask MHA
The tough questions from the MPs came during a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Parliament yesterday when the lawmakers were being briefed by the Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla. The Union Home Ministry was asked by opposition members of Parliament to explain how Jammu and Kashmir could hope to attract investment in […]
Geology and Mining Department in slumber
‘Self-styled’ Contractors loot hapless sand diggers Pulwama, KNT: Geology and Mining Department has miserably failed to check self-styled contractors who loot sand diggers to their content. Ironically, the department has not given any rights to these contractors and yet they demand royalty from sand diggers. The sand diggers from Samboora, Kanahbal and Behibagh areas of […]
Water scarcity hits summer capital Srinagar
Srinagar, KNT: With summer just about to begin the people in summer capital Srinagar are already anguished with routine water scarcity. A source inside Public Health Engineering (PHE) department Rajbagh said that for the last more than two months, more than two lakh people are without water supply as government has failed to fix the […]
Citizenship Amendment Act may leave Muslims stateless, says U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres
U.N. chief says he is personally concerned about the future of minorities in India. India’s new citizenship law may render a large number of Muslims stateless, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said. In an interview to The Dawn newspaper in Pakistan, he expressed concern about the Citizenship Amendment Act, and urged countries to act humanely while framing new […]
PDP’s Mansoor Peer booked under PSA
Srinagar Senior Peoples Democratic Party leader and former vice-chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) Peerzada Mansoor Hussain has slapped the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), taking the number of political leaders booked under the law to nine. A Jammu based newspaper Daily Excelsior quoted sources as having said that a dossier was […]
Global Investors Summit
UT administration of Jammu and Kashmir is busy in preparing for the Global Investors Summit 2020 scheduled from February 17 onwards. Recently, MD JKTPO made a presentation detailing the activities planned for pre, main and post-event. As part of a pre-event activity, roadshows have been scheduled from February 17, 2020, onwards in major cities across […]
BSF Officer Shoots Self Dead In Kathua
JAMMU – An Assistant Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside a camp in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. V B Yadav of the 90th Battalion was posted in Karal Krishna Border Post area along the International Border. He shot […]
MHA directs J&K admin to work on cultural policy
Srinagar : The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the Secretary, Culture, J&K, to take appropriate action for the establishment of a regional cinema and a cultural policy for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, reported The Tribune. According to the report, in a petition dated February 23, 2019, filed by Ramesh Chib, he had […]
Five killed in Samba road mishap
Srinagar : Five persons were killed on Thursday morning in a road accident on the Jammu-Pathankot highway in Samba district. Reports said that the accident took place at Swanda Morh in Gagwal area when the car driver lost control and hit the truck parked on the roadside. They said that all five occupants of the […]
