Regularization policy for casual, other workers notified: Ajay Nanda
JAMMU:_Minister of State for Finance Ajay Nanda today informed the House that the government has notified the policy (vide SRO 520 dated 21-12-2017) for regularization of workers of various categories including daily rated workers and casual labourers working in different departments. Replying to a clubbed questions of Ramesh Arora, Thakur Balbir Singh and Ajatshatru Singh, […]
8000 posts being created to consolidate human resource in Middle, High Schools: Altaf Bukhari

JAMMU, FEB 08: Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari informed the House that 8000 posts are being created at different levels in the State to augment human resource for the newly up-graded 200 Middle Schools to High Schools and 200 High Schools to Higher Secondary Schools. The Minister said this while replying to a Calling […]
Public transport for Old City available on Circular Road: Veeri

JAMMU, FEB 08- Minister for Revenue, Hajj and Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri today informed the House that alternate public Transport Service for the passengers of old city in Srinagar is available on circular road. Responding to a calling attention notice by Shamim Firdous, Minister said the alternate transport service for the passengers of […]
Shopian shut again as police arrest youth

After life remained shut in shopian district for about two weeks due to civilian killings on thrusday morning shops were closed down and public transport off the roads as police during previous night has arrested some youth during raids. Villagers have alleged that police was responsible for brewing trouble and arrests.They said that innocent youth […]
Mother dies, son injured in Badarwah landslides

In Bhalla village of Badarwah, police said that due to landslides and sharp stones one house came under its impact resulting in death of mother on spot while her injured son is battling for life in hospital Police said that mother identified as prem daie died in rubble of house hit by landslides while her […]
Abdul Haq inspects ongoing works on District Court Complex Samba

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 07: Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Law and Justice Abdul Haq Khan on Wednesday set a deadline of first week of March for completion of District Court Complex Samba project and directed the agency to expedite the pace of work to complete the works within the set deadline. While inspecting the ongoing […]
Zulfkar reviews progress on projects under Tribal Affairs

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 07: Minister for Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today directed the concerned agencies to expedite the works on all ongoing projects under Tribal affairs for providing better facilities to the Gujjar and Bakerwal students of the state. The Minister said this in a meeting convened here […]
Radio Mirchi Team calls on Governor

JAMMU,: An 11 member team of Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM led by Ms. Khushboo Mattoo, Programming Head, J&K, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan here today and apprised him about the brand positioning and the programming content of the Radio Mirchi. Governor complimented the Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM team for successful completion of […]
Government to provide free education to 120 girls across J&K: Altaf Bukhari

JAMMU,: Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today announced that the State government will provide free education to 120 girls across the state who desire to pursue their Graduation or Post Graduation from IGNOU. The State government will pay fees of these girl students, he said. The Minister was speaking during a program on […]
Big Relief for Businesses: JK retains assessment powers under GST

JAMMU: In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir Government has retained the tax assessment and administration powers under Goods and Services Tax regime, which was an intractable issue post-GST implementation. “In a welcome move, the Union Finance Ministry has agreed to our contention of retaining cent percent assessment powers by the state’s tax administration for […]