SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) is going to hold three day trials from February 28, to pick players for Steel Authority of India Limited , a press statement issued by the JKFA said. The trials will be held at Polo Ground at 2:30 pm to 4:00pm. Players short listed by the JKFA selection […]
JAMMU: Tourism is the key sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s economy and accounts for 6.98 percent of the state’s GDP, government said on Tuesday. Minister for Tourism GA Mir stated this in a written reply to a question in the Legislative Council. Development projects for Mughal Road lake circuit and Girgan, valley of seven lakes, […]
Jammu: Legislative Assembly Tuesday erupted in pandemonium as members held protests over the approval of use of red beacons for public servants while they were denied the privilege, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House. The state cabinet yesterday approved the use of red beacons to the Governor, Chief Minister, Chief Justice, Chief Secretary, DGP […]
DUBAI: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi progressed to the doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Championships after overcoming qualifiers Nikolay Davydenko and Victor Hanescu via Super Tie breaker. The second seeded Indo-Pak pair defeated the Russian-Romanian combo 6-1 5-7 10-8 in one hour and 28 minutes in the opening round of the $2,359,935 hard […]
JAMMU: Governor NN Vohra Tuesday approved for laying before the State Legislature, the Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on Appropriation Accounts 2012-13, Finance Accounts 2012-13, (Volume-1 & Volume-2), State Finances for the year ended 31st March, 2013 and on Revenue Sector and Public Sector undertakings (Social, General and Economic Sector) for […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today referred the issue of legalising euthanasia in the country to a five- judge Constitution bench, saying there has been “inconsistent” opinion in its previous verdicts on withdrawing medical support to terminally ill patients. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that it is extremely important to […]
BY JAWED NAQVI THE news that pacifist-scholar Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has joined India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will further confound political punters. Some of them were already watching the motley group as a dark horse in the arriving parliamentary race. Others were warily seeing in it a spoiler, at least, for […]
New Delhi: Asking Muslims to give Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance “at least once”, its president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made a bid to woo the community ahead of the Lok Sabha elections by saying the party is willing to apologise for any “mistake”, an apparent reference to Gujarat riots. “Please note that whenever, […]
Jammu: Having recently approved 659 new administrative units in the state, Jammu and Kashmir government now requires nearly Rs 1557 crore annually for creation of requisite infrastructure for the newly-created administrative units. Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Ajaz Ahmed Khan informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that nearly Rs 1557 crore would be required annually […]
MIRPUR: Bangladesh’s premier pacer Mashrafe Mortaza today said that beating a heavyweight Indian cricket team is no longer considered as an “upset” as the hosts have defeated them on a few occasions in the near past including the last edition of Asia Cup. “I don’t count a win against India as an upset. We have […]