Srinagar: Pending assent by the Governor, a new law having life span of only one year is on the horizon to provide legal cover to thousands of unauthorized structures in the twin capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu besides Katra town against forcible action by any local authority. However, before the all important nod to […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has stayed transfer of Technical Officer to Regional Director Kashmir in state Pollution Control Board. The stay order was passed by a bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey on a petition by Bilal Ahmad Khan of Umarhair Buchpora here. In his plea, Khan has said that he is substantively […]
Pampore: The students and parents of Pampore Township in south Kashmir have urged the authorities concerned to introduce Commerce stream in Boys Higher Secondary School Pampore. According to the locals, the school was established in 1955 but since then there have been no efforts to introduce the stream in the institution. The students from the […]
SRINAGAR: Condemnations continued to pour in on Wednesday against the expulsion of Kashmiri students from Swami Vivekananda Subharti University (SVSU) in Meerat. Jama’at-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir while “strongly condemning the harassment to Kashmiri students in Indian states” said that such incidents have become a routine. “It has become a routine to harass Kashmiri Muslim students […]
Bilal Habib Pampore: One person was killed and 24 others injured, including 11 tourists from Maharashtra, in three separate road accidents in Jammu region, officials said Wednesday. They said a vehicle met with an accident at Bakhad Sunderbani on Wednesday, leaving dead Asad Parvez, son of Mohammad Aslam, of Budoon Rajouri, and injuring Zahoor Ahmad, […]
SRINAGAR: More than 75 businessmen from 28 countries are participating in ‘5th Buyer-Seller Meet’ organized from March 8 to 10 at SKICC here to exhibit and promote Kashmir handicrafts to ‘international craft lovers’. “Buyers from Germany, USA, Turkey, Slovakia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Canada, Australia etc are visiting to participate in the event and we […]
SRINGAR: Axis Bank, a private sector bank, inaugurated its 23rd branch in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday at Fruit Mandi, Parimpora here, a company spokesperson said. The branch was inaugurated by Town President, Ashraf Bhat and the ATM was inaugurated by president Fruit Growers Association, Hilal Mandu. On the occasion senior officials of the bank […]
JAMMU: Elections to 16th Lok Sabha in J&K are going to be held in five phases from April 10. All arrangements in this regard have been made and Model Code of Conduct has already come into force. This was disclosed by Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Umang Narula at a news conference here Wednesday. The CEO […]
New Delhi: The Indian government has approved payment of 8.75 per cent rate of interest on PF deposits in 2013-14 for over five crore subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO. “The Finance Ministry has given its concurrence to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation’s (EPFO) trustees’ decision to provide 8.75 per cent rate of interest to […]
BUDGAM: District Development Commissioner, Budgam, Khurshid Ahmed Shah convened a meeting to review the achievements of banks viz disbursement to district credit plan till December 2013, an official spokesperson said. The banks in the district have disbursed an amount of Rs 249.17 crores out of the target of Rs 384.01 crores thus achieving 64.89 percent […]