Jammu: The government has increased the ex-gratia relief for victims of man-animal conflicts to Rs 3 lakh, the state Assembly was told. “The ex-gratia relief for the victims of man-animal conflicts has been increased to Rs 3 lakh. Several measures were taken to check the incidents,” state Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Mian Altaf […]
SRINAGAR: Committed to elevate the brand and ownership experience, Ford India Thursday augmented its sales and service network in the Kashmir valley with the inauguration of two facilities of Autowings Ford, a spokesperson of the company said here. “Of the newly inaugurated facilities in Srinagar and south Kashmir’s Anantnag town, Autowings Ford service facility at […]
New Delhi: The Indian government on Thursday gave its nod for setting up of two more Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) regional benches in Jabalpur and Srinagar. The Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the proposal, meeting a long-pending demand of armed forces for more AFT benches, official sources said. AFT has presently regional benches at Chandigarh, […]
Lahore: Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas on Thursday said that India should not be judged on the basis of their poor performances in the recent tours of South Africa and New Zealand as they would be a potent force for the upcoming Asia Cup in Bangladesh. “It would be a mistake to judge the Indian […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation (JKLF) Thursday condemned “the killing and mutilation of a Pulwama youth by Indian forces.” In a statement, JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik while condemning as “heinous” the killing by forces said that “people of Pulwama and the area where this young man has been martyred are protesting against this custodial […]
NEW DELHI: Reputed diagnostic pathology lab, Dr Lal Path Labs, has been directed by a Consumer Forum here to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to a paediatric specialist in an Army hospital for wrongly diagnosing her HIV positive nearly 11 years back. Noting that there were increasing number of complaints against the lab, New Delhi […]
Jammu: Government Thursday said that 14,345 hectares of forest land had so far been encroached upon in the state. In a written reply to the question of Congress member Mohammad Sharief Niaz in Assembly today, Forests Minister Mian Altaf Ahmed said that 14,345 hectares of forest land had been encroached upon — 9,463.39 hectares in […]
NEW DELHI: Government of India on Thursday announced a financial package of about Rs. 77.4 crore for the state-run HMT Limited and its subsidiary HMT Machine tools Ltd to make payments of salary, wages and statutory dues such as PF and gratuity to its employees. The decision to provide financial assistance to the two public […]
Jammu: Minister for Medical Education Taj Mohi-ud-Din Thursday said that there are 137 ventilators in various hospitals in J&K including SKIMS, Soura, Srinagar, GMCs of Jammu, Srinagar and their associate hospitals, district/sub-district and other health institutions. He was replying to a question by Mohammad Muzaffar Parray in the Legislative Assembly. KR Desk
Jammu: Two smugglers have been arrested and 366 kgs of poppy straw was recovered from their possession on Jammu-Srinagar highway in outskirts of Jammu, police said. During a routine checking, police intercepted a tanker at TCP Nagrota, 12-kms from here, yesterday and recovered 366 kgs of poppy straw from the vehicle, he said, adding the […]