JAMMU: Government had given approval to two cement factories to be set up in Pirpanjal range, MoS Industries and Commerce, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo said on Monday. The M/S Saraf Cement Factory will be set up in Solki, Kalakote in Rajouri district and M/S Himalayan Foot Hill Cement Private Limited at Chakrara Mandi in Poonch district, […]
Jammu: Government Monday said reports on railway projects to connect Jammu to Poonch and Baramulla to Kupwara have been submitted to the Railway Board, but are yet to be sanctioned. “Reports on railway projects connecting Jammu-Poonch (Jammu region) and Baramulla-Kupwara (Kashmir region), based on a preliminary engineering-cum-traffic survey carried out by the Northern Railways Construction […]
JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah approved promotion of six IPS officers of 1996 batch to the Super Time Scale (ii)-IGP Pay Band 4 (Rs37400-67000)+ GP 10,000. The promotes are: Avtar Singh Bali, Sham Lal Sharma, Jagjit Kumar, Shafqat Ali Watali and Mubarik Ahmed Ganie with […]
BARCELONA :Targeted at fast growing low-cost smartphone markets like India, Nokia Monday launched the much anticipated Android-based smartphones starting at euro 89 (about Rs 7,600). The company introduced three smartphones, based on a modified version of the Android, called Android open source project (AOSP), for the X series. “The X range of phones is targeted […]
SRINAGAR: LPG dealers have called off their strike, after a government of India assurance to address their grievances, All Kashmir LPG Distributors Association said late Monday evening. Secretary of the association, Abdul Hamid told Kashmir Reader that the strike has been postponed after the GOI held talks with the All India LPG Distribution Union’s where […]
Srinagar: A suspected drug peddler and five alleged gamblers were Monday arrested in two separate incidents in Anantnag and Srinagar districts of Kashmir Valley, police said. Shabir Ahmad Shah, a resident of Devsar village of Kulgam, was arrested along with 250 gm charas during a checking at Akoora Crossing in Anantnag district, a police spokesman […]
SRINAGAR: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah Monday chaired a meeting of Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) of Srinagar International Airport. The meeting discussed various issues pertaining to development and improvements for the benefit of passengers travelling through Srinagar International Airport. “We reiterated our demand to name the Srinagar Airport as Sheikh-Ul-Alam International […]
New Delhi: The Indian government on Monday said it has simplified the process of sanction and payment of pension for its employees by revising the application and disbursement forms among others. “The objective is to simplify the forms as well as to do away with the requirement of submission of affidavit and to accept all […]
Islamabad: In a fresh twist to the decades-old Kashmir dispute, the President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) has said that talks can be held with India on any proposal for an independent state of Jammu and Kashmir. “We are ready to consider the option if India comes to the negotiating table and puts forward the idea […]
JAMMU: The Cabinet which met here Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah accorded sanction to the creation of 314 posts of various categories for implementation of ICDS in the Mission mode in the state. The Cabinet also accorded sanction to the transfer of state land measuring 240 kanals and 09 marlas situated […]