NEW DELHI: Showing a ray of hope, industrial output entered positive territory and recorded a 0.1 per cent growth in January after contracting for three months in a row. The marginal improvement in the index of industrial production (IIP) was mainly on account of higher power generation and mining sector output, while manufacturing declined. However, […]
Srinagar: The State Vigilance Commission (SVC) Wednesday sought personal appearance of the Investigating Officer (IO) in connection with a multi-crore land scam in Jammu under the Roshni scheme. The SVC also directed the IO to produce case diary of the case and also file the Status Report indicating the progress achieved so far. Advocate Shiekh […]
NEW DELHI: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today reported a 14 per cent increase in global sales in February at 30,487 units. The company’s sales were up 44 per cent in the China region, 12 per cent in North America, 16 per cent in Asia Pacific and 1 per cent in Europe, JLR said […]
JAMMU: The Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday organized one-day workshop to “sensitize” media persons on issues related to election process. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Umang Narula, Deputy Commissioner (District Election Officer), Jammu, A.K. Sahu, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Rishpal Singh, Joint Director Information, Ms. Samita Sethi, Consultant (SVEEP), S. Harcharn Singh, Resource Persons […]
Srinagar: The one-man commission probing the killing of four persons in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on September 7 last year allegedly at the hands of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Wednesday directed the paramilitary force’s counsel to appear before it along with witnesses on Thursday so that their statements can be recorded. Justice M L […]
Srinagar: Authorities have ordered disciplinary action against eight officials after they were found absent from duty in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “Acting on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Baramulla , Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone, to ensure attendance of employees in government offices, a team of officers toady paid surprise visits to various departments and found […]
NEW DELHI: India has more affordable labour than China, where the pay is more than double of what is being offered locally, a Towers Watson report says. According to the global professional services company, the sharp fall in the value of the rupee against the US dollar in 2013 contributed to reducing labour costs in […]
Jammu: Three people were killed and one girl injured in incidents of lightning strike in the Jammu region, officials said Wednesday. While one Farooq Ahmed died after being struck by lightning in the Jij area of Mahore tehsil in Reasi district, another victim, Ayoub, was killed in the Kotranka belt in Budhal tehsil of Rajouri […]
Srinagar: Admitting that many departments furnish incomplete details of their officials for Vigilance clearance, the J&K government on Wednesday ordered administrative heads to give complete bio data of the employees to General Administrative Department (Vigilance) to avoid delay in their regularization. According to a government circular [No. 16: GAD (Vig) of 2014, dated 12.03.2014], it […]
BY AJAY GUDAVARTHY Smaller States have been the new political mode of addressing basic issues that were otherwise left unresolved. However, fighting for a new state and reconstructing on a more sustainable democratic content are undoubtedly two different issues all together. One does not automatically promise the other, if there is anything to learn from […]