An enthralling cultural programme was held as part of the ‘weekly cultural programme series’ titled “Culture on Cruise”, here last evening. The event was organized by J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) in association with Tourism Department Kashmir. The programme saw performances from JK’s famous artists Manzoor Ahmad Shah and Raashid Jehangir which […]
District Development Commissioner (DDC), Kupwara, Khalid Jahangir today conducted a ‘public contact programme’ (PCP) at Zachaldara, Rajwar, where scores of inhabitants belonging to Rajwar area of Handwara Tehsil participated. Speaking on the occasion, the DDC said that the reason to hold PCP in the district is to provide governance to people at their doorsteps and […]
Central University of Kashmir (CUK) Chancellor, Dr. Srikumar Banerjee today visited different campuses of the varsity and held detailed interactions and threadbare discussions with the faculty, administrative staff, research scholars and class representatives, about the overall functioning of the university. Flanked by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir, Registrar, Prof. M Afzal Zargar, Finance […]
A meeting of the Committee on Petitions of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council was held here today under the Chairmanship of MLC, S. Charanjeet Singh to discuss and examine the petitions filed before the Committee. Legislators, Surinder Mohan Ambardar and Muzaffar Ahmed Parray participated in the meeting and contributed their valuable views and suggestions on […]
Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi today complimented the Jammu and Kashmir government for making reasonable progress, amid challenging situation, on the key developmental projects taken up in the state under Prime Minister’s Developmental Package (PMDP). The Union Home Secretary was speaking at a high-level meeting convened here this morning to review the progress on […]
Member of Parliament, Muzaffar Hussain Baig today laid the foundation to develop Wagoora, a village in the North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, as a Model Village under centrally sponsored Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY), aimed to develop the basic infrastructure in rural areas. Under the SAGY, village Wagoora is the first village that was chosen under […]
Jammu and Kashmir has been conferred with the best Romantic Honeymoon destination award at 5th International Travel- Tourism Conclave & Travel Awards (ITCTA) ceremony held here the other day. The award was received by Additional Secretary Tourism, Gulzar Ahmad Shabnam on behalf of the Tourism Department. The Function was attended by Tourism stakeholders of various […]
Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Information Choudhary Zulfkar Ali today chaired a meeting to discuss the impact of GST on unsold stock of pre-packed commodities. The officers of Commercial Taxes, Legal Metrology and FCS&CA discussed preventive measures to check profiteering on unsold stock of pre-packed commodities after the implementation […]
The government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) prices by Rs 4 per cylinder every month to eliminate all the subsidies by March next year, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday. The government had previously asked Indian Oil (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) to raise rates […]