Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta, today stressed that proper guidance and counseling at the right time greatly help the students to understand their abilities and enabling them to choose an apt career and excel . The Speaker said this while addressing a gathering after inaugurating a two-day long “Edunius XPO-2017” in which […]
On the initiative of District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, the district administration has notified the schedule of 112 Public Service Delivery camps and grievance redressal camps to be organized across the district during June 2017. These camps are aimed at providing services like Permanent Resident Certificate (State Subject), Caste Certificate (ST/SC/OSC/OBC), Income […]
Former Minister and State Congress President Professor Saifuddin Soz has expressed displeasure with National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi for not taking his complaint seriously. Soz had lodged a complaint against an Indian army officer who used innocent Farooq Ahmed Dar, a Central Kashmir resident as Human Shield on April 9, 2017. In a communiqué […]
Veteran separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Gelani said that the recent statements by the Indian Army Chief reflect that he is a man of Jan Sangh ideology. Geelani while referring to the commendation letter to Major Googoi and General Rawat’s explanation, said that tall claims of Indian leadership about being a largest democracy, is nothing […]
On World No Tobacco Day, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has sought complete ban on tobacco products in Kashmir. President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that ban on tobacco products would prevent people from getting or dying from cancer. According to reports, about forty percent of cancer cases occur due to consumption […]
After banning the lone cafeteria functioning in the University campus in April this year, authorities at the University of Kashmir are all set to introduce the ‘dhabas’ for the students. “We have done all the arrangements and we will be opening three dhabas in the campus after the Eid festival is over,” Chief Proctor, KU […]
Minister of State for Forest, Environment, Animal & Sheep Husbandry, Cooperative and Fisheries, Mir Zahoor Ahmad, today underscored the need for making all existing Cooperative Business units and Milk plants profitable and commercially viable. He also called for revival of poultry through cooperatives in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Chairing a meeting with the […]
In a significant move towards ensuring transparency in advertisement distribution and release of payments, the Department of Information & Public Relations (DIPR) today uploaded, on its official website, the details of the payment made to individual newspapers and periodicals on account of advertisement bills during the financial year 2016-17. The details of the payment are […]
A deputation of Industries Association Kathua called on Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh and projected various issues related to the development of Kathua Industrial Estate and overall Industrial scenario in the state. Commissioner Secretary PDD Dheeraj Gupta, Chief Engineer PDD Jammu Ashwani Gupta, Development Commissioner Power Asgar Ali and other concerned officers were […]
Health activists have urged the government to tax bidis at 28 percent in order to ensure that the use of bidis is curtailed to a large extent. “Taxing bidis below 28% under GST will cause a sharp increase in bidi consumption and further aggravate the public health and economic burden caused by bidi use in […]