Committed to privatising most PSUs: Modi

Committed to privatising most PSUs: Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the government has no business to be in business and his administration is committed to privatising all PSUs, barring the bare minimum in four strategic sectors. “It is government’s duty to support enterprises and businesses. But it is not essential that it should own and run […]

Mission Director NHM inspects examination centers at Jammu

JAMMU: Mission Director, National Health Mission, Jammu and Kashmir, Choudhary Mohammed Yasin, today inspected examination centres established at Jammu for selection of candidates for 6 months Certificate Course in Community Health. Pertinently, these certificate courses in Community Health are aimed at to strengthen Primary Health Care through Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs) across the UT […]

Government ready to talk with farmers on three laws after unions’ response on its offer: Tomar

Government ready to talk with farmers on three laws after unions’ response on its offer: Tomar

NEW DELHI: The government is ready to resume talks with protesting farmers if they respond to its offer to put the three contentious farm laws on hold for one-and-a-half year and work out the difference during that time through a joint committee, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said Wednesday. The government and unions representing farmers, […]

Protective gear, earth conductors: Power dept finally gets serious about safety of field staff

Protective gear, earth conductors: Power dept finally gets serious about safety of field staff

Srinagar: The Power Development Department of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday took some long-awaited and much-welcome steps to protect the lives of its employees, many of whom die or are grievously injured in the line of duty. The accidents occur mostly when the line staff are fixing transmission lines on poles, especially during the winter. […]

Charges ‘heinous’: Court rejects bail for Waheed Parra

Charges ‘heinous’: Court rejects bail for Waheed Parra

Srinagar: A special court rejected the bail application of PDP leader Waheed Parra on Tuesday, saying the charges against him were “grave, serious and heinous in nature” and that a preliminary analysis of evidence collected so far show he was aiding militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in the garb of a politician. In a 19-page […]

Freedom of speech includes right to seek global audience: Judge grants Disha Ravi bail

Freedom of speech includes right to seek global audience: Judge grants Disha Ravi bail

New Delhi: In a blow to Delhi police, a court here granted bail on Tuesday to climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a “toolkit” on social media related to the farmers’’ protest, terming evidence produced by police as scanty and sketchy. The court said there is nothing on […]

In bail plea, Nodeep Kaur says was beaten up by police

In bail plea, Nodeep Kaur says was beaten up by police

Chandigarh: Labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur in her bail plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court has claimed that she was severely beaten up at a police station after her arrest by the Sonipat police last month. The 23-year-old activist, hailing from Punjab’s Muktsar district, has also claimed that her medical examination was not […]

Wadipora in Shopian ‘epicentre’ of bird flu, Sec 144 imposed

Wadipora in Shopian ‘epicentre’ of bird flu, Sec 144 imposed

Shopian: Authorities have imposed restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC in Wadipora area of Shopian after test reports of dead crows found there came positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. On the 8th of this month, samples of dead crows found in Wadipora were taken for tests by the authorities. The reports arrived on […]

Virus detected in domestic geese in Bandipora

Virus detected in domestic geese in Bandipora

Bandipora: A day after cases of avian influenza (H5N8) popularly known as bird flu were reported among crows in Anantnag and Shopian districts of south Kashmir, cases of avian influenza have now been reported among domestic geese in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. An official said that samples of a few geese were taken a few […]

No license required to operate stone crushers in J&K

No license required to operate stone crushers in J&K

JAMMU: In its resolve to promote ‘Ease of Doing Business’, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday notified the J&K Stone Crushers/ Hot and Wet Mixing Plants Regulation Rules, 2021, which have dispensed with the requirement of a license to start operation of stone crushers/ hot and wet mixing plants in Jammu and Kashmir. […]