Srinagar: Omar Abdullah was on Thursday unanimously elected as the leader of the National Conference legislature party, party president Farooq Abdullah said here. “A meeting of the legislature party was held where everyone unanimously chose Omar Abdullah as its leader,” the senior Abdullah said. He said a meeting of the pre-poll alliance partners would be […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) vice president and the Chief Ministerial candidate Omar Abdullah has said that the bureaucrats are accountable to an elected government. Omar, who was once elected as India’s youngest Chief Minister and is now set to take that chair again, although with less powers, said, a DC (District […]
Srinagar, October 10: Pandurang K. Pole, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) J&K accompanied by Pramod Kumar Sharma, Principal Secretary, Election Commission of India; Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, Special Secretary and Anil Salgotra, Joint CEO in Chief Electoral Office, J&K met the Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan today. A copy of the Notification issued by […]
Jammu: The Election Commission of India has officially lifted the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) following the declaration of results for the Assembly Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. In a directive issued today, the Commission informed the Cabinet Secretary and Chief Secretaries of the respective […]
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired the 35th University Council Meeting of SKUAST Kashmir, at Raj Bhawan today. The University Council discussed important policy matters and gave in-principle approvals to various agenda points for overall development and administrative functioning of the University. The Lt Governor emphasised the need to have university’s own Seed Centre for […]
Jammu: A senior Army officer on Thursday visited the hinterland areas in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district district and reviewed the security situation and operational preparedness of the troops deployed on ground zero. General Officer Commanding of the Army’s 16 Corps, Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva, along with GoC Counter insurgency force Romeo visited Dera Ki […]
MUMBAI: The final rites of renowned industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata were performed with full state honours at a central Mumbai crematorium on Thursday evening. The Mumbai police paid tribute to Tata with a gun salute. The industry titan’s family members, including the half-brother Noel Tata, and top executives from the Tata Group like chairman […]
Srinagar: A whopping 84 per cent of newly elected MLAs in Jammu and Kashmir are crorepatis, a 9 per cent increase from 2014, with average declared assets of Rs 11.43 crore, according to data compiled by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR). The average declared assets of MLAs have more than doubled from Rs 4.56 […]
Kishtwar, October 10: District Magistrate, Kishtwar by virtue of powers vested under Section 163 (1) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita has issued an order. It was observed that the unauthorised persons who are neither on the Rolls of private companies carrying contracts of Hydro Electric Projects nor the employees of CVPPL, usually visit the project sites […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today flagged off India’s longest cycling expedition from Polo View Ground that would be culminating at the farthest point of the country, Kanyakumari. The expedition mainly sponsored by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is the 2nd edition of ‘Race Across India’ participated by 22 teams including national as well […]