Reacting over the ‘threatening’ statement made by BJP leader, Venkaiah Naidu, Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman, Shabir Ahmad Shah Monday said the claims made by Vice-presidential candidate of NDA government are far from reality. According to the statement issued here, Shah termed Naidu’s remarks as ‘far from reality’ and said India is trying to continue […]
Governor N.N. Vohra chaired the 33rd meeting of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board at the Raj Bhavan today. The meeting was attended by Dr. (Prof.) Ved Kumari Ghai, Bhajan Sopori, Sunita Narain, Dr. Chander Mouli Raina and D.C. Raina, all Members of the Board, and by Umang Narula, CEO, Sh. Jitendra Kumar Singh, Additional CEO and […]
Director General of Police Dr. S.P Vaid today sanctioned scholarship of Rs. 2.58 lac in favour of 86 wards of serving police personnel. The scholarship of rupees three thousand each has been awarded to the students, who have secured seventy five per cent and above marks in class 8thduring the academic session 2016-17. Scholarships are […]
The Jammu and Kashmir state is likely to receive heavy rains on July 25 and 27 with other states as the India Meteorological Department has issued severe weather warning for the next four days in many states. The IMD said that Jammu and Kashmir will likely receive heavy rains on July 25 and 27 with […]
Director Information and Public Relations, Muneer-ul-Islam, today said that journalism in Jammu and Kashmir is still thriving with new media taking the centre stage. “We are in the process of reorienting the Department of Information and Public Relations to keep pace with the fast-changing media scenario around us,” the Director Information said while interacting with […]
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today directed the Administrative Secretaries to undertake frequent field visits to assess the execution of developmental projects on the ground and intervene on the spot in case of any difficulty or bottleneck. Chairing a review meeting of key developmental projects in the Districts of Reasi, Poonch and Rajouri here today, the […]
Minister for Public Works Naeem Akhtar has expressed concern on the slow pace of work on certain sections of the under construction four-lane Qazigund-Srinagar sector of Srinagar-Jammu highway. The Minister urged the concerned authorities to expedite the work on the highway. He directed the officials to ensure that the highway along with bypasses is completed […]
Minister for Horticulture, Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari convened a meeting to review the functioning of Horticulture department in Jammu division. Minister of State for Education, Tourism and Horticulture, Priya Sethi, Vice Chairman Horticulture Development Board, Abdul S. Reshi, Secretary Horticulture, M.H Malik, Director Horticulture Jammu, Bhawani Rakwal and senior functionaries of Horticulture Department attended the […]
A meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) of Legislative Assembly was held here today under the Chairmanship of legislator Mohammad Akbar Lone to review the functioning of PHE and Irrigation and Flood Control Departments. Threadbare discussions were held on the observations pointed out by the Comptroller and Auditor Generals Audit Paras pertaining to […]
District administration held one day work shop on GST here today to train and sensitize the stakeholders for proper conception and understanding of new tax regime GST. The workshop was attended by district officers, heads of educational and other institutions, traders, contractors, shopkeepers and other concerned people of the district. The trainers briefed the […]