US wants G20 to help reshape multilateral development banks like IMF and World Bank

Washington, Sep 7 (PTI) The US wants the G20 countries to help reshape and scale up multilateral development banks like the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, a top White House official has said. White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communication John Kirby said on Wednesday the US will make it clear […]
BRO to construct airfield at strategic Nyoma belt of eastern Ladakh

Jammu, Sep 7 (PTI) The Border Roads Organisation will construct an airfield at an estimated cost of Rs 218 crore at the strategic Nyoma belt of eastern Ladakh. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the airfield on September 12 through videoconferencing. The Nyoma Advanced Landing Ground has been used […]
US President Biden all set to travel to India for G20 Summit: WH

Washington, Sep 7 (PTI) US President Joe Biden is all set to visit India and is “very excited” about the important initiatives he will be championing at the G20 Summit in New Delhi, according to senior White House officials. Biden will follow the COVID-19 guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during […]
India is ‘right country’ at ‘right time’ to hold G20 presidency: British PM

New Delhi: India’s diversity and its extraordinary successes means it is the “right country” at the “right time” to hold the G20 presidency, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday, as he hailed Narendra Modi’s leadership over the last year, noting that India’s presidency of the bloc came when the world is facing innumerable […]
CS inaugurates e-Daakhil Portal for JK
Portal to allow consumers e-file complaints, appeals
SRINAGAR: In a step towards responsive governance, the Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, inaugurated the ‘e-Daakhil Portal’ for Jammu & Kashmir, here Wednesday. Commissioner Secretary, FCS&CA, Deputy Director General, NIC, New Delhi and President, State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, were also present during the launch, along with other senior officers. The portal provides a […]
Lt Guv addresses the Foundation Day celebration of SMVDSB
Announces Children Education Allowance for all the employees of the Shrine Board
KATRA: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday addressed a ceremony organized to commemorate Foundation Day of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and Annual day of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Gurukul, Katra at Matrika Auditorium of SMVD University. The Lt Governor inaugurated Gayatri Bhawan, a residential complex for the employees of the Shrine Board at Nomain. […]
Properties of terrorists sitting across LoC to be seized: DGP
Rajouri: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Wednesday said that properties of terrorists who fled to Pakistan from various parts of UT to take shelter there are being attached and the process will continue. “We have a list of terrorists who are natives of J&K and were operating in various parts […]
Emergency events: DoT soon to launch service to alert people through SMS
Jammu: People in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh will soon have ‘new safety messaging’ with ‘warning sounds’ and ‘auto-readout alerts’ to warn them about emergency situations, an official said. The feature is the consequence of a Cell Broadcast Alert System (CBAS), successfully conducted by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recently. “The tests have been conducted. […]
Two revenue officials ‘assaulted’ by policemen in Ramban
Ramban/Jammu: Two revenue officials, including a naib tehsildar, were allegedly assaulted by some police personnel in Ramban district, triggering a protest by their colleagues and clerical staff. Although the senior officials are tight-lipped over the alleged incident, which occurred at the hill resort of Sanasar late on Tuesday, official sources said a team led by […]
Five irrigation officials among nine chargesheeted for encroaching govt land
Jammu: Crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against nine persons, including five former officials of the irrigation department, for alleged encroaching of a piece of state land here, and constructing a building and setting up a petrol pump on it. The Economic Offences Wing of Crime Branch Jammu filed […]