Over 5,000 online applications received by J&K industries for land allotment
‘New proposals promise investment of Rs. 60,000 crore’, say officials Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir industries department has received over 5,000 online applications for land allotment since November 2022, pledging an investment of nearly Rs. 60,000 crore, officials said on Friday. The applicants have proposed to set up factories and other industrial units with an […]
Police on lookout for 2019 Jammu bus stand blast accused
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police are on the lockout for a person involved in a blast at a bus stand here in 2019, in which two people died and 32 others were injured. The police are putting up posters of the accused across the city. “We have put up posters of the accused involved in […]
Two children dead, 15 sick from food poisoning in Udhampur
Jammu: Two children have died, and fifteen others fell ill allegedly due to food poisoning at a wedding party in Udhampur district, officials said. “The children showed symptoms of intense vomiting and diarrhoea and were admitted to the hospital,” the Medical Superintendent of the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital Udhampur, Dr Sanjeev Sharma, said. “They […]
CS reviews evolving Industrial scenario of J&K
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, Friday chaired a meeting of Industries & Commerce Department to take assessment of the evolving Industrial scenario in J&K. The Commissioner Secretary, I&C; Principal Secretary, Finance; Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir/Jammu; Secretary, Revenue; Secretary, Law; MD, JKTPO; DG, Codes; Director, EDI; Director Industries, Jammu/Kashmir and other concerned officers attended the meeting. Outstation […]
Independence Day celebrations: Army, BSF top brass review security preparedness along LoC, IB in Jammu
Jammu: Ahead of Independence Day, top brass of Army and Border security Force (BSF) reviewed security preparedness along Line of Control and International Border in Jammu on Friday. The Army Commander Northern Command Lieutenant General MV Suchindra Kumar accompanied by senior military officers visited Rajouri sector along Line of Control, while Y B Khurania, Special […]
JKHC summons IAS officer in criminal contempt case
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday summoned Ganderbal deputy commissioner Shyambir Singh in an alleged criminal contempt case and directed him to appear before it in person on August 5. A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Sanjeev Kumar directed Singh to answer the charges of criminal contempt […]
New record of over 7.28 cr income-tax returns filed: Tax dept
New Delhi: Income tax returns (ITRs) touched a new record of over 7.28 crore, 7.5 per cent higher compared to previous fiscal, by the July 31 deadline, the income tax department said on Friday. The total number of ITRs for assessment year 2024-25 filed till July 31, 2024 is more than 7.28 crore, which is […]
Centre spent Rs 36,397 crore on procurement of COVID vaccines: Govt
New Delhi: The government of India has incurred an expenditure of Rs 36,397.65 crore till date towards the procurement of Covid vaccines for free supply to states and Union Territories under the National Covid Vaccination Programme, Minister of State for Health Prataprao Jadhav told the Lok Sabha on Friday. As on July 29, 2024, a […]
WHO report on half of India’s population is physically unfit based on extrapolations: Nadda
New Delhi: The WHO’s recent report stating that half of India’s adult population is physically unfit relied on data collected only from three states and one UT, and the results were extrapolated through a modelling technique indicating inbuilt methodological issues, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Responding to a […]
BSF DG, special DG’s tenure cut short; repatriated to state cadres
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday removed BSF Director General (DG) Nitin Agrawal and his deputy Special DG (West) Y B Khurania, sending them back to their respective state cadres with immediate effect, according to a government order. Agrawal is a 1989-batch Kerala cadre officer, while Khurania belongs to the 1990-batch of the Odisha cadre. […]
