Huge tourist arrivals- Don’t let prices escalate in view of demand: Secretary Tourism to stakeholders
SRINAGAR: Secretary, Tourism & Culture, Sarmad Hafeez reviewed the tourism scenario of Kashmir in a joint meeting of stakeholders and officers of the Department here Thursday. Chairing the meeting, the Tourism Secretary expressed satisfaction over the brisk tourist activity being witnessed in the Union Territory for which he complimented the stakeholders and the Department for […]
Imran Khan sold valuable Toshakhana gifts: PM Shehbaz
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused ousted premier Imran Khan of selling valuable Toshakhana gifts, including diamond jewellery, worth Rs 140 million in Dubai, inflicting a loss to the national exchequer. As per the country’s law, any gift received from dignitaries of a foreign state must be put in the state depository or […]
35,000 cases involving central, state govts pending in SC
New Delhi: Nearly 35,000 cases involving the central and state governments are pending in the Supreme Court since 2017, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Responding to a question on whether the government is aware that cases against the Centre and the state governments have increased manifold over the years, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju […]
Modern infrastructural facilities inaugurated for SMG
JAMMU: Commissioner Secretary, Transport, Hirdesh Kumar, Monday inaugurated modern infrastructure here at the workshop of State Motor Garages (SMG) for speedy and quality maintenance of vehicles of the department. He said that this up gradation of infrastructure will be immensely helpful towards ensuring quality and timely repair of departmental vehicles. He maintained that such a […]
UN blames Russia for Ukraine humanitarian crisis, urges aid
United Nations: The UN General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution blaming Russia for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival. The vote Thursday on the resolution was 140-5 with only Belarus, Syria, North Korea and Eritrea […]
A Lesson for Indian Polity
Desh Bir The manner in which the electorate of Punjab exercised its right to choose its legislators recently leaves many lessons for the elite members of the existing entrenched political parties which claim to have a right to lead the society and frame policies on its behalf, because they believe that they were born to […]
Job seeker becomes job provider: RSETI transforms the life of Shopian girl
SHOPIAN: Hailing from a nearby village Hajipora Herman, located at a distance of 15 Kms from District headquarter Shopian, Afroza Jan could not continue her studies after secondary school due to some economic constraints. Afroza had a desire to support her family financially to overcome the economic crisis that her family was going through and […]
