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 […]
Div Com Kashmir virtually inaugurates daylong Revenue conference
KULGAM: District Administration Kulgam Thursday organized a daylong Revenue conference for Lamberdars and Chowkidars of the district. The training session was inaugurated by the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir Pandurang K Pole through virtual mode in presence of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat. Detailed deliberations were held on Chowkidari Act, 1956 and […]
JK gets Rs 1.42 lakh Cr budget for FY 2022-23
Education, Home department get highest allocations
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented a Rs 1.42-lakh-crore budget for Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2022-23 in Lok Sabha, amid opposition accusations that the government was rushing the proposals through Parliament. Notably, education department has been allocated the highest Rs 11,832.77 crore followed by Rs 10,831.18 crore for the home […]