Submit weekly progress report on Monday’s by 11:00 AM: Chief Secretary directs Railway Authorities, reviews progress of USB Rail Link Project
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam chaired the Apex Committee meeting to review the progress of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project. Principal Secretary, Home , Financial Commissioner Revenue, J&K, Principal Secretary, Planning Development & Monitoring Department, Administrative Secretaries of the Departments Forest, Ecology & Environment, PDD, Revenue and Tourism, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Chief […]
Government revives Road Accident Victims Fund – Rules also approved
SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved notification of the “Road Accident Victims Fund” along with scheme for realization and disbursal of amount. The objective of the fund is to provide immediate succor to the dependents/ kith and kins/ legal heirs of the persons killed/ […]
Petrol, diesel to be costlier; tax on super-rich, gold imports
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles. […]
Pakistan completes 80 per cent work on Kartarpur Corridor: engineer
Lahore, Jul 5 (PTI) Pakistan has completed over 80 per cent of the work on the Kartarpur Corridor from the zero line to Gurdwara Sahib, a senior engineer working on the project has said, as officials from India and Pakistan are scheduled to meet in a fortnight. The engineer expressed hope to finish the remaining work […]
Protest in Srinagar against govt order banning civilian traffic on J-K NH during Amarnath yatra
Srinagar, Jul 5 (PTI) Peoples United Front — an alliance between the parties of bureaucrat-turned-politician Shah Faesal and former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid — Friday staged a sit-in here to protest the ban on civilian traffic on a stretch of Srinagar-Jammu national highway for over five hours a day during Amarnath yatra. Members of the front […]
Govt proposes FDI norm relaxation in media, aviation, insurance, single brand retail
New Delhi: The government Friday proposed relaxation in the FDI norms for sectors such as media, aviation, insurance, and single brand retail with a view to attract more overseas investment. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in his Budget speech said that India’s FDI inflows in 2018-19 grew by 6 per cent to USD 64.37 billion. “I […]
Shopian Encounter: Hideout busted, clashes ensue, youth injured
Srinagar: Goverment forces on Friday morning busted a militant hideout amid an operation in which a one militant was killed in an orchards at Narwani area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Reports reaching GNS said that the joint team of Army and SOG busted a hideout and recovered utensils beside gas cylinder amid the […]
International Court of Justice to announce verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav case on July 17
Hague: International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to announce on July 17 its verdict in a case concerning Kulbushan Jadhav, an alleged Indian spy who was arrested in 2016 and sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for fomenting “terrorism” in Balochistan and Karachi, media reports said. “I have the honour to inform […]
25-year old youth found dead inside water reservoir in Achabal forests
Srinagar: A body of 25-year old youth was found inside a water tank at Achabal area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday. Reports reaching GNS said that some locals spotted the body inside water tank (water reservoir) constructed by PHE department in forest area of Achabal and immediately informed police about it. A […]
