Modi, Trump talk over phone, discuss key bilateral issues
New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held a telephonic conversation during which they took positive note of bilateral cooperation in areas of defence, counter terrorism and energy, officials said. During the conversation, they exchanged new year greetings and expressed satisfaction at the continued growth of the India-US […]
Improving grievance redressal mechanism
Every other day the government issues statements about the number of complaints received by various departmental heads and grievance sections set up by the government against various government departments. We also get the number of complaints resolved and an impression is given that the grievance redressal mechanism is working with utmost perfection and commitment. But […]
JK Bank jumps to 3rd place among the banks across India in digital transactions
Srinagar: In continuation to the mission of moving towards ‘Digital India Campaign’ and strengthening its digital footprint further, J&K Bank has scaled to number three position in achieving targets in digital payment transactions upto third quarter of current financial year. The data available from ‘DigiDhan Dashboard’ platform of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government […]
Class 12th Results: Students of Govt Schools come out with flying colors
Bag all top positions in Science, Arts streams
Srinagar: Students of the government schools have again come out with flying colors in Higher Secondary Part-II (12th class) examinations in Kashmir division bagging top positions. Displaying extraordinary performance in Arts stream, the students of government-run educational institutions have walked away with first 5 positions scoring between 98.6% and 98% marks. Hadia Noor of Government Girls […]
Willing to mediate in resolving tangled Kashmir issue: Norwegian PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on Monday said her country was willing to mediate between India and Pakistan to solve tangled Kashmir problem provided both sides wanted the same. In an interview with NDTV, Solberg said the Kashmir problem could not be solved only from a military standpoint, and that popular support […]
J&K seeks adjournment of hearing on plea challenging resettlement Act-1982
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Monday sought adjournment of the Supreme Court hearing on a plea challenging the validity of the sensitive J&K Resettlement Act of 1982, saying that there is no elected government at present in the state which is under the President’s rule. It said that since the challenge is to the state […]
GMC Srinagar condoles demise of ex HODs
Srinagar: A condolence meeting was held here at Government Medical College (GMC) under the chairmanship of Principal and Dean, Dr. Samia Rashid to condole the demise of two former heads of the department, Dr. Abdul Ahad, ex-HOD Anesthesiology and Dr. Sheikh Abdul Ahad ex-HOD ENT. The condolence meeting was attended by the faculty and staff […]
Damage to WSS: JE suspended for negligence in Bandipora
FIR being filed against accused Sarpanch
Bandipora: A Junior Engineer of Public Health Engineering (Hydraulic) was placed under suspension on Monday for failing to safeguard the public Services infrastructure. The 6-inch diameter pipeline of Haptnar Water Supply scheme was damaged earlier this month after a local Sarpanch illegally deployed a mechanical excavator (JCB) to land fill his house premises and damaged […]
JK Law Commission: Justice Hanjura appointed founding Chairperson
Jammu: Justice (Retd) M K Hanjura has been appointed as the founding Chairperson of the Jammu & Kashmir State Law Commission. According to an order issued by the Law Department, the terms and conditions of the Chairperson shall be governed by the Government Order No: 3379-LD(A) of 2017 dated: 04-08-2017. As per the said order the […]