No assembly polls in JK: Omar & Mehbooba react sharply
Srinagar: Elections for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, which was dissolved after the ruling coalition between the BJP and the PDP fell apart, will not be held along with the Lok Sabha polls, ECI said. Two former Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, reacted sharply in a series of tweets. […]
Guv launches 19 ‘Government to Citizen’ online services
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday launched 19 ‘Government to Citizen’ online services of seven departments on the State Services Delivery Gateway here. The online mode of ‘Government to Citizen’ services is developed by the Jammu and Kashmir e-Governance Agency, Information Technology department in collaboration with CDAC Mumbai and will be […]
Former legislator leads protest against ban on Jamaat
Handwara: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and former MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday led a protest march against the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and detentions all across the Valley. As per a statement issued here, AIP spokesman said protesters while holding placards, demanding revocation of ban on Jamaat and an end to what […]
JKPC and NPP leaders meets Guv in Jammu
Jammu: Leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference and the National Panthers Party (NPP) separately met Governor Satya Pal Malik here and discussed the prevailing situation in the state, officials said Saturday. JK People’s Conference chairman Sajjad Gani Lone along with his colleague Imran Raza Ansari called on the governor at Raj Bhavan and […]
Fake GST Firms racket busted, goods worth Rs. 48 lakh seized
JAMMU: The State Taxes Department, Jammu busted a fake GST Firms racket operating from New Delhi and also in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. “On the basis of specific inputs the enforcement team of State Taxes Department, Jammu detained vehicle carrying goods worth Rs. 40 lakh to the State. “On physical inspection of the […]
Excise Deptt foils attempt to smuggle 1200 kgs of cigarettes
LAKHANPUR: Vigilant sleuths of Excise Department at Toll Post Lakhanpur in a successful operation foiled a major attempt of tax evaders to smuggle a huge cache of cigarettes weighing around 1200 kilograms outside the State. Cigarettes attract toll tax at the rate of Rs.4000 per quintal and evaders tried to hoodwink the toll authorities by […]
JKEDI holds boot camp at Ramban under Start-up Policy
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) Saturday organized a boot camp under the J&K Startup Policy at Ramban district of Jammu division. The camp was part of the boot camp campaign launched by the Institute in all the districts of the State under the recently introduced J&K Startup Policy for which JKEDI […]
Kashmir to get Barista products through CellAir Networks
Srinagar: Barista–pioneers of coffee culture in India are entering the Kashmir market in association with CellAir networks with an aim to cover 400 stores in next six months in the Valley. The company’s expansion into the valley has been in line with the well thought out strategy to enter into the FMCG segment of India, […]
Two month Green Skill Development prog concludes
JAMMU: In line with the Skill India Mission, the two month-long Green Skill Development programme organized by the Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing (DEE&RS) concluded here today. Commissioner/Secretary Forest, Ecology and Environment, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi had inaugurated the certificate course on ‘Sustain and Enhance Technical Knowledge in Solar Energy Systems’ under the skill […]
Halting advertisements to two major dailies regrettable, says KEG
Srinagar: Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) on Friday rued the unexplained halt of government advertisements to two major dailies published from Srinagar. “At a time when world’s largest democracy is readying for one of the major electoral exercises on earth, the KEG is lamenting over the continued denial and unexplained halt to the rightful disbursal of […]
