LoC flare-up: Five soldiers among six dead as India, Pak guns roar
A child was killed and a woman injured as the armies of India and Pakistan traded heavy fire and shelling on Monday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Pooch districts while an army man was killed in the exchange of gunfire. Pakistan also claimed that four of its soldiers had drowned due […]
Opposition votes for Meira, PDP-BJP for Kovind, Er Rashid abstains elections
Opposition parties national Conference (NC) and Congress voted for Presidential candidate, Meira Kumar, while as PDP and BJP cast their ballot in favour of NDA nominee, Ram Nath Kovind, here today. Independent candidate, Er Rashid, abstained from voting stating that the Congress didn’t keep its promise of not hanging parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Talking […]
India, Pak DGMOs hold meet to ‘de-escalate’ tensions
The Director General of Military Operation (DGMO) level talks were held between Indian and Pakistani side here today to de-escalate the tensions prevailing along the border. A central government spokesman said that the DGMO level talks on behest of Pakistan’s DGMO was held on 17 Jul 17. During the talks the Pak DGMO raised the […]
Army opens fire after altercation, leaves civilian injured
Army on Monday afternoon fired upon civilians after an altercation at Bijbehara in Anantnag that left one of them injured. A civilian sustained injuries after Army resorted to firing in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to officials Army soldiers stopped and started thrashing a man riding on a scoter. On seeing him […]
Finance Minister sets operational target for businesses to migrate to GST
Setting immediate operational target to achieve cent percent registration of businesses under GST, Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu, today directed the district administrations to work towards successful implementation of the new tax regime in J&K which will be beneficial for the consumers. “The biggest deterrent in the implementation of GST was the apprehension […]
Govt committed to boost JK’s industrial sector: Dy CM
Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh today said that the government is committed to provide the requisite support to the industrial sector so that their activities get the requisite boost which would result in the elevation of the economy of the State besides creating the job opportunities to the people. The Deputy Chief Minister was […]
GST Council to decide on more rate revisions
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Monday evening will hold a meeting through video-conferencing to discuss some rate revisions “which need urgent attention”. The meeting, called at a short notice, would be chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley through video-conferencing as state Finance Ministers were not in the national capital. Jaitley had fixed […]
JK bags best award in ‘Adventure Tourism Destination’ category at Chennai
The J&K Tourism Department has received the prestigious award in the category of ‘Best Adventure Tourism Destination and Eco-Tourism Destination’ at a 3-Day event organized by Indian International Travel Mart, Chennai . Deputy Director Tourism (Publicity) Peerzada Zahoor who was representing the J&K State received the award. During the Travel Mart, J&K stall which was […]
Two day ‘Women and Leadership’ conference begins at KU
Srinagar: A two-day conference titled ‘Women and Leadership’ began at the University of Kashmir on Monday. The national-level conference, organized by University’s Women’s Studies Center in collaboration with All India Women’s Conference (AIWC) New Delhi, was inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor Prof Khurshid Iqbal Andrabi. This is for the first time since the foundation of AIWC […]
Minister reviews augmentation of school infra under allied educational schemes
Minister of Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, today convened a meeting to review construction of buildings and other civil infrastructure in schools under different allied educational schemes and implementation of centrally sponsored schemes. The Meeting reviewed the overall progress of ongoing works under SSA, RMSA and District Capex for construction of Girls hostel buildings […]