Two drug peddlers, including a cop held
Jammu: A policeman was among two persons arrested here for alleged drug peddling, officials said Thursday. Around 100 grams of heroin was recovered from them, the officials claimed. Two pedestrians were intercepted at a check point in Gangyal area of the but they tried to flee from the spot last night, a police officer said. […]
BDO Verinag officials ‘fleecing’ beneficiaries
Anantnag: Taking undue advantage of the beneficiaries of various government sponsored schemes, the officials in Block development Office (BDO) Verinag here have allegedly charged Rs 1000 to almost 225 beneficiaries who were scheduled to get cheques during the Awareness camp. An awareness camp was scheduled to be held in Kapran area of Shahabad, being organized […]
‘Broadband connectivity in J&K areas low-courtesy lack of electricity’
New Delhi: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali Thursday said that access to e-commerce is important as half of the world’s population is offline and biggest thing that prevents consumer engagement in digital markets is lack of access to the internet. He said that broadband adoption in many […]
Ensure no delay in regularizing casual employees: Guv to FM
Jammu: Governor N. N Vohra Thursday urged Bukhari to see that there was no further delay in finalization of the Government’s orders in regard to the regularization of casual employees who have been working for several years now. Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, Minister for Education, Finance, Labour & Employment called on Governor N.N. Vohra at the […]
First SME Company from J&K lists on NSE
Mumbai: Jammu & Kashmir-based Sarveshwar Foods became the first small and medium enterprise (SME) from the state to make its debut on the capital market by getting listed on the National Stock Exchange. The company, which is engaged in the business of processing and marketing of branded and un-branded basmati and non-basmati rice, is the […]
Minister for removal of bottle-necks for implementation of govt schemes
Jammu: Minister of State for Forest, PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Cooperative, Animal Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Mir Zahoor Ahmad Thursday said that there is a need to provide loans to the maximum agriculturists of the State for which, he said the Bank authorities have to work with utmost dedication and put all out efforts […]
Kashmiri migrants employees to get HRA
Jammu: The Kashmiri migrant employees appointed under Prime Minister’s Special Package will be henceforth entitled to House Rent Allowance (HRA). “The employees appointed under Prime Minister’s Special Package for Return and Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Migrants provided with shared government accommodation at the transit camps shall be entitled to HRA at the rates as admissible […]
Govt committed to safeguard consumer rights: Minister
Jammu: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Choudhary Lal Singh today called for creating mass awareness about consumer rights and strengthening the public grievance redressal system. The Minister was addressing students, consumer rights activists, civil society members, traders and Government functionaries at a function organized by President Consumer Protection Organization D R Danish to […]
Tassaduq for preserving existing tourism infra
Jammu: Minister for Tourism, Tassaduq Hussain Mufti Thursday stressed for preserving and restoring existing tourism infrastructure, besides taking innovative measures to develop and boost the vital industry of J&K. The Minister said this while chairing a meeting of consultants of Darashaw Consultancy to explore the possibilities to develop an eco-tourism circuit in Jammu and […]
Editorial: The freeze gets worse
Srinagar: The freeze in Indo-Pak relations seems to be getting worse. On Thursday Pakistan called back its High Commissioner in New Delhi for consultation to Islamabad over incidents of harassing of its Embassy’s staff in the Indian capital. Though the Pakistan Foreign Office said they will hold consultations with the High Commissioner over the recent […]