Don’t portray Govt employees as terrorists: NC to Govt
Srinagar: Opposition National Conference (NC) Wednesday cautioned the PDP-BJP Government against portraying lakhs of hard-working Government employees of the State as terrorists and anti-social elements to cover its own utter and complete failure on both the governance and the political front. In a statement issued here, NC said the recent social media diktat issued by […]
Media Gag on Govt employees
Handwara: The Langate lawmaker, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday rejected the social media gag on government employees, stating that the move is ‘an attack on fundamental rights of speech and expression’. While addressing at various public meetings in Handwara, Er Rasheed as per the statement issued here said that “making government employees accountable is […]
Withdraw ‘gag’ order, it is authoritarian and undemocratic: Tarigami
Jammu: CPI (M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami today lashed at the Government for its order barring the government employees to use social media to express opinion on government policies. Pertinently, government yesterday issued a diktat asking the government employees not use personal social media accounts for any political activity. According to an order issued […]
CS reviews implementation of School Safety Policy-2016 of NDMA
Jammu: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas on Wednesday chaired a meeting here to review the implementation of the guidelines on School Safety Policy, 2016, prepared by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Commandant General (DGP), Home Guards/Civil Defence & SDRF, J&K, Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Principal Secretary Health & Medical Education, Commissioner/Secretary, PW(R&B), Director Disaster […]
JK safest tourist destination, especially for women, says Minister
Chennai: Inviting people from South India to experience the magnificent Jammu & Kashmir, Minister of State for Tourism Priya Sethi today said the state offers an array of facilities to cater to every type of tourism needs of the visitors – be it business, adventure or religious tourism. The Minister was speaking at a […]
LS gives nod for GST cess hike on luxury cars to 25%
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today approved a bill to hike cess on luxury vehicles from 15 per cent to 25 per cent with a view to enhance funds to compensate states for revenue loss following the rollout of GST. The GST (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill, 2017, was passed by the Lower House amid […]
Speaker inaugurates Job Fair at JU
Jammu:The Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta today inaugurated a Job Fair organized by Department of Employment here on University of Jammu campus. The Speaker, while hailing the move, remarked that holding such a mega job fair is a welcome step and more such events are needed to be held in future as well. The […]
Ministers call for strengthening Cooperative Societies
Rajouri: Minister for Cooperative and Ladakh Affairs, Chering Dorjay Wednesday said that the Government is committed to revive Cooperative societies in the State. He said that the elections to cooperative societies were conducted recently which he said will help to strengthen the cooperative movement in the State. The Minister asked the concerned to form dairy, […]
VC SABDK reviews performance of Fisheries sector
Jammu: Vice Chairman, J&K State Advisory Board for Development of Kissans, Daljit Singh Chib today convened a meeting to review the performance of fisheries sector and steps taken for promotion of fish culture in the state. During the meeting, Director Fisheries informed the meeting about the implementation of various schemes and achievements registered by the […]
Armed forces geared up to face any challenge: Govt
New Delhi: The government today said the armed forces are geared up to protect the country’s borders and uphold its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said the government regularly reviews threat perception facing the country and take remedial measures. “Our armed […]