Over 10,000 police personnel to be deployed for AI Summit in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) More than 10,000 police personnel will be deployed in the national capital to ensure robust security while the India-AI Impact Summit goes underway from February 16 to 20, a police officer said on Tuesday. The five-day event will take place at Bharat Mandapam and is expected to draw thousands of […]
JK Sports Minister Sharma urges India to cut cricket ties with Pakistan
Jammu, Feb 10: Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet Minister Satish Sharma on Tuesday called for an end to cricket ties with Pakistan, linking sporting engagement to ongoing diplomatic and military tensions between the two countries. Speaking to reporters outside the Assembly, Sharma questioned the rationale for playing against a country he accused of backing violence against […]
Budget a bureaucratic exercise, lacks political imprint: Sajad Lone
Jammu, Feb 10: Stating that the outsourcing of government jobs is a social and economic disaster, Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday questioned the government over its promise of providing 12 LPG cylinders to economically weaker sections (EWS). Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, Lone said that the political imprint is missing in the […]
Govt blames 20-year hiring freeze for staff crunch in JKFDC
Srinagar, Feb 10: The Jammu and Kashmir government has attributed the staff shortage in the J&K Forest Development Corporation (JKFDC) to a recruitment ban that has been in place for over two decades. Responding to a query in the House, the Minister in charge of Forest, Ecology & Environment said a hiring ban was imposed […]
Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon
NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (PTI): Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon on Tuesday amid sloganeering by opposition members who wanted to raise certain issues. As soon as the House took up the Question Hour, opposition members started raising slogans urging the Chair to allow them to speak. Iqra Choudhary of the Samajwadi Party (SP) […]
Hopeful work on Tulbul navigation and Chenab water projects will begin soon: CM
Jammu, Feb 10: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday expressed hope that work on the Tulbul navigation project and the diversion of Chenab river water to provide drinking water to Jammu will begin soon. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, the CM said that the state government is working with the Centre to start these projects […]
Govt examining proposal to hike honorarium for MLAs’ personal assistants
Jammu, Feb 10: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said a proposal to enhance the monthly honorarium of Personal Assistants engaged with MLAs is under examination. The information was provided by the Finance Department in a written reply to a question from Congress leader and legislator Tariq Hameed Karra in the Assembly. Karra had […]
No role of cabinet in Vaishno Devi ropeway project: CM
Jammu, Feb 10: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the council of ministers had no role in approving the ropeway project for the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly, the CM said that after checking records, he found that his cabinet had no role in approving the project. “One […]
No copies of Naravane’s memoir have gone into publication: Publisher
New Delhi, Feb 10 (PTI) Penguin Random House India (PRHI) has said it holds the exclusive publishing rights to former Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s memoir titled Four Stars of Destiny, and clarified that the book has not yet been published, amid reports of unauthorised copies in circulation. The clarification came after the Delhi […]
J&K hydro power capacity to cross 7,300 MW in next five years: CM
Jammu, Feb 9 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir is set to witness a major expansion in its hydro power sector, with the combined installed generation capacity expected to reach 7,314.85 MW in 2030-31, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday. In a written reply to a question by National Conference legislator Khurshied Ahmad in the Legislative […]