Action against ‘deadwood’ govt employees on cards in Jammu
Jammu: Jammu Divisional Commissioner Raghav Langer has directed the deputy commissioners to immediately submit a list of deadwood employees of the revenue department to facilitate their removal as per the provisions of the civil service regulations. Jammu and Kashmir administration has started compiling data of deadwood employees to be retired at the age of 48 […]
Two new airport terminals to come up at Jammu, Kashmir: Scindia
SRINAGAR: Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia Saturday said that two new airport terminals shall be established in Jammu and Kashmir soon. He said this during an interaction programme with DDC, BDC members, PRIs and locals at Harwan block of Srinagar district. As a major development, the Minister said that an airport terminal […]
Legislature needs to revisit laws: CJI
Cuttack: The Chief Justice of India, Justice N V Ramana Saturday said the Legislature needs to revisit laws and reform them to suit the needs of time and people so that they match “practical realities”. The CJI while inaugurating the new building of the Odisha State Legal Service Authority here, also said there is need […]
Afghanistan crisis: Questions on use of terror to change state structure being raised, says Rajnath

New Delhi: The developments in Afghanistan raised questions about the role of power politics and the use of terrorism as a tool to change state structures and behaviour, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. Without mentioning the Taliban, Singh said the world is witnessing the destabilising effects of terror and the especially dangerous precedence […]
Covid curfew imposed in parts of Srinagar for 10 days

Srinagar: Authorities in Srinagar on Friday imposed a curfew in parts of the city for 10 days in view of a steep rise in the number of Covid positive cases over the last few weeks. The order to impose the curfew was issued by Srinagar District Magistrate Mohammad Aijaz Assad. “There has been a steep […]
148 fresh covid-19 cases, one death reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 148 new covid-19 cases while one person succumbed to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Friday. 28 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 120 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total case count to 328738. There was one death due to the virus, from Kashmir, […]
China’s ‘provocative behaviour’ disturbed peace in eastern Ladakh: India

New Delhi/Beijing: India on Friday strongly rejected China’s fresh comments blaming it for the Galwan valley clashes and asserted that the “provocative behaviour and unilateral” attempts by the Chinese side to alter the status quo in eastern Ladakh resulted in serious disturbance of peace and tranquillity in the mountainous region. Reacting to the Chinese remarks […]
PM Modi meets Kamala Harris
Gifts her a copy of notifications related to her grandfather, chess set
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted US Vice President Kamala Harris a copy of old notifications related to her grandfather, who was a senior Indian government officer, in a wooden handicraft frame and a ‘meenakari’ chess set as they held their first in-person meeting, government sources said on Friday. Prime Minister Modi described India […]
PM Modi to address Global Citizen Live event
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a video address at “Global Citizen Live” on Saturday evening, his office has said. The Prime Minister’s Office noted that Global Citizen is a advocacy organisation that is working to end extreme poverty. It will be a 24-hour event and held across Saturday and Sunday, and will […]
Union Minister FPI visits CoE, Zawoora
Interacts with progressive farmers, entrepreneurs
SRINAGAR: As a part of Public Outreach Programme of Union Government for Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries (FPI), Pashupati Kumar Paras Friday visited Centre of Excellence (CoE), Zawoora Srinagar and had a detailed interaction with the progressive farmers and entrepreneurs. Speaking on the occasion the Union Minister said that the Government […]