CM hails India’s vote against US move on Jerusalem
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday hailed India for defying US President Donald Trump and voting against the US move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at UN. “Very proud to see that India joined over 100 countries at the UN to vote against recognising Jerusalem as the official […]
India, China hold 20th round of border talks
New Delhi: India and China have held special representative level talks on key aspects related to border issues. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi met along with senior officials for the 20th round of the India-China border talks. During the day-long talks the Doklam episode and other concerns pertaining to […]
Ladakh freezes as cold wave grips JK
Srinagar: With the 40-day-long harsh winter of Chillai Kalan setting in on Thursday, the minimum temperatures in the Ladakh region dipped several notches below zero on Friday as the Kashmir Valley remained in the grip of a cold wave. Leh town at minus 9.1 was the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, while […]
Restrictions imposed in Srinagar parts
Srinagar: Restrictions have been imposed in parts of Srinagar city to prevent pro-freedom leaders-called protests post the Friday prayers against civilian killings at the hands of government forces. Restrictions under section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed in Rainawari, Khanyar, Nowhatta, M.R.Gunj and Safa Kadal in the old city areas, a senior police official […]
Cabinet meets, promotes IAS officers
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet that met here on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti approved promotion of Rakesh Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Resident Commissioner, J&K Government, New Delhi, Lokesh Dutt Jha, IAS, Financial Commissioner, Revenue and Suresh Kumar, IAS Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India to the Fixed Scale of […]
Air India’s operational profit rises to Rs 215 cr in 2016-17
New Delhi: Air India’s operational profit rose to Rs 215 crore and net losses narrowed to Rs 3,643 crore in 2016-17, according to the government. To revive the loss-making national carrier, the government is working on the modalities for its strategic disinvestment while Ernst & Young LLP has been appointed as the transaction advisor. According […]
Govt to recapitalize 3 Central Cooperative Banks, says Minister
Jammu: Minister for Cooperatives and Ladakh Affairs, Chering Dorjay said that Government is committed for recapitalization of Anantnag, Baramulla and Jammu Central Cooperative Banks as they are presently unlicensed due to which their performance has slowed down. He said the matter with regard to recapitalization have already been taken up with the Chief Minister Mehbooba […]
For positive Kashmir reportage, Dir Tourism reaches out to Gujarat media
Srinagar: In order to tap the traditional market of Gujarat for tourism, Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood A Shah visited Ahmadabad and interacted with leading media organizations and also with the tour and travel agents of the state. Director tourism interacted with editorial boards of the leading local media houses including Divya Bhaskar, My FM and […]
Contractual employees’ deputation meets CM
Jammu: A deputation of a large number of contractual employees today met the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here today. They thanked her for taking a proactive approach in getting their services regularized. The deputation expressed their gratitude to the Chief Minister for fulfilling the promise of looking into their difficulties and redressing them in such […]
NC stages protests, rues ‘failure’ of government
Anantnag: National Conference on Thursday staged a protest against what they termed as the failure of the government on all fronts. The NC leaders and activists of Anantnag district alleged that the PDP-BJP combination has failed on all fronts especially in providing adequate power supply to the people. The protesters headed by Dr Shafi […]
