NC emerged stronger despite attempts to erase it in past 10 years: Omar
Jammu: In a veiled attack on BJP, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said a lot of attempts were made to erase the National Conference (NC) in the past 10 years but the party only emerged stronger due to its dedicated cadre base. National Conference won 42 out of the 90 seats […]
LG Sinha, CM condemns killing of non-local labourer in Shopian
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday condemned the killing of a non-local labourer whose bullet-riddled body was found in Shopian district. Security forces are determined to hunt down the culprits and bring them to justice, he said. “I strongly condemn the brutal killing of a vendor, Ashok Chauhan, in […]
Dheeraj Gupta posted as Additional Chief Secretary to the CM
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered transfer and posting for senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in a bid to streamline administration. According to the order, Dheeraj Gupta, IAS (AGMUT: 1993), currently serving as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) in the Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, is transferred and posted as Additional […]
Actor Sunil Shetty calls on Lt Guv
SRINAGAR: Bollywood Actor, Suniel Shetty called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan on Saturday, an official spokesman said here. Later a delegation of J&K Women Lawyers Association led by its President Advocate Hina Sultan called on Lieutenant Governor. Subsequently, Advocate Farooq Ahmad Ganai, Social Activist and Chairman Social Reconstruction Center Kashmir also called […]
Over 30 flights receive bomb threats on Saturday
New Delhi/ Mumbai: More than 30 flights of various Indian airlines, including Vistara, Air India and IndiGo, received bomb threats on Saturday, according to sources. Flights of Air India, IndiGo, Akasa Air, Vistara, SpiceJet, Star Air and Alliance Air have received the threats, the sources said. So far this week, at least 70 flights of […]
Agri Deptt Kashmir strongly refutes news report over spurious fertilizers, pesticides
SRINAGAR: The Agriculture Department Kashmir has strongly refuted a story carried by some newspapers of Kashmir valley regarding the spurious fertilizers and pesticides. The department has said the news report is baseless, concocted and not based on any facts. The Department has made it very clear that there is a fully fledged enforcement wing to […]
CM urges Cabinet colleagues to monitor assigned departments
Srinagar: Newly appointed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday asked his Cabinet colleagues to actively monitor and review the functioning of the departments assigned to them to improve governance in the Union Territory. After Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha allocated portfolios to the newly inducted ministers in the Abdullah-led Cabinet, […]
LG allocates portfolios to newly inducted ministers in Omar-led cabinet
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Friday allocated portfolios to the newly inducted ministers in Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led cabinet. An order to allocate the portfolios on the advice of the Chief Minister was issued by the LG here. According to the order, deputy chief minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary will hold the charge of Public […]
Fed up with frivolous petitions filed by states, PSUs: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it is fed up with the “frivolous petitions” filed by various state governments and public sector undertakings despite repeated warnings. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said merely because officers of the state governments or public sector undertakings (PSUs) do not have […]
Poor performance in Assembly polls
Congress forms high-powered panel to ascertain reasons Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Friday constituted a high-powered fact-finding committee to ascertain the reasons behind its poor performance in the recent Assembly elections in the Union Territory, and suggest measures for strengthening the party in J-K. A party spokesman said that J-K Pradesh Congress Committee […]
