Home Minister Amit Shah to launch key initiatives to check cybercrime
New Delhi: In a bid to check cybercrime, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch on Tuesday several key initiatives, including a cyber fraud mitigation centre and a web-based module that will act as a one-stop portal for data repository of cybercrime and data sharing. He will launch the initiatives of the Indian Cyber Crime […]
BJP makes new appointments in poll-bound JK
Sat Sharma made working president New Delhi: The BJP on Monday made some new party appointments in the poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir, naming Sat Sharma as its working president of the unit. BJP national president J P Nadda also appointed Nirmal Singh as the chairperson of the party’s J-K election campaign committee, according to a […]
Government to train Finance & Planning Cadres Officers at IIM Jammu
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Government has initiated a major drive for capacity building of 400 officers of Finance and Planning (F&P) cadres with an intention to upskill them in Fiscal Management, Budget Supervision, Taxation, Innovative Revenue Generation, Debt Management, Infrastructure Development, Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects, Project appraisal and other related aspects of fiscal administration. […]
Ready for dialogue with Pak if it stops terrorism in JK: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Banihal (J-K): India is ready to start dialogue with Pakistan if it stops terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Addressing a rally in this assembly segment of Ramban district in support of BJP candidate Mohd Saleem Bhat, Singh said Article 370 of the Constitution, which granted special status to […]
‘PoK residents should join India’: Rajnath Singh
Jammu: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked the residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to come and join India as “we consider you our own unlike Pakistan which treats you as foreigners”. Addressing an election rally in the Ramban assembly constituency in support of BJP candidate Rakesh Singh Thakur, the Union minister asserted there is […]
Centre failed in controlling militancy, allowed its return in Jammu: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the Central government led by the BJP has failed in controlling militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. “If anything, it is the present government which has failed to control militancy in Jammu and Kashmir,” Abdullah told reporters in Shopian district. He was reacting to Union Home Minister […]
Congress was not good enough for NC in J-K, till Mufti Sayeed made it so: Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the National Conference forged an alliance with Congress, its nemesis, in the 1980s, only after her late father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed turned the national party into a viable option in the valley. Addressing an election rally in Kokernag assembly segment of Anantnag district, Mufti recalled the time […]
BJP trying to ‘intimidate’ Hindu voters in J-K: Farooq
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the BJP top brass was focussing its election campaign on Jammu as they want to “intimidate” the Hindu voters of Jammu and Kashmir by creating false fears. He also accused the BJP of misleading the people by claiming that terrorism will rise again if the National […]
Govt employee among two suspended for violation of model code in J-K’s Kishtwar
Jammu: A government employee and a village-level official were suspended for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said on Sunday. District Election Officer, Kishtwar, Rajesh Kumar Shavan ordered action pending inquiry against Adil Irshad, groundsman in Zonal Education Planning Office, Paddar, and ‘lambardar’ Vikram Singh […]
BJP releases sixth list of 10 candidates for J-K polls, drops ex-deputy CM
Jammu/New Delh: The BJP on Sunday released a fresh list of 10 candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, replacing ex-deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta with former member of legislative council (MLC) Vikram Randhawa from Bahu seat of Jammu district. Gupta was elected from Gandhi Nagar, renamed as Bahu assembly segment, in 2014 elections. […]
