No control over police, says CM as oppn protests lathi charge on protesters
Jammu: Asserting that the lathi charge on the protesting daily wage employees of the Jal Shakti department should not have happened, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he does not hold control over the police. As the House assembled for the day, opposition members highlighted the massive protests by the daily […]
India, Bharat or Hindustan, call it by whichever name you prefer: Omar Abdullah
Jammu: Asserting that this country is known by its three names — Bharat, India and Hindustan — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said citizens may call it by any name that resonates with them. Responding to a question on the comments made by RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, who insisted at […]
Remark on July 13 Martyrs: JK assembly witnesses protests, uproar as BJP LoP repeats his comments
Jammu: The Legislative Assembly on Tuesday witnessed protests from Treasury Benches as well as Kashmir-based opposition after BJP MLA Sunil Sharma again called martyrs of July 13, 1931 as ‘traitors’. During discussion on the budget, NC MLA Showkat Hussain Ganie slammed BJP for what they have done in Jammu & Kashmir for the past few […]
Parl panel to launch website to invite suggestions on simultaneous polls
New Delhi: The parliamentary panel examining ‘one nation, one election’ bills will soon launch a website to invite suggestions from across the country on the issue. BJP leader P P Chaudhary, the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty–Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, […]
Govt to open 200 day cancer care centres in country in 2025-26: J P Nadda
New Delhi: The government aims to open 200 day cancer care centres in the country in 2025-26 where basic facilities to patients would be provided and such centres would be established in all districts in the next three years, Health Minister J P Nadda said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to supplementary queries […]
Two boys go missing in Kathua
Jammu: Two boys have gone missing in Kathua district, which recently witnessed the mysterious deaths of five civilians prompting the authorities to launch a probe. A police officer said on Tuesday that the two boys – Deen alias Dinu (15) and his relative Rehmat Ali (12) had gone missing on February 27 after they had […]
Gulmarg Fashion Show Row: Omar says govt had no role, designer duo apologises
Jammu/New Delhi: Outrage over a fashion show in Gulmarg found wide echo in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah saying his government had no role in the event organised at a private hotel and would not have given its permission even if it was not Ramzan. At the centre […]
Achan dumping site manages 550 tonnes of solid waste per day: Govt
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said that the Achan waste management facility in Srinagar manages 550 tonnes of solid waste management per day and series of state-of-the-art waste processing facilities have been proposed for 100 percent scientific waste management. Replying to a question by MLA Mubarak Gul, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that […]
Rs 10516 crore investment made in J&K since 2019: Govt
Rs 3407 crore in Kashmir, Rs 7108 crore in Jammu Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Monday disclosed that an investment of Rs 10516 crore has been made in the Union Territory since 2019. The Minister in-charge Industries & Commerce Surinder Choudhary informed the House that an investment of Rs 10516 crore has been […]
Govt seeks Parliament nod to spend Rs 51,463 cr extra in FY25
New Delhi: The government on Monday sought Parliament nod to spend a net additional Rs 51,462.86 crore in the current financial year ending March, with a large chunk going towards pension and subsidy fertiliser. The gross additional spending sought by the government is over Rs 6.78 lakh crore, of which Rs 6.27 lakh crore would […]