No plans to loosen rates, no complacency on inflation fight: RBI governor
Mumbai: Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday ruled out loosening interest rates, saying inflation remains top priority as a few months of good data should not lead to complacency, even as the Reserve Bank kept key policy rates unchanged for the fifth consecutive time. The six-member monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India voted […]
CS for ensuring sustainability of cleanliness measures in rural areas
Reviews overall functioning of RDD
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Friday while reviewing the functioning of Rural Development Department (RDD) here impressed upon it to ensure that the measures taken for cleanliness of our villages are sustainable and effective on ground level. Dulloo observed that the cleanliness (Swachhta) is one of the foremost priorities at the national level espoused by […]
Five arrested with weapons in separate incidents in JK
Jammu: Five people were arrested with weapons in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the Ramgarh area in Samba district and arrested hardcore criminal Vivek Singh on Thursday night. A country-made pistol and a 12-bore gun were recovered from him, they said. A […]
Two crore tourists visited JK up to November this year: Union Minister
Srinagar: Union Tourism Minister G Kishen Reddy Thursday said that for the first time after Independence, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the arrival of two crore tourists up to November this year. Replying to a query in the Parliament, Reddy said that for the first time after India’s Independence, Jammu and Kashmir has seen two […]
CS calls for focus on agriculture extension, quality inputs to increase productivity
Takes holistic review of the schemes under implementation in Agri Deptt
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Thursday had a detailed review of the schemes under implementation here to revamp all the sectors of Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries in the UT. Besides the Principal Secretary, APD the meeting was attended by Mission Director, Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP); Secretary in Agriculture; HoDs of allied departments […]
Cold condition intensify in Kashmir
Sgr records coldest night of the season at minus 2.6 degree Celsius
Srinagar: Srinagar experienced the coldest night of the season so far as the cold conditions intensified in Kashmir and the minimum temperature across the valley settled below the freezing point, officials said on Thursday. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a low of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius, down from minus 2 degrees […]
122 YouTube-based news channels blocked since Dec 2021: Minister
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said that since December 2021 it has issued directions to block 122 YouTube news channels for carrying content related to the “sovereignty and integrity” of the country. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said the channels carried content that was violative […]
22 receiving sub-stations with 11 KV outgoing feeders to have ‘no curtailment’
Srinagar: Kashmir Power Distribution Company Limited (KPDCL) Thursday said that there will be no curtailment for at least 22 receiving substations with 11 KV outgoing feeders. According to an order issued here Chief Engineer Distribution for KPDCL in a communique said, “To incentivise the consumers with Smart Metering and feeders with low Aggregate Technical and […]
324 posts of high court judges vacant: Govt
New Delhi: There are more than 320 vacancies in various high courts where 790 judges are working as against the sanctioned strength of 1,114, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to a question, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal also said that according to the existing Memorandum of Procedure (MoP), the […]
Police Inspector injured during terror attack, succumbs
New Delhi: Police Inspector Masroor Ahmad Wani, who was critically injured when he was shot at by a Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist while playing cricket in Srinagar in October, died at AIIMS here Thursday leaving behind his wife who is expecting her first child. Officials said despite best efforts of the medical team, Wani succumbed to injuries […]
