Lt Guv inaugurates affordable rental housing complex at Sunjwan
Says affordable rental housing complex will provide dignified living to urban migrant workers
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Wednesday inaugurated the Affordable Rental Housing Complex, under PMAY (Urban) Mission, at Sunjwan. He dedicated the facility to the labour, work force and weaker section of Jammu Kashmir and handed over the keys of the accommodation units to the beneficiaries. “Workers are the main drivers of J&K’s growth and improving […]
1.14 lakh posts vacant in organisations under MHA: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 1,14,245 posts are lying vacant in various organisations under the Ministry of Home Affairs and these include the CRPF, the BSF and the Delhi Police, Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Mishra said in 2023, advertisements for about 31,879 posts have been published, and out […]
28 pc GST on online gaming stays
To be reviewed after 6 months of roll-out
New Delhi: The decision to impose a 28 per cent tax on the full face value of bets placed on online games will be implemented from October 1 even though there was demand for a review from states like Delhi and Goa, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. The GST Council — the highest […]
CUET-UG not based on CBSE syllabus: Education Ministry
New Delhi: The Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG is not based on CBSE syllabus but the general understanding of different class 12 subjects, the Ministry of Education said on Wednesday. The test examines students of different boards on equal footing, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said in a written reply in Rajya […]
Five people missing for six months traced
Returned to families in Rajouri
Jammu: Five people missing for the past six months in Rajouri district were traced and returned to their families, police said on Wednesday. Among the rescued people were two teenage girls, a woman and two boys, they said. They were traced by a police team during searches in different areas, they added. The missing reports […]
Terror incidents, infiltration declined in JK in last two years: Govt
New Delhi: Terrorist violence and infiltration have declined in Jammu and Kashmir in the last two years, Union minister Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, noting that 26 incidents of terror violence and no net infiltration have occurred this year till June-end. Rai said there were 125 terror-related and 14 infiltration incidents in […]
Admin working with right intent to meet developmental needs of people: Lt Guv
Pays obeisance at Charar-e-Sharief shrine
BUDGAM: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said the UT Administration is working with the right intent to meet the developmental needs and aspirations of the people. Paying obeisance at Charar-e-Sharief shrine at Budgam during his visit, Sinha assured that all the important works at the shrine will be taken on priority. During his visit […]
CS kick starts ‘JJM Fortnight’ for certification of ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’
Says J&K set to achieve 100% FHTCs by year end
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr.Arun Kumar Mehta today kick started the ‘JJM Fortnight’ during which senior level officers would visit the site of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) works to ensure that each household in the UT receives ‘Nal se Jal’. Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti; Mission Director, JJM; Chief Engineer, PHE, Kashmir/Jammu and other senior officers of […]
Srinagar airport emerges 3rd highest profit making airport for AAI
Srinagar: Srinagar International airport is the third highest profit-making airport for the Airport Authority of India (AAI) which maintains 133 airports across India. Srinagar airport is the third highest profit-making airport for the AAI after Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Airport, Kolkata and Pune airport, a report laid in the parliament said. Srinagar airport generated profit […]
SIU attaches 6 Kanals 3 Marla land of Pak-based terrorist in Kupwara
Srinagar: The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday attached property of a terrorist operating from Pakistan in Kupwara district of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “A land measuring 6 Kanals and 3 Marla belonging to one Adul Rashid Qureshi @Farooq Qureshi, a resident of Kachama, Kralpora Kupwara who is operating from […]
