Urges completion of at least 25000 works under District Capex during this year Emphasizes institution of e-audit for real time audit of the departments JAMMU, JANUARY 20: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today hailed the improvement in the current year’s revenue collections despite the ongoing pandemic and stated that a strong and consistent […]
Amid unabated surge in covid-19 cases, government on Thursday said that there will be complete restriction on non-essential movement in the entire J&K from every Friday 2.00 pm to Monday 6.00 am, henceforth. “In continuation to the Covid-19 containment measures ordered vide Government Order No. 04-JK ( DMRRR) of 2022 dated 14-01- 2022 and in […]
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the Centre’s plan to appropriate powers of transferring IAS and IPS officers will be “another nail” in the coffin of the country’s federal structure. He was reacting to media reports that the Union government is planning to acquire for itself overriding powers to transfer IAS and […]
Srinagar: Covid-19 cases continued to mount as Jammu and Kashmir reported 5992 fresh cases while seven persons succumbed to the virus in last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said 1920 of the fresh cases were confirmed from Jammu Division and 1072 from Kashmir valley, taking the overall tally to 378661. Giving district wise […]
By: Javaid Malik MK Srinagar After the recent spell of light rains and snow, on Thursday Kashmir valley higher reaches witnessed a snowfall while as the rains lashed in the plains at many places including in Jammu. Reports said that in the upper reaches of Kashmir including in the ski resort of Gulmarg a fresh […]
By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar After the owners of private coaching centers recently met the Chief Secretary and appealed to him that they should be allowed to open the centers for the students, the government has asked the Education Department to look into the matter. Thousands of students have already enrolled themselves with these private […]
NEW DELHI, Jan 20: The Press Club of India (PCI) on Thursday termed the cancellation of the Kashmir Press Club’s registration and takeover of its premises by the Jammu and Kashmir administration as “illegal” and said such “coercive action” against journalists will adversely affect the image of the Union Territory. In a letter to Lieutenant […]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced its ODI team of the year featuring two Pakistani players — Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman — with the former given the reins to captain the honorary line-up, just as in the T20I eleven. The cricket body had unveiled its T20I team of the year a day ago, naming […]
KABUL: Afghanistan’s prime minister called on Muslim nations on Wednesday to be the first to officially recognise the Taliban government, as the aid-dependent country faces economic collapse. No country has yet recognised the Taliban, with most watching to see how the group — accused of human rights abuses during their first stint in power — […]
India logged 3,17,532 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 249 days, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,82,18,773, which includes 9,287 cases of the omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The active cases rose to 19,24,051, the highest in 234 days, while the death toll climbed to […]