JK Govt creates Task Force on Power Sector reforms under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan initiatives

JK Govt creates Task Force on Power Sector reforms under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan initiatives

Jammu, June 12 (KNS): The J&K Government has constituted a four member (including Chairperson) Task Force on Power Sector Reforms for the implementation of the initiatives, schemes & relief measures under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. An order issued here by General Administration Department (GAD) here said that Principal Secretary Power Development Department will be the […]

Advisor Baseer Khan inspects development works in Samba

Advisor Baseer Khan inspects development works in Samba

Emphasizes on wage oriented employment generation for poor to earn their livelihood JAMMU, JUNE 12: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan today conducted an extensive tour of district Samba to inspect various development works of Rural Development Department and Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited being executed under MGNREGA, PMAY, IWMP, PMDP-U, PMDP-R and other centrally […]

Div Com reviews development works; asks to expedite work on B2V, languishing, other projects

Div Com reviews development works; asks to expedite work on B2V, languishing, other projects

JAMMU, JUNE 12: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, today held a meeting with Deputy Commissioners through video conferencing to review progress on development works being executed under various schemes in districts of Jammu division. Deputy Commissioner Ramban, Kishtwar, Doda and Reasi along with officers of executing agencies attended the meeting. The Divisional Commissioner sought details […]

Karnataka Police officer suspended for delaying chargesheet in Kashmiri students sedition case

Karnataka Police officer suspended for delaying chargesheet in Kashmiri students sedition case

SRINAGAR: A week after three students from Jammu and Kashmir, who were arrested on charges of sedition in Hubballi in Karnataka, were released on bail, the investigating officer in the case was suspended for a delay in filing the chargesheet against them, reported The News Minute. According to the report, Jackson D’Souza, the police inspector […]

Amir, Haris opt out of England tour

Amir, Haris opt out of England tour

LAHORE: Middle-order bat­sman Haris Sohail has opt­ed out of the Pakistan cri­c­ket squad for the upcoming tour of England due to prevailing Covid-19 situation wh­ile pacer Mohammad Am­ir has preferred to stay at ho­me as his wife is expected their second child in July this year. Sources said that Haris, who is one of the […]

Malaysia pulls out of Haj due to pandemic

Malaysia pulls out of Haj due to pandemic

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Thursday pulled out of Hajj over coronavirus fears days after neighbouring Indonesia, the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation, also withdrew. Millions travel from around the world to Saudi Arabia every year to perform the haj, a ritual that every Muslim must do once in their lives if able. The virus pandemic, which […]

Uri rattles with gunfire, local lady killed

Uri rattles with gunfire, local lady killed

By: Shayib Bhat SRINAGAR:  Police on Friday afternoon confirmed that a local lady in the front line area of Uri was killed due to heavy Pak shelling. Locals told this reporter that the shelling was so heavy that many families have fled from front line villages. Locals have identified the killed lady Akhtar Begum of […]

Covid-19: India Surpasses UK, Now 4th Worst-Hit Country

Covid-19: India Surpasses UK, Now 4th Worst-Hit Country

New Delhi- India on Thursday went past the United Kingdom in terms of coronavirus cases to become the fourth worst-hit country with a caseload of 2,97, 205, according to the Worldometer. India has registered over 9,500 cases for the seventh day in a row, while the one-day casualty figure crossed the 300-mark for the first time […]

Woman injured, 5 families flee to safer places in Uri after exchange of fire along LoC

Woman injured, 5 families flee to safer places in Uri after exchange of fire along LoC

Srinagar: Indian and Pakistan armies on Friday exchanged heavy gunfire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said reports said. They said there was heavy gunfire and exchange of mortar shells in Hajipeer sector along the LoC.Several shells landed in Nambla, Saidpora,Thajal, Silikote and adjoining villages, they […]