The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a meeting to review the sector-wise implementation of PMDP projects in terms of the physical and financial progress achieved till date. The departments were directed to complete all projects during this fiscal as there would be no spillovers to the next financial year. Administrative Secretaries of departments […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told a group of leaders from Jammu and Kashmir that assembly elections there will be held after the completion of the ongoing delimitation exercise, People’s Conference leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig said after a crucial meeting to chalk out the future course of action in the union territory. […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said delimitation exercise and peaceful elections were important milestones in restoring statehood as promised in Parliament.“We are committed to ensure all round development of J&K,” Amit Shah tweeted. “The future of Jammu and Kashmir was discussed and the delimitation exercise and peaceful elections are important milestones in restoring […]
A seventeen-year-old teenager was on Thursday electrocuted to death near Shalimar garden in Srinagar. Official sources told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a 17-year-old teenager identified as Adil Ahmad, son of Mohammed Shafi of Gandtal Dhara area of Harwan received an electric shock while repairing an electric line at Shalimar. He […]
India’s defeat in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) forced the cricket-mad nation into introspection, while accepting New Zealand were worthy winners of the honour. India’s eight-wicket loss in Southampton prolonged their wait for a first global title since Mahendra Singh Dhoni led them to victory in the 2013 Champions Trophy. It was Virat Kohli’s fourth unsuccessful […]
Suspected Taliban fighters fired a rocket into a hospital in Afghanistan on Wednesday, sparking a blaze that caused extensive damage and destroyed Covid-19 vaccines though there were no reports of casualties, government officials said. In northern Afghanistan, the Taliban captured the town of Shir Khan Bandar, a dry port on the border with Tajikistan, sending […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Andhra Pradesh government over conducting Class 12 exams saying it won’t be allowed unless convinced that no fatality due to Covid will occur. The apex court told Andhra Pradesh that it is not convinced of the precautionary measures suggested by the state for holding Class 12 board exams. […]
The body of a 36-year-old woman was found and retrieved from Dal Lake along the foreshore road area by local inhabitants on Thursday afternoon. Reports reaching a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) said that some locals saw a female body floating over waters, following which efforts were made and the body fished out […]
The crucial all-party meeting on Jammu and Kashmir, to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is going to be held today later in the day even as the J&K leaders invited to the meeting arrived in Delhi on Wednesday. Sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that the meeting is scheduled at 3 pm […]
Skill development programs if tailored for the youth would be of great help for the employment generation in different sectors and after getting the skilled training the youth of Jammu and Kashmir can be of great help in different sectors as there is a lot of need for such skilled workers. Underlining the importance of […]