SRINAGAR — As Russia’s military operation continues in Ukraine, Kashmiri students stranded in the country and their families in Kashmir are pleading with the government to bring their wards back home safely. A Kashmiri student stranded in Ukraine said that there is uncertainty everywhere in the country since Russia started attacking and nobody knows what […]
SRINAGAR — As many 1442 persons are in jails of Jammu & Kashmir for their involvement in drug-related crimes, official data shows. The official data reveals that as on December 31, 2021, out of 4532 undertrails lodged in jails of Jammu & Kashmir, 1442 are involved in drug-related crimes. Of them 1421 are males and […]
SRINAGAR — In a remarkable move, the Administrative Council (AC), which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the remission of fifty percent (50%) stamp duty for all first time buyers of real estate in the housing sector for a period of two years. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to […]
JAMMU — Apni Party President Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari has demanded special provisions for reservation of women in Govt jobs in J&K. Bukhari was addressing a felicitation programme which was organized at Apni Party Office in Gandhi Nagar. On this occasion, Namrta Sharma was fecilitated by the Party President on being nominated as State President […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone today while demanding inclusion of the Pahari community in ST status has said that granting them ST status is a matter of right not a matter of charity. “The Pahari demand for inclusion in ST is a valid demand. It is inconceivable to exclude a huge […]
JAMMU — Continuing with the march towards cross cutting digitization in J&K, the chief secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today launched the J&K Bank GSS e-portal for real time tracking of credit applications under government sponsored schemes and described it as an important step towards transparency in the processing of loan applications in the bank. […]
JAMMU — Secretary, Tribal Affairs Deptt, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary reviewed the progress on procurement of trucks and other allied facilities for facilitation of biannual Transhumant migration of tribal population in various areas of Jammu and Kashmir. On the directions of Lieutenant Governor Sh Manoj Sinha the department has initiated various steps for specific plans […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Traders Alliance has urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to use its good offices in foreign counties for the safe return of students from J&K who are stranded in Ukraine. In a statement, President KTA, Aijaz Shahdhar said that the war in Ukraine has put in depression hundreds of families in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 95 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said 65 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 30 from Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 452817. Giving district wise […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken numerous citizen centric measures to improve service delivery, and towards good governance to bring more transparency and accountability in the existing governance system. And one among these administrative reforms is digitization of land records with one component ‘Apki Zameen Apki Nigrani’ under which land holders can […]