SRINAGAR — The J&K Police said on Sunday that they have recovered the body of the second person among three people who went missing in Kulgam district on February 13. “The dead body of Showkat Ahmad Bajad, son of Mohammad Sadiq Bajad, resident of Chata Doonda, Rajouri (currently residing in Chandian Pajan, Qazigund) was found […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday said it has received over 8,500 applications with an investment proposal worth over Rs 1.69 lakh crore and employment proposals for over 6 lakh jobs with regard to the development of industrial units in the Union Territory. The government has provided land measuring for industrial purposes […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Saturday passed grants amounting to over Rs 7,019.18 crore for five key departments, including mining, industries and commerce, public works, labour and employment, and skill development. The grants, introduced by Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary in the assembly, include Rs 70.51 crore for the mining department, Rs […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has formed a committee to rationalise new subjects taught in government degree colleges, the Assembly was told on Saturday. Education and Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo also told the house that no timeline has been fixed for the committee examining reservation rules for submitting its report. In reply […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference supremo Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday highlighted “stark regional imbalances” in issuing reservation certificates in Jammu and Kashmir and alleged the entire concept of reservation in the Union Territory was “rigged” against Kashmir. Lone cited the data he had received in response to a question in the assembly to claim that […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday informed the legislative assembly that no specific timeline has been fixed for the three-member cabinet sub-committee, which was formed last year to look into grievances against the present reservation policy in the Union Territory. The information was given by Sakeena Itoo, the minister in-charge social welfare, […]
JAMMU — Unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir declined from 6.7 per cent in 2019-20 to 6.1 per cent in 2023-24, J&K government said on Saturday, highlighting the various steps taken in this regard, including the generation of 9.58 lakh livelihood opportunities through various schemes. This improvement is also reflected on the labour force participation […]
SRINAGAR — Many areas in Kashmir, including the plains, received fresh snowfall, while other parts of the Valley witnessed light to moderate rains on Saturday, officials said. The plains in Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama districts received fresh snowfall, while snowfall was also recorded in Gulmarg, Sonamarg and Pahalgam tourist resorts, they said. Gurez in […]
SRINAGAR — Senior National Conference (NC) leader and Parliament member, Mian Altaf, on Friday, visited the residence of Reyaz Ahmed Bejad in Qazigund area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district to offer condolences to his bereaved family. Reyaz Ahmed Bajad, one of the three tribal men, who went missing under mysterious circumstances nearly a month […]
UNITED NATIONS — India has slammed Pakistan for its “unjustified” reference to Jammu and Kashmir in the UN General Assembly, with New Delhi asserting that such remarks will neither validate the country’s claim nor justify its practice of cross-border terrorism. “As is their habit, the former foreign secretary of Pakistan today has made an unjustified […]