JAMMU — Conspiracies hatched from across the border are “killing our children”, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Saturday, advising Pakistan to give up its “terrorism” as violence can achieve nothing. Talking to reporters after the wreath laying ceremony of head constable Jagbir Singh in the lawns of police headquarters at […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government will hold a judicial probe into the deaths of two persons from Kulgam district whose bodies were recovered after they went missing last month, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Tuesday. Three people, including two brothers from Rajouri who were staying in Kulgam, went missing last month. […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has identified 625 acres of land to set up industrial estates in different districts of the Kashmir division while a proposal for 1,207 acres of land has been submitted to the revenue department for similar projects in Jammu. Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary informed the Legislative Assembly while […]
JAMMU — As many as 765 school buildings and 11 bridges have been declared unsafe, while another 371 bridges require major or minor repairs, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Saturday. Choudhary, who is Minister incharge of Public Works (Roads and buildings Department), provided the information in a written reply to an unstarred question […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Saturday informed the house that a private company was fined Rs 80 lakh for unauthorised mining in Budgam district. The issue was highlighted in the Legislative Assembly by MLA Khan Sahab, Safiud-Din-Bhat, bringing it to the immediate attention of the House. The deputy chief […]
JAMMU — A controversy erupted over Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary describing Maharajas as “dictators” as the BJP and other outfits protested against him in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir and demanded an apology. Veteran Congress leader Dr Karan Singh, son of the last Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, Maharaja Hari Singh, demanded an […]
JAMMU — The National Conference on Tuesday slammed PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for her remarks on the lieutenant governor not mentioning a resolution on the restoration of Article 370 passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly during his address in the House and accused her of playing to the press gallery. The ruling party in […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday said the government will take up the demand for an all-weather tunnel to border areas of Keran and Jumgund in Kupwara district with the Centre. Replying to a question raised by National Conference MLA Mir Saifullah in the assembly, Choudhary said a Detailed […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday announced that the demand for constructing a tunnel on the road connecting Keran and Jumgund areas of Kupwara district, aimed at providing all-weather connectivity, will be pursued with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). He said that a detailed project […]
JAMMU — The PDP should concentrate on setting its house in order and leave the governance part to the National Conference, Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said on Monday, reacting to the opposition party’s campaign seeking a ban on liquor in the Union Territory. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) launched the signature […]