JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said a well-coordinated plan which includes modernisation works in transmission and distribution system is under implementation to ensure 24×7 power supply to the consumers in the Union Territory. Abdullah also said that no major progress has been achieved in the development of a coal […]
JAMMU — Members of the PDP and the NC on Monday raised in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly the issue of the deaths of two brothers, who were among three people missing since last month and demanded a high-level probe. Showkat Ahmad Bajad, his brother Riyaz Ahmad Bajad, and Mukhtar Ahmad went missing on February […]
JAMMU — Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Sunil Sharma, on Monday blasted Pakistan for its continued support of terrorism despite India’s persistent efforts to maintain good relations with its neighbours. Speaking to IANS, Sharma said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always advocated for peace and friendly ties with neighbouring […]
JAMMU — Over 200 investors from outside Jammu and Kashmir have been provided land in the industrial estates to set up their business units in Jammu and Kashmir in the past decade, official data said. The process of land acquisition by outside investors, mostly from Delhi, Haryana and Punjab, marked manifold increase after the abrogation […]
SRINAGAR — Two former Jammu and Kashmir lawmakers returned to the PDP on Sunday, more than four years after quitting the party. Mansoor Hussain Suharwardy is a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA while Yasir Reshi served as an MLC. “Former MLA Mansoor Hussain Suharwardy and MLC Yasir Reshi returned to the PDP in presence […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Saturday said there cannot be a bigger political catastrophe than an elected government deceiving its people. Mehdi’s remarks came after the government said the cabinet sub committee, constituted to examine the issue of reservation, didn’t have a specific timeline fixed for submitting its report. […]
JAMMU — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) legislator Waheed Para on Saturday criticized the government over the post-abrogation promise of development and industrialization in Jammu and Kashmir and said no major investment has taken place so far in the Union Territory. He said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have expressed concerns that current development will […]
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 […]