JAMMU — Security forces on Saturday foiled a major cross-border narcotics smuggling attempt along the International Border with the seizure of over 6.5 kg of heroin worth over Rs 40 crore in the R S Pura sector, officials said, adding that the consignment was dropped by a drone from Pakistan. The contraband was recovered during […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed hope that the new government in Bangladesh will improve relations with India, saying stable neighbours benefit the region, while warning that the Indo-US trade deal could adversely affect Jammu and Kashmir. “The more stable our neighbouring countries are, the more it benefits us. […]
JAMMU — A high-level, inter-department committee is being set up to ensure flood control and water security in Jammu and Kashmir, Cabinet minister Javed Ahmed Rana said on Friday. Speaking on grants for the public health engineering department in the Assembly, Rana, who holds the charge for Jal Shakti, forest, ecology and environment, and tribal […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Forest Minister Javed Rana on Friday said the government will scale up efforts to strengthen forest conservation, biodiversity protection and eco-tourism across the Union territory in the coming fiscal. Winding up the discussion in the Assembly on the demand for grants for forest, ecology and environment, public health engineering, irrigation […]
JAMMU — The chairperson of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Jammu and Kashmir, Satish Chandra, on Friday said the National Buildings Construction Corporation is likely to undertake RERA-approved housing and real estate projects in the Union territory. Speaking at a panel discussion on RERA reforms in the housing sector at the National Urban and […]
JAMMU — The process of granting no objection certificates to people seeking constructions within municipal areas in Jammu and Kashmir will be simplified, Social Welfare Minister Sakeena Itoo told the Assembly on Friday. Replying to a question on behalf of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah raised by People’s Conference legislator Sajad Gani Lone, Itoo said that […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Friday urged the UT government to send an all-party delegation of MLAs to the Kashmiri migrant camps in Jammu to assess their living conditions and recommend urgent measures for their welfare. Karra made the suggestion after interacting with the Kashmiri Pandit community at the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Friday passed grants worth Rs 3,241.77 crore for public health engineering, Rs 1,524.82 crore for forest, ecology and environment, Rs 1,606.99 crore for irrigation and flood control and Rs 406.01 crore for tribal affairs. The grants for the departments were passed through a voice vote after a […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather urged the government on Friday to strengthen the legal framework to combat food adulteration, as members voiced concern over a large-scale seizure of rotten meat and sub-standard cheese across the Union Territory. Replying to a clubbed question from National Conference (NC) MLAs Saifullah Mir, Mubarak […]
JAMMU — More than 32,000 cancer cases have been reported across Jammu and Kashmir in recent years, with nearly 79 per cent of the total cases recorded in the valley alone, Health Minister Sakeena Itoo said on Friday. Replying to an unstarred question by PDP legislator Waheed Ur Rehman Para in the Assembly, the minister […]