JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday announced that a proposal to construct a new two-lane tube tunnel parallel to the existing Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee tunnel on the Chenani-Nashri stretch, connecting Udhampur with Ramban district, has been approved. Describing the development as “another good news for Udhampur,” Singh expressed gratitude to Union transport […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday formally declared the establishment of a new Regional Meteorological Centre at Jammu, marking a major step towards strengthening weather forecasting and disaster preparedness across Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh. The newly established MeT centre at Jammu will integrate weather observations with a state-of-the-art X-band Doppler […]
SRINAGAR — Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday flagged off the 20-coach Vande Bharat Express train between Jammu and Srinagar, the first direct train between the twin capitals of Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Jitendra Singh, were among the dignitaries present at the flagging […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said India has witnessed a transformational rise in entrepreneurship, with the number of startups growing to over two lakh, making the country the third-largest in the startup ecosystem. “Today, the results speak for themselves. In just a few years, we have grown from 350–400 startups to more […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said that India is positioning itself to become a global leader in preventive healthcare and stressed that public-private partnerships (PPP) will play a crucial role in driving innovation in life sciences. Speaking at the GISICON-2025, the 10th biennial conference of the Gastrointestinal Infection Society of India, held […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday emphasised the transformative role of science and technology in driving India’s development and said the nation is witnessing an unprecedented expansion in scientific capabilities under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was delivering the keynote address at a curtain raiser for India International Science […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday lauded the Army for organising a three-day cataract camp at the Super Speciality Command Hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, saying the armed forces not only safeguard the nation but also extend critical healthcare and humanitarian services. Singh visited the hospital to review its medical services […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday addressed a public rally in support of his niece and BJP candidate Devyani Rana in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota assembly constituency. Addressing a rally in Jindrah, the Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office highlighted the Narendra Modi-led Central government’s achievements in the last 10 […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday inaugurated the BioNEST Incubator at north India’s first industrial biotech park in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, terming it the beginning of a new era of scientific enterprise and economic transformation. With around 11,000 startups in India’s biotech sector and 25 new startups being incubated at the […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh on Monday said five-member high-level special team from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will arrive in Kishtwar on Tuesday for a two-day visit to assess the status of the proposed airport project under the Centre’s UDAN scheme. Union Minister Dr. […]