Pak economy in bad shape, they can go to any extent to get money: Army Chief
Srinagar,: Principal Secretary, Tourism, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired an interactive session with representatives of various tourism associations and other stakeholders of tourism industry here. Director Tourism Kashmir, Nisar Ahmad Wani, Director Tourism Jammu, Deepika Kumari Sharma, Additional Secretary Tourism Prasanna Ramaswamy, officials from JKTDC, Tourism Department, representatives of various tourism associations including Nigeen Club […]
Kargil Vijay Diwas: President Kovind pays tribute to soldiers in Srinagar
Srinagar:President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday paid tribute to the slain soldiers on the 20th anniversary of the Kargil war by laying a wreath at the war memorial at the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar. President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute to soldiers in Srinagar on Kargil Vijay Diwas at […]
Father-son duo arrested for peddling drugs in Sopore: Police
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers in north Kashmir’s Sopore town A police spokesman in a statement said that on the directions of SSP Sopore Javaid Iqbal-JKPS under the supervision of SDPO Sopore Raja Majid-JKPS, a naka was laid by a police party of Police Station Sopore led […]
Proposed Amendments will kill RTI Act: Shah Faesal
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) President Shah Faesal expressed concern at the RTI Amendment Bill, 2019, arguing that the proposed amendments would weaken the Right to Information Act. In a statement issued on Saturday, Shah Faesal said that through the RTI Amendment Bill , the Centre seeks to control the salaries and tenures of […]
Er Rasheed seeks package for affected Kupwara fruit growers, farmers
Srinagar:Urging government not to deprive people of far-flung areas of basic amenities, PUF leader and AIP President Er Rasheed on Friday sought immediate attention of the government to compensate the farmers in Langate, Kupwara, Handwara and Lolab areas, whose crops have been damaged by inundated floods and hailstorm during last few weeks. While visiting various […]
Govt to use social media as promotional tool to attract more tourist footfall in J&K
Srinagar:Principal Secretary, Tourism, Navin Kumar Choudhary on Friday chaired an interactive session with representatives of various tourism associations and other stakeholders of the tourism industry. Director Tourism Kashmir, Nisar Ahmad Wani, Director Tourism Jammu, Deepika Kumari Sharma, Additional Secretary Tourism Prasanna Ramaswamy, officials from JKTDC, Tourism Department, representatives of various tourism associations including Nigeen Club […]
Disposal of grievances during Governor’s Rule
Srinagar:Since the imposition of Governor’s Rule, during 20th June 2018 – 26 July 2019, the Grievance Cell (including Governor’s Secretariat) received 80635 complaints/grievances of which 80235 have been dealt with / forwarded to the concerned quarters for timely redressal while as 400 complaints/grievances are under process. Similarly, on the directions of Governor, all Advisors to […]
Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir announces retirement from Test cricket
Mumbai: Pakistan speedster Mohammad Amir has announced retirement from Test Cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday. Amir made his Test debut in July 2009 against Sri Lanka. The 27-year-old scalped 119 wickets in 36 Tests at an average of 30.47. Amir reaffirmed his commitment to playing white ball cricket for Pakistan. “It […]
Advisor Sharma for concrete measures to tackle drug menace
SRINAGAR, :- Advisor to Governor KK Sharma has termed the drug menace as main challenge confronting the nation for which concrete measures are needed as a multi-pronged strategy for the remedial measures. The Advisor was speaking at the 2nd Regional Conference on Drug Menace–Challenges and Strategies held at Chandigarh where he was representing Jammu and […]
Rupee skids for 4th day; settles 6 paise down against dollar
Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 6 paise to close at 69.04 against the US dollar on Thursday amid sustained foreign fund outflows and firm crude oil prices. Prolonged weakness in the domestic equity markets and a strengthening greenback further weighed on the local unit, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened […]