Mercury rises in Kashmir, Sgr shivers at minus 3.5 degree Celsius
Srinagar: The night temperature has improved at multiple places in Kashmir on Friday while Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir shivered at minus 3.8 degree Celsius. The parts of Dal Lake froze amidst the bone-chilling cold across the region. The sub-zero temperature has been recorded across all the stations while Qazigund, the gateway […]
Secretary Revenue reviews functioning of online service portals
JAMMU, DECEMBER 14: Secretary Revenue, Dr. Piyush Singla, today reviewed the functioning of online service portals ‘JK Revenue Plus and Jan Sugam’ here at Civil Secretariat, today. The Revenue Department currently provides 33 citizen based services online through these portals including attestation of mutations, fards, issuance of various certificates including legal heir, income etc. Dr […]
GST in focus
GST collections have gone up in Jammu and Kashmir in the past couple of years. Recently A Two- Day Capacity Building Programme on Goods and Service Tax (GST) for State Tax Officers, jointly organized by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and State Taxes Department, J&K, commenced here at Jammu and Srinagar simultaneously. In […]
Russell-inspired West Indies down England in first T20
BRIDGETOWN: Veteran all-rounder Andre Russell made a dazzling return to international cricket to help West Indies cruise to a four-wicket victory over England in the opening Twenty20 International in Bridgetown on Tuesday. Handed a shock recall after a two-year absence, Russell shone with bat and ball at the Kensington Oval as the home side reached […]
Overwhelming UN vote underlines need for Gaza ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution also demands the prompt and unconditional release of all prisoners involved in the ongoing unrest. This marks the second such a resolution was adopted by the General Assembly, unlike the UN […]
Parliament security breach: Case under UAPA registered
New Delhi:The Delhi Police has registered a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in connection with the Parliament security breach, officials said on Thursday. In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack on Wednesday, two persons — Sagar Sharma and Manoranjan D — jumped into the Lok […]
MeT Forecasts Mainly Dry, Cold Weather Till Dec 24
Srinagar: Freezing cold conditions continued unabated in Jammu and Kashmir as Srinagar endured the season’s coldest night at minus 5.4°C on Thursday. A meteorological department official here said that mercury decreased by 0.1°C and settled to minus 5.3°C. Today’s temperature was 4.4°C below normal for this time of the year in Srinagar, the official said. […]
SKUAST-K conducts awareness programmes on Soilless cultivation across Kashmir Valley
Programmes aimed at developing entrepreneurial skills in soilless agriculture, meet the agri challenges of future in urban areas SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 13: Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, conducted five one day awareness programs across Kashmir Valley on “Soilless cultivation to secure the vegetable demand of urban and peri-urban population”. The programmes were conducted at […]
Public grievances
In order to listen to the public grievances, recently Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Jal Shakti, presided over a Public Darbar at community hall, Hiranagar where he listened to the public grievances. During the public darber a delegation of Sarpanchs also presented their issues and demands, including special recruitment for border youth, border tourism, crop compensation, […]
CS for improving quality of skill courses to enhance enrollment & placements
Also directs S&T Deptt to speed up the implementation of solar schemes here JAMMU, DECEMBER 12: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today reviewed the impact and outcomes of the schemes and projects of the Skill Development (SDD) and Science & Technology (S&T) Departments under implementation here in the UT. While reviewing the working of SDD the […]