Cherries without market
Cherry growers of Kashmir valley have appealing to the authorities for the past two months to arrange special air cargo flights to lift fresh cherry from Kashmir to Mumbai. According to these growers they were having tie up with business houses in Mumbai to supply fresh cherries of this season. However, officials have maintained as […]
PCB hires Saqlain, Bradburn and Asser at key posts in High Performance Centre
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made three more appointments for its newly-introduced project of the National High Performance Centre, bringing in former Test off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq besides relieving Grant Bradburn as fielding coach to hand him a different set of responsibilities at the centre. The third appointment is that of Asser Malik as […]
Trump to target social media with executive order
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was set to target social media giants like Twitter, which he accuses of bias against him, with an executive order opening them to new regulation. “This will be a Big Day for Social Media and FAIRNESS!” Trump said on Twitter. The wording of the executive order remained under wraps. A […]
No proposal with Centre on formation of interim Govt or advisory council in J&K: BJP president
‘It is all propaganda ; no reality in it’ Srinagar, May 28 (KNO): The Bharatiya Janta Party on Thursday said there is no proposal with the Centre about formation of interim government or advisory council in Jammu & Kashmir. Talking to news agency. Ravinder Raina, BJP’s J&K UT president, said there is no question about […]
Centre constitutes permanent bench of CAT for J&K, Ladakh
As Centre’s decision to extend the jurisdiction of Chandigarh branch of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) over J&K had evoked strong reactions, the Union Government on Thursday announced to set up separate CAT bench for the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. The 18th bench of the CAT – named Jammu Bench – would have jurisdiction over […]
30 Groups Trying To Develop Vaccine To Cure COVID, 20 Keeping Good Pace: Centre
A total of 30 groups, including big industry and individual academics, are currently engaged in developing a vaccine to cure novel coronavirus in India, and at least 20 of them are keeping a good pace, Professor K. Vijay Raghavan, the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, said on Thursday. The Council of […]
Baseer Khan reviews initiatives regarding Covid-19 management in Anantnag
Asks to establish additional screening, surveillance teams, quarantine centres at Jawahar Tunnel, Qazigund JAMMU, MAY 28: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Khan, today convened a meeting at Civil Secretariat, Jammu to review and assess the management and initiatives being taken up to contain the spread of Covid-19 in Anantnag district. Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, K.K Sidha, […]
1 lakh Indians to be brought back by end of Vande Bharat phase 2 mission: MEA
At least, 5000 Indians have come back by land borders of neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh recently. Last week, the government had added 141 more flights to West Asian countries for the second phase of the Vande Bharat Mission, its massive repatriation programme for citizens stranded abroad because of Covid-19-related travel restrictions. The flights were added due to […]
Special Rules for fast Tracking Recruitment Process
Jammu, May 28 (KNS): Keeping with its promise of a simple, quick and transparent recruitment process, the Government has decided to approve the Jammu and Kashmir Appointment to Class-IV (Special Recruitment) Rules, 2020 to lay down the procedure as well as the criteria for selection to all Class IV posts. The decision in this regard […]
2 OGWs arrested in Handwara, arms, ammunition recovered: Police
Handwara, May 28, (KNS): Handwara Police on Thursday apprehended two suspicious persons soon after they tried to escape from seeing the Naka party in Panditpora Kralgund area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police official told KNS that on the basis of reliable information regarding the movement of anti-national elements, Handwara police along with 30RR Langate […]