Over 96% complaints Google received in April related to copyright violations
Over 96 per cent of the 27,762 complaints that Google received in April this year were related to copyright violations, much like the one which resulted in the blocking of the Twitter accounts of IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and IT parliamentary committee head Shashi Tharoor. While Twitter blocked their accounts for violating the Digital […]
Belgium-Italy the standout quarter-final as England’s path opens up
LONDON: After one of the most memorable knockout rounds a European Championship has ever seen, the quarter-finals promise another heavyweight clash in Belgium against Italy on Friday while the fairytale run of at least one of the less fancied teams will continue. Either Denmark or Czech Republic will make the semi-finals with their last eight […]
Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary
China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed”, and hailed a “new world” created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding. In an hour-long address from Tiananmen Square, Xi pledged to build up China’s military, committed […]
Punjab reels under long, unscheduled power cuts
Despite the Punjab Government paying Rs 20,000 crore fixed charges to three private thermal plants and CM Capt Amarinder Singh asking the Finance Department to spare Rs 500 crore to buy additional power, the electricity supply situation has been erratic in the state, leading to unscheduled cuts lasting several hours. Not only villages and agriculture […]
Comprehensive review
The Jammu and Kashmir administration is getting guidance and direction from the LG Manoj Sinha, who is not only presiding over the important meetings but is also taking a comprehensive review of all important projects. He recently took the review of PMDP projects and asked the different wings of the government responsible for the project […]
Commissioner Secy reviews promotion of Commercial Floriculture in J&K
SRINAGAR, JUNE 30: Commissioner Secretary, Floriculture, Gardens and Parks, Sheikh Fayaz, today convened a meeting regarding promotion of commercial floriculture as a lucrative business for farmers of the Union Territory. The meeting, which was attended by senior officers of the department besides experts of EY Consultancy, had threadbare discussion on several important issues related to […]
Lt Governor calls for robust Public Distribution System in J&K
Directs for streamlining distribution chain, 100% Aadhaar seeding of beneficiaries, rationalizing availability of quality food grains for maximum benefit to citizens J&K government is reaching out to One Crore people with ration through a network of 6738 ration shops operating on online public distribution system: LG Winter ration to be ensured ahead of deadline: LG […]
Advisor Baseer Khan meets deputations, individuals
SRINAGAR, JUNE 30: Several deputations and individuals today called on Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan at Civil Secretariat here and apprised him of their grievances and demands. A delegation of Koker Bazaar (lalchowk), old court road traders met the Advisor and informed him about the various issues being faced by them. They raised […]
Government cancels Darbar Move accommodation for its employees
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar In a significant development Jammu and Kashmir government has signaled that the age old Darbar Move is going to stop now. They recently digitized all the files so that they are not moved in trucks from Srinagar to Jammu and back. According to the officials on Wednesday the government cancelled […]
Sports
Sports activities have got a flip in Jammu and Kashmir in the past few months and LG Manoj Sinha is taking a keen interest in making the youth of Jammu and Kashmir very interested in various fields of sports. Recently he held a review meeting of J&K Sports Council Youth Services & Sports department and […]