Div Com reviews land acquisition for BRO projects
JAMMU, MARCH 04: Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Sanjeev Verma today convened a meeting through video conferencing to review the progress on land acquisition for Border Road Organization/ Sampark projects pertaining to district Reasi, Rajouri and Poonch. Deputy Commissioners along with officers of Border Road Organisation attended the meeting through video conferencing. The Sampark engineers apprised the […]
R P Thakur reviews working of SICOP
JAMMU, MARCH 04: After assuming the charge of Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Ranjan Prakash Thakur today reviewed the working of J&K Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (SICOP) at Udyog Bhawan here. The Principal Secretary reviewed activity-wise performance of the Corporation and enquired from the Managing Director SICOP about the issues being confronted by the […]
Germany Extends Lockdown But Paves Way To Relax More Rules
Germany is extending its coronavirus shutdown by three weeks until March 28, but easing some restrictions to allow nonessential stores and other businesses to reopen in areas with relatively low infection rates. After about nine hours of talks, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of the country’s 16 states agreed Wednesday to measures aimed at […]
Centre Targeting Those Supporting Farmers: Rahul Gandhi On IT Raids On Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blamed the central government for the Income Tax raids on Bollywood celebrities – Taapsee Pannu and Anurag Kashyap. Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi government with three famous idioms (muhavare) and also explained his metaphorical meaning behind them. He used the hashtag ‘ModiRaidsProFarmers’ with his tweet in Hindi to take a dig […]
J&K LG gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Government Medical College hospital (GMC) here on Thursday, officials said. “I have taken the vaccine. The process was smooth. I urge all the eligible people to come forward and get vaccinated. The vaccines are safe and I […]
Sustainable tourism
The Government of India is very keen to see the tourism industry growing in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir especially in the current scenario. Recently Union Tourism Secretary said sustainable tourism is the only way of expanding the sector and bringing expected change in the industry in Jammu and Kashmir so that thousands […]
Role of PRI’s key for multifold development of rural areas: Advisor Baseer Khan
Tourism, Handloom, Handicraft potential of Basohli and adjoining areas to be exploited fully KATHUA, MARCH 03: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmed Khan today said that present dispensation under Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has initiated several steps to empower PRIs for multifold development in rural landscape of Jammu & Kashmir. The Advisor made these comments […]
BSF official held by NIA for helping in cross border drug
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar According to the news reports from New Delhi National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recently arrested a BSF official from Handwara along with four other locals from Kashmir in connection with helping the smugglers to bring drugs from the border. Romesh Kumar is the second security person to be arrested in […]
Will Congress revive?
The Congress party is facing a crisis and recently the pressure of all those senior leaders who came to Jammu, expressed their sentiments that the party needs to come out from the present conditions in order to fight back against BJP on the ground. After the lavish praises by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the […]
Finance ministry considering cutting excise duties on petrol and diesel
India’s finance ministry is considering cutting excise duties on petrol and diesel to cushion the impact of record high domestic prices, three government officials close to the discussions said. A doubling in the price of crude oil over the past 10 months has contributed to record fuel prices in the country. But taxes and duties […]