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 […]
Clean administration
Central government and J&K administration have taken a lot of initiatives for good governance and responsive official machinery. Recently the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir said that UT of J&K was among the first to cross 1100 e-services. On this occasion four principles taken by the J & K administration for good governance were […]
Use latest technologies for developing Sericulture in J&K: Director, Sericulture to Officers
Also asks them to focus on increasing the production & productivity SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 11: Director Sericulture J&K, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat Monday reviewed the functioning of the department in Kashmir Division in a meeting convened at Directorate of Sericulture Dev. Department J&K Tulsibagh, Srinagar. Taking the review, the Director emphasized the importance of utilizing the assets […]