Atal Dulloo reviews progress of PMMVY, JSY schemes
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 24- Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting to review the status of progress made for smooth implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) and Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) in Jammu and Kashmir. Principal Secretary Social Welfare, Shailendra Kumar; Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Samir Mattoo were […]
LMD Penalizes Retailers for inadequate Labeling on Face Masks
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 24: On Monday, The department of Legal Metrology (LDM) Srinagar unit said that it booked and penalized 26 drug stores and departmental stores/retailers in the current financial year 2020-21 for over-charging/ labeling norms and collected penal sum of over Rs. 50,000. Due to Covid19- pandemic, Government of India, under Essential Commodities Act, 1955 […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 6,31,300 registrations; 3,41,200 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 24: Till today morning 6,31,300 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 3,41,200 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 1,25,000 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. […]
Lockdown measures extended in Baramulla till August 29 in view of surge in Covid-19 cases
District administration Baramulla on Monday extended Covid-19 lockdown measures till 07:00 pm of August 29, 2020. An order issued in this regard reads, “In view of spike in Covid-19 positive cases over past few days across the district, it has become imperative to re-impose some restrictions in terms of Section 144 CrPC and Section 34 […]
Kashmir incurred Rs 45,000 cr loss due to successive lockdowns: Report
Successive lockdowns in the past one year have dented Kashmir’s economy by over Rs 45,000 crore as per the report released by a Valley-based traders’ body. Business establishments remained shut for months after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 last year and just when economic activities started picking up early this year, the […]
Restore full statehood to JK at earliest: Tajinder Singh
Social Activist Sardar Tajinder Singh today said that he stands for the struggle to safeguard genuine rights of people to the lost identity of erstwhile State after Abrogation of its special status last year. While interacting a group of Social Activists and keeping norms of SOP of covid19 and Social distancing Tajinder said He Demand […]
Indian spot gold rate and silver price on Aug 24, 2020
The spot gold price today(Rs. 51970.0) is lower than this week’s average of Rs. 52291.43 by 0.61%. The price was also higher than yesterday’s value of Rs. 51960.0. The spot gold prices in India(Rs.51970.0) witnessed a growth of 0.02%, despite global gold prices($1934.5) saw a drop of 0.67%. Gold and other precious metals on Aug […]
‘Will Amount To Contempt Of My Conscience’: Prashant Bhushan Refuses To Apologise For His Tweets
Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan refused to offer an apology to the Supreme Court on Monday for his two tweets against the judiciary saying what he expressed represented his bona fide belief which he continued to hold. An insincere apology would amount to the contempt of my conscience and of an institution, Bhushan said in his supplementary […]
Kabul police chief sacked after surge in attacks
KABUL: Kabul’s police chief has been fired, the Afghan interior ministry said on Sunday, following a mortar attack that hit the presidential palace last week and an uptick in small-scale bombings in the nation’s capital. Interior ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said that authorities dismissed Ammanullah Wahidi — who oversaw security in Kabul and surrounding districts […]
Buttler expects Crawley to serve up special career
SOUTHAMPTON: Jos Buttler is convinced Zak Crawley’s double century against Pakistan will be the curtain-raiser ‘to a very special career’ after sharing a huge stand with his England team-mate during the third Test on Saturday. Crawley converted an overnight 171 not out, his maiden Test century, into an epic knock of 267. Together with Buttler, whose […]