Srinagar August 02: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today attended a meeting with the Union Home Secretary and Union Secretary, Ministry of Roads, Transport & Highways to discuss the modalities of the New Central Sector Scheme for Industrial Development for Jammu and Kashmir. Principal Secretary of Industries and Commerce Department was also present […]
Srinagar, Jul 30: The World Bank has once again rated progress on the Rs 1500 crore infrastructure building project funded by it in Jammu & Kashmir, as “moderately unsatisfactory”. In its latest implementation status and results report of the project, the multilateral funding institution has once expressed dissatisfaction over progress of the project, terming it […]
Srinagar July 28: J&K Government today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jindal South West (JSW) Foundation for restoration and conservation of Shalimar and Nishat Gardens. In the presence of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, the MoU was signed by Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad, Commissioner/Secretary, Floriculture, Gardens and Parks, and . Sangita Jindal, Chairperson, JSW Foundation. […]
Srinagar: The government on Thursday fixed the rates of sacrificial livestock in Kashmir ahead of this year’s Eid -ul-Adha. As per an order issued by Director Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Kashmir Dr Abdul Salam Mir, “the rates for Delhi Walla and Merino Cross varieties of Sheep have been fixed at Rs 285 […]
Srinagar June 21: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, chaired a meeting to review the execution of mining leases in Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Mining, Forest, Ecology & Environment, besides Director, Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board (PCB) and concerned HoDs participated in the meeting. The […]
Srinagar, Jun 16: Transporters continue to face huge losses due to the ongoing lockdown as the sector has incurred the losses of Rs 200 crore in the ongoing lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic. In total, Rs 700 crore losses have been registered till now since after abrogation of Article 370 on Aug 5, 2019. General […]
Srinagar, Jun 08: The most parts of Jammu and Kashmir including Srinagar, the summer capital of the Union Territory recorded the hottest day of the season on Tuesday while as the weatherman predicted no end to the scorching heat till June 11 (Friday). According to sources the twin capitals of J&K including Jammu and Srinagar […]
Srinagar 04 June The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has stated that several contesting candidates and general members for the forthcoming KCCI elections has indulged in deceitful activities in the name of the election campaign and have left no stone unturned to mislead not only the voters but the administration as well. In […]
Kupwara, Jun 3: Several incidents of cloudbursts and hailstorms were intermittently witnessed throughout the day in various parts of this north Kashmir district on Thursday.The weather turbulences have reportedly caused substantial damage to orchards and standing crops across dozens of hamlets, leaving thousands inhabitants fending for themselves. Reports said that a major cloudburst hit a […]
Handwara June 1: Kashmir Economic Alliance chairman Muhammad Yaseen Khan on Tuesday said that a single day shutdown costs Rs 150 crore loss to Kashmir economy. He said this during his visit to fire victims of Handwara who day before lost their vegetable carts to fire at Handwara Vegetable Market, Yaseen said KEA has sympathy […]
