Chief Secretary chairs 4th PMG meeting
Progress of major infrastructural projects reviewed
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 20: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas Tuesday chaired the 4th Project Monitoring Group (PMG) meeting here to review the progress achieved in major infrastructural projects in sectors including Railways and Power. Special Secretary (PMG), PMO, Arun Goyal and his team of officers participated in the meeting via video conferencing from New Delhi. Commissioner/Secretary, […]
Rashid, Bumrah joint No.1 in ODI rankings
Dubai: Afghanistan legspinner Rashid Khan and India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah have jointly risen to the top spot in the ICC rankings for bowlers in ODIs. Rashid, aged 19 years 153 days, became the youngest ever No.1 in men’s rankings history. The pair displaced South Africa legspinner Imran Tahir, who slid to sixth spot after […]
PSL3: trophy unveiled in Dubai
DUBAI: The wait for the third edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) is almost over: before the cricketing action gets underway from February 22, a ceremony to unveil the glittering winners’ trophy was held in Dubai. The silverware for the tournament was unveiled to the public at the Dubai International Stadium. The trophy was […]
Sardar Singh to lead India at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
New Delhi: With rumours over his future doing the rounds, Sardar Singh has been included in the 18-man squad announced for the annual Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and to top it all, he has been named as the captain in the absence of regular skipper Manpreet Singh. The tournament begins on March 3 in Ipoh, […]
Son of former Pakistani cricketer commits suicide
KARACHI: A Karachi U19 cricketer, Mohammad Zaryab, committed suicide on Tuesday after being disillusioned by his cricketing career. Zaryab, son of former Pakistan batsman Aamer Hanif, represented Karachi in an U19 tournament in Lahore last month, but was sent back due to injury. “What my son has done, or what he faced, I hope no […]
Slovenia ice hockey player fails doping test
Pyeongchang: Slovenia men’s ice hockey player Ziga Jeglic has tested positive for a banned substance and has been suspended for the remainder of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Tuesday. It added that Jeglic, who tested positive for fenoterol, had accepted the anti-doping rule violation and would leave the […]
Govt issues Policy, Operational guidelines to enforce expenditure, fiscal discipline
Following legislative backing these measures now have force of law: Finance Department
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 20: Following the wide-ranging public expenditure reforms announced by the Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb Drabu in the State Legislature earlier this month and making the State Government legally bound to expedite resource utilization, the Finance Department today issued comprehensive guidelines to enforce fiscal discipline. According to an elaborate order issued by the Principal […]
Major Relief for Employees: Govt relaxes GPF settlement norms
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 20: In a major relief its employees, the State Government today relaxed norms for settlement of final GP Fund final refund cases by the District Fund Offices and other Fund Offices. The announcement in this regard was earlier made by the Minister for Finance, Labour and Employment, Dr Haseeb A Drabu in his […]
Fisheries Deptt Bandipora organizes farmers’ exposure tour
BANDIPORA, FEBRUARY 20: The Department of Fisheries organized an intra-district exposure-cum-training tour for a group of 25 progressive fish farmers of the district today. The group will visit different fish farms of the district including Government as well as private fish units to learn the ways and means adopted for better fish production. The Assistant […]
Floriculture Deptt holds training programme for farmers
KUPWARA, FEBRUARY 20: The 5-day long awareness- cum -training workshop was conducted by the Department of Floriculture for farming community at Environmental Hall Handwara. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Handwara Peer Muzaffar Ahmad impressed upon the organizers to aware the farming community about the latest techniques of farming, inputs and other tactics as per the guidelines […]
