Advisor Bhatnagar reviews progress on PMDP road projects
JAMMU: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today chaired a high level meeting to review progress on major road projects under PMDP being executed by various agencies besides assessing status of other infrastructural works in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, Public Works Department, Shailendra Kumar; Commissioner Secretary Higher Education […]
India records 20,549 fresh COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,02,44,852 with 20,549 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98.34 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.99 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll increased […]
‘Employment deptt’s online counselling benefits 4202 candidates’
JAMMU: The Online Counselling of Jammu and Kashmir Employment Department has benefitted around 4202 candidates have been benefitted, reads a communiqué issued by DIPR-JK. Around 436 e-counselling sessions were conducted across the UT of J&K in which 4202 candidates have been benefitted, an official handout states. The online counseling was started by the department to […]
Falling market rates forcing farmers to sell crops below MSP: Union leaders
New Delhi: As farmers’ protest against three new farm laws continues, union leaders on Wednesday said peasants in some parts of the country are being forced to sell crops including paddy below the Minimum Support Price as market rates have fallen and asserted that the agitation will continue till the government agrees to their demands. […]
Trump lashes out at GOP after override vote on defence bill
Washington: President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans a day after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defence policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of GOP leadership, joined with Democrats on Monday to approve the override, which would be the first of […]
Union ministers meet farmer groups to break deadlock over agri laws
New Delhi: Three union ministers met a 41-member representative group of thousands of farmers protesting against three farm laws on borders of the national capital for the sixth round of negotiations on Wednesday to break the over one-month-long deadlock on the contentious issue. While the government hoped it would be a decisive meeting and the […]
New Zealand has nail-biting win in 1st Test against Pakistan
Mount Maunganui: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs in the first cricket Test which ended very late on the fifth day Wednesday, achieving their third straight win in three home Tests this summer and taking a 1-0 lead in the two-test series. At the same time New Zealand overtook Australia to claim the No. […]
Talat chairs virtual meet with UNDP on setting up of YES Centers in JK Colleges
JAMMU: Commissioner/Secretary Higher Education, Talat Parvez Rohella, Wednesday held a virtual meeting with the representatives of UNDP. The meeting was also attended in person by Director EDI Ghulam Mohammad Dar, Rubina Kouser, Director JKSLRM, Dr. Peerzada Mohammad Yousuf, Director Colleges and other officers from the Higher Education. The meeting was organized for setting up of […]
Advisor Baseer Khan interacts with entrepreneurs at Kathua industrial estates
Says Industrial reforms will usher new era of growth, development in J&K
KATHUA: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmed Khan, today said that the present dispensation led by Lieutenant Governor is focusing on strengthening industrial infrastructure with better service delivery to make the environment more congenial for industries to grow across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Advisor said this during an interaction meeting with members […]
Rescue acts, growth measures dominate RBI’s platter in 2020; new inflation target awaited in new year
Mumbai: Delivering a public speech hours after the RBI launched a rescue act for Yes Bank on March 6, Governor Shaktikanta Das reiterated the RBI’s affirmation to do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus impact. On that day, India had only one confirmed COVID-19 infection, the World Health Organisation was five days off from […]
