In Delhi High Court, NIA opposes DeM chief’s plea
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has opposed in the Delhi High Court the plea of a Kashmiri woman separatist leader challenging the attachment of her mother-in-law’s house, saying the property was utilised for “terror activities” and even for celebrating “Pakistan Day”. The agency, in its reply, claimed that “the attached house was used […]
BJP throttling democracy by not conducting assembly polls in J&K: Cong
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Thursday accused the BJP of throttling democracy by not conducting the Assembly elections in the union territory, saying it was a ploy of the ruling party at the Centre. On PFI ban, the JKPCC president Viqar Rasool said that the outfit was not present in J&K […]
Govt hikes interest rates on some small savings schemes by up to 30 bps
New Delhi: The government on Thursday raised rates on some small savings schemes that do not get income tax benefit as it began passing the hardening of interest rates to depositors. While the interest rate for popular PPF and NSC were retained, rates for five other schemes where income accruing is taxable have been hiked […]
Save agricultural land
The agricultural land in Kashmir is shrinking with every passing day and a concrete jungle is emerging on huge patches of paddy fields in almost every part of the Valley. Once a promising food bowl, Kashmir is losing its arable agrarian land on an alarming pace. Despite standing court directions in this regard, conversion of […]
India-Bangladesh Relations through the lens of win-win outcomes
By: Mashrur Siddique Bhuiyan Following its declaration in December 1971, Bangladesh’s independence was first acknowledged by India. In South Asia, these two nations have historically had a shared border. Although there have been a few problems, relations between the two nations are still largely good. Despite decades-long border disputes coming to an end with the […]
Reversing heart diseases through free eduvaccine
Why not promote a free Eduvaccine for Heart?
By: Dr. Bimal Chajjer Till today heart disease remains the most common cause of death in most of the countries of the world. India is the present-day leader in the whole of the world so far as the number of heart patients is concerned and the number of heart patients is still in the increase. […]
J&K reports 22 new Covid cases
India records 4,272 Covid cases in a day; death toll rises to 5,28,611
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 22 new Covid cases on Thursday, taking the cumulative infection tally to 4,79,137, an official said. Sixteen cases were reported from Kashmir and six from Jammu division, he said. In Kashmir division, Srinagar reported 12 cases, Pulwama reported two cases, Budgam and Kupwara reported one case each while no other […]
Three JKAS officers transferred
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered transfer of three JKAS officers and another was assigned additional charge of the post in the civil administration with immediate effect. According to the separate government orders, Ghulam Rasool, Joint Director, Handicrafts, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement […]
Two minor girls missing from Budgam recovered in Jammu: police
Srinagar: Budgam Police on Thursday recovered two minor girls from Jammu three days after they went missing from the central Kashmir district here. As per a police spokesman, the mother of the girls Shameema, resident of Handwara, had on September 26 filed a complaint at Police Post Humhama stating that her two minor daughters aged […]
Ladli Beti Scheme fully digitized to ensure transparency: Govt
‘Rs 75 cr disbursed to beneficiaries through DBT this Financial year’
SRINAGAR: To ensure that the objective of the Ladli Beti Scheme reaches maximum beneficiaries with transparency, the J&K Government has fully digitized this social assistance scheme. The Government has set a timeline of 45 days for the officers dealing with the scheme to complete the status of the application. The Social Welfare department has asked […]
