Mehbooba releases Rs. Five lac for Sahil’s kin
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Friday released cash assistance of Rs. Five lac for the kin of late Maqbool Saahil, journalist and author, who passed away two days ago. Ms Mufti handed over the cheque to Kashmir Editors Guild, (KEG) President Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo who along with his team which met Chief Minister and apprised […]
CS reviews implementation of PMDP projects in road, tourism sectors
JAMMU, MARCH 22: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas on Thursday reviewed the progress of implementation of the key PMDP projects in the road and tourism sectors with the concerned Administrative secretaries here. Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Administrative Secretaries of the departments of Revenue, PW(R&B), Forest, Tourism, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Director NHAI, J&K, Deputy […]
Joint House Panel discusses issues related to Toshkhana
JAMMU, MARCH 22: A meeting of the Joint House Committee of legislature was held here today under the chairmanship of Member Legislative Council, Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo to discuss the issues related to the Toshakhana, Jammu. Legislators, Rani Gargi Blowria, Surinder Kumar Choudhary, S. Charanjeet Singh, Pawan Kumar Gupta, Thakur Balbir Singh and Ashok Khajuria Special […]
Categorization of newspapers to be notified within 2 months: Altaf Bukhari
Finance and Info depts to work out new rate structure from Jan 1, 2018
JAMMU, MARCH 22: Minister for Finance, Education, Labour & Employment, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today said the categorization of newspapers would be notified within two months to ensure implementation of the revised advertisement rates. “The government will expeditiously take all possible measures to address the issues confronting the newspaper industry in the state,” Bukhari said […]
Veeri reviews status of land acquisition process for Ring Road Projects
JAMMU, MARCH 22: Minister for Revenue, Hajj & Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs, Abdul Rehman Veeri today chaired a high-level meeting to review the status of land acquisition proceedings for construction of Ring Road projects around Srinagar and Jammu cities and discussed the issues hampering the progress in the completion of land acquisition proceedings. MLA Marh, […]
Several deputations discuss their issues with CM
JAMMU, MARCH 22: Several deputations from across the State met the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here today and sought redressal of their demands. A deputation of people from Banihal thanked the Chief Minister for undertaking many developmental works in the constituency. They demanded formulation of a developmental and beautification plan for the town, upgradation of […]
In ‘Godsong,’ a New Poem That’s 2,000 Years Old
By: PARUL SEHGAL Imagine, if you can, a book beloved by Simone Weil and Steve Bannon. An apologia for war embraced as a classic of pacifism. A holy book admired by scientists. Thoreau took it with him to Walden Pond. Himmler carried a copy in his pocket. Whitman supposedly kept his under his pillow as […]
Embarrassing 58 leaves England red-faced in pink-ball Test
AUCKLAND: An 80-run stand by Kane Williamson and Tom Latham easily guided New Zealand to a first-innings lead after England crashed to just 58 all out in a dramatic start to the first Test on Thursday. England were left red-faced in the pink-ball Test when they were skittled for their sixth lowest in Test history […]
Broad reaches 400 milestone
Auckland, Mar 22 (AFP) Stuart Broad became just the second England bowler to reach 400 Test dismissals when he captured the wicket of Tom Latham on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand in Auckland on Thursday. In the gathering dusk in the first over after the dinner break, the 31-year-old Nottingham […]
BCCI clears Mohammed Shami of match-fixing charges
New Delhi: Mohammed Shami, facing serious allegations from his estranged wife Hasin Jahan,received a boost to his cricket career after a Board of Control for Cricket in India probe report said on Thursday that it did not find any evidence of match-fixing against the pacer. The Board gave him the all-clear on receiving the report […]
