Director JKEDI e-inaugurates EDP under Tejaswini at Baramulla
Jammu: Director Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) on Wednesday e-inaugurated a 10-days Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) in Baramulla under the Tejaswini initiative of Mission Youth, J&K. Speaking at the inauguration, Director JKEDI, Sh. Rajinder Kumar Sharma (JKAS) emphasized the importance of empowering women through entrepreneurship and providing them with the necessary skills and […]
JKSTD initiates special drive against fake claims of ITC
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir State Taxes Department (JKSTD) today initiated a special drive against the practice of claiming fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) to plug the leakage in Government revenue. As per officials, the drive was carried at various business units across Jammu simultaneously by jurisdictional officers under supervision of Additional Commissioner (Administration and Enforcement) […]
Irdai directs health insurers to decide on cashless authorisation in 1 hour
New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) Regulator Irdai on Wednesday released a master circular on health insurance specifying that an insurer will have to decide on cashless authorization within one hour of request. The master circular on Health Insurance products repeals 55 circulars issued earlier and it is a significant stride towards reinforcing the empowerment of […]
More cyber fraud cases getting detected in India due to enhanced vigil, says Amit Shah
New Delhi: About 27 lakh complaints of cyber frauds were registered in the country in the last one year and an increasing number of such cases are getting detected due to enhanced vigil, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said. Shah also said that 99.5 per cent police stations in the country are now connected […]
17 dead, several missing as stone quarry collapses in Mizoram amid rain
Aizawl: At least 17 people, including two minors, were killed and six-seven others were missing as a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Aizawl district on Tuesday morning amid incessant rain in the aftermath of cyclone Remal, officials said. Several other people also went missing in landslides elsewhere in the state capital which was cut off […]
Commissioner Secretary chairs JKTPO’s 14th BoDs meeting
SRINAGAR: Commissioner Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Vikramjit Singh, today chaired the 14th Board of Directors (BoDs) meeting of the Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO) here at Civil Secretariat. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Rural Development Department, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, who as one of the Directors of the organization, […]
Modi Govt reshaped Budget in last decade: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Modi government has reshaped the Union budget in the last 10 years from a mere record of expenditures to a strategic blueprint for equitable distribution. The minister asserted that the government would continue to maximise the value of taxpayers’ money by putting it to the […]
FSSAI says no permission given for sale of mother’s milk; warns of action against violators
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has warned food business operators against the sale of mother’s milk and directed licensing authorities not to issue approvals for the processing and selling of human milk. Amid complaints that some entities are selling mother’s milk in the open market, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has […]
Govt cracks down on SMS scammers; blacklists principal entities found spewing fraud msgs
New Delhi: In a major crackdown on SMS scammers, the government has blacklisted ‘principal entities’ behind SMS headers that were used for sending over 10,000 fraudulent messages over the past three months, according to an official release. The Department of Telecom (DoT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has taken decisive action […]
Cannot be a more attractive scheme, agniveers guaranteed government jobs: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has stoutly defended the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, saying there cannot be a more attractive scheme for the youth as it offers guarantee of a full-term government job for ‘agniveers’ who retire following a four-year tenure in the armed forces. In an interview with PTI, Shah said he felt pity […]