NC, CPI(M) see Budget 2021 as ‘disappointing’

Budget indifferent towards woes of local businesses: NC; it fails to address economic recession: CPI(M)

Srinagar: National Conference on Tuesday described the Union Budget 2021as “visionless” and bereft of any stimulus package for the country’s poor to overcome the COVID-19 induced economic distress. The country’s poor have been ignored in the budget, said NC spokesperson in a statement while expressing dismay over lack of incentives in the budget for small-scale […]

ACB registers disproportionate assets case against former Excise Commr

‘Properties worth crores detected during searches’

Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau Jammu has registered disproportionate assets case against the former Excise Commissioner, Mohammad Javed Khan. According to an ACB press release, case (FIR No. 04/2021) was registered in Police Station ACB Jammu against Khan on the basis of a preliminary enquiry. Khan, according to the ACB, has accumulated huge assets and properties  in  […]

Two JeM ‘associates’ held in north Kashmir

Srinagar: Security forces arrested two associates of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit from Bandipora and Baramula districts of north Kashmir, police said on Tuesday. “Police in Bandipora district received information that there were certain anti-national elements who were indoctrinating the youth and influencing them with false narratives,” a police spokesman said. “They were also motivating them to […]

Light rains, snow predicted in parts of Kashmir

Srinagar: The minimum temperature in Kashmir, barring Srinagar and Pahalgam, improved on Tuesday, even as the MET Office forecast light to moderate rain and snow in some areas over the next two days, officials said. Srinagar and Pahalgam were the only places in the Valley where the mercury went down on Monday night, while there […]

Tourist arrivals in J&K declined since revocation of special status: Govt tells Parliament

New Delhi: Tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir have declined since the revocation of the erstwhile state’s special status, Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel informed Parliament on Tuesday. In a written reply to a query in Rajya Sabha, he said 84,326 tourists visited Kashmir since August 05, 2019 while 87,94,837 visited Jammu and 1,00931 tourists visited […]

One-way traffic from Srinagar on Jmu-Sgr highway today

Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday informed that one-way traffic from Srinagar towards Jammu shall be allowed on the Jammu-Srinagar highway including the local Ramban-Banihal route Wednesday subject to fair weather and better road condition. A communiqué by the J&K Traffic Police said that no vehicle including those carrying livestock or fresh perishables shall be allowed to […]

33.8 lakh domicile certificates issued in J&K

J&K’s security expenditure peaked post Article 370 abrogation

New Delhi/Srinagar: As many as 33.8 lakh domicile certificates have been issued in Jammu and Kashmir till January 25, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said that since the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories in August 2019, […]

NTA to conduct next UGC-NET from May 2

Srinagar: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday announced the date-sheet for the December 2020 cycle of UGC-NET exam for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and eligibility for Assistant Professor. As per a communiqué issued by the NTA, which has been entrusted by the UGC and Union Ministry of Education with the task, the next UGC-NET […]