In a significant move, the ‘High-Powered Committee’ (HPC) for unfunded/languishing projects today approved 241 projects across Jammu and Kashmir worth Rs 570 crore to be recommended for funding through newly constituted J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC).   The projects were approved at the maiden meeting of HPC convened under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary, Finance, Navin K Choudhary.   Principal Secretary Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, Rohit Kansal and Commissioner Secretary, Public Works, Khursh ... Read More

Incidents of unprovoked firing from the Pakistani side along the international border (IB) in Jammu have quadrupled this year as against 2017 and the figure was the highest in the past five years, according to official data. The latest data accessed by PTI also shows that the Border Security Force (BSF) suffered the maximum casualties this year — 12 deaths and 40 injured. The data shows that till September this year, a total of 498 incidents of cross-border firing have taken place along the IB in Jammu as compared to 111 last year. The corresponding figures for the previou ... Read More

Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested Wednesday and over eight grams of heroin was seized from them in separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.   Rakesh Singh, a resident of Devika village, was arrested from main bazaar Udhampur town along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, a police spokesperson said.   He said six grams of heroin was seized from the possession of the smuggler who was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.   Another drug peddler Ankush Balam was arrested along with 2.2 grams of heroin ... Read More

The general administration department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir government ordered transfers in the administration.   An order of the GAD said that the transfers and postings have been made in the interest of administration. According to the order, Zahoor Ahmad Mir, executive director, Rehabilitation Council, Social Welfare Department, is transferred and posted as additional deputy commissioner, Bandipora relieving Muhammad Qasim Wani ADDC, Bandipora of the additional charge of the post.   Rifat Arif, special secretary, Social Welfare Department shall hold the ... Read More

The Grandmother of the  Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor’s and the wife of late actor Raj Kapoor’s Krishna Raj Kapoor who was the senior most member of the family died on Monday, September 1 at age of 87 due to a cardiac arrest at about 5 am in the morning. The whole Kapoor family is deeply saddened by her demise. Krishna Raj Kapoor was the mother of three sons Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, and two daughters, Rima Jain and Ritu Nanda. Ever since the news came out, entire Bollywood celebrities have been sending their later. Neeth ... Read More

As a part of the nation-wide campaign ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ under Swachh Bharat Mission ( Urban) on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Department of Housing & Urban Development in collaboration with various stakeholders organized a grand sanitation drive (Plogging-Jogging with litter picking) here today.   The drive was flagged-off by the Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam from the Tagore Hall-Iqbal Park Srinagar early in the morning in presence of a large number of senior government functionaries, prominent citizens, members of NGOs, SHGs, students and other stak ... Read More