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BJP legislators stage walkout Jammu Tawi, Sep 22: Pandemonium broke out in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Tuesday after National Conference (NC) legislator Abdul Majid Larmi demanded that the government should either restore the holiday on the birth anniversary of NC founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah or cancel the holiday marking the birth anniversary … Read more
Jammu Tawi, Sep 22: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday told the Legislative Assembly that not every tourist destination in Jammu and Kashmir can be developed on the lines of Gulmarg or equipped with a gondola, stressing the need for a destination-specific approach to tourism development. Replying to questions by MLA Saif-ud-Din Bhat, CM Omar, … Read more
Bank posts record 2,363-Cr profit Srinagar, Sep 22: Jammu and Kashmir Bank is set to restart recruitment of banking assistants and officers after a gap of five years, with a recruitment notification likely to be issued within days, Managing Director and CEO Amitava Chatterjee said on Tuesday. Chatterjee made the announcement while responding to a … Read more
Over 1 lakh workers registered: Govt tells House Srinagar, Sep 22: Casual and daily-wage workers on Tuesday announced that they will gherao the Assembly on September 28 to press for their long pending demands including regularisation, wage enhancement and pension benefits. Daily wagers staged a protest at Polo View Park here today. The protest was … Read more
Rs 4385 Cr outstanding against Govt Depts Srinagar, Sep 22: Consumers in Jammu and Kashmir will have to pay an additional Rs 251 crore due to recent tariff hike, the government admitted in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply to a question by MLA Sajad Gani Lone, the Power Development Department, said … Read more
Srinagar, Sep 22: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that around 51,000 cancer cases are currently registered in the Union Territory. According to the details, Health and Medical Education Minister Sakeena Itoo, while replying to a question raised by MLA Mir Saifullah in the Assembly said gastrointestinal, lung and breast … Read more
SRINAGAR, Sept 22: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that the Jammu and Kashmir Government is examining on merits the matter of reintroducing or extending the Amnesty Scheme for power consumers, while stressing that repeated waivers of electricity dues would be unfair to consumers who pay their bills on time. Replying to a question by … Read more
JAMMU, Sept 22: A glass pane in the driver’s cabin of a Delhi-bound train broke mysteriously while the train was passing through Vijaypur in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, prompting a search along the railway track, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday night when the train, which had departed from Jammu Tawi Railway Station … Read more
SRINAGAR, Sept 22: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Tuesday after National Conference (NC) MLA Abdul Majeed Larmi demanded that either the holiday on the birth anniversary of NC founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah be restored or the holiday on the anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh be cancelled. The demand, raised soon … Read more
Jammu Tawi, Sep 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday informed the House that it is examining a uniform framework for the regularisation of temporary workers, including daily-rated workers, casual and seasonal labourers, and other contractual and need-based employees engaged across departments. In a written response to a question raised by MLA Irfan Hafiz … Read more