Jammu News

SME News, Saturday, Apr 20, 2013
JAMMU: In a bid to provide better health services in the state, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to bring BPL families living in 10 districts under health insurance cover, a state Minister said on Friday.     Shabir Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Health, J&K said, ...

SME News, Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013
JAMMU:  Ambassador of Czech Republic Miloslav Stasak has said that his government has offered to provide advance technology to the state of Jammu & Kashmir in various fields.     The ambassador stated this during his visit to the valley recently. He spoke to Minister for ...

SME News, Saturday, Apr 06, 2013
SRINAGAR: Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said, over one lakh youth from Jammu and Kashmir would be trained and provided employment outside the state during the next five years.     He was addressing workshop on women's interaction organized by the Jammu ...

SME News, Friday, Mar 29, 2013
JAMMU: The Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs Abdul Rahim Rather said that the state government of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) shall employ staff for its 80,000 vacant positions via fast track recruitment over the next two years.      The state government has also ...

SME News, Monday, Mar 18, 2013
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI:  Lack of significant employment opportunities among the youth of Jammu and Kashmir is fuelling their sense of alienation and compounds their mistrust and anger against the government and New Delhi.   As per Census 2001, 71 percent of Jammu and ...

SME News, Friday, Mar 15, 2013
JAMMU: The state of Jammu and Kashmir is expected to accumulate wealth of Rs 10,600 crore with promotion of organic farming in the state. It is also expected to generate exports worth Rs 600 crore. Assocham has forecasted these numbers for J&K over the next five years. This is based on their ...

SME News, Friday, Mar 08, 2013
JAMMU:  In a bid to conserve a precious resource, the Jammu and Kashmir government has adopted a dual policy of liberalising timber imports and enforcing measures that have brought down timber smuggling by a staggering 99 percent.   "From the year 2009 to 2013, the ...

SME News, Thursday, Mar 07, 2013
JAMMU:  Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather on Wednesday presented the fifth budget of the present National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition government which was a zero-deficit annual financial statement of Rs.38,068 crore.   The salient features of the ...

SME News, Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013
JAMMU:  With the opposition gathering all necessary political ammunition to target the Omar Abdullah-headed coalition government, the stage is set for a budget session of the state legislature, beginning Thursday, that is likely to generate much heat.   The ruling alliance ...

SME News, Friday, Feb 22, 2013
JAMMU:  The 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only lifeline to Kashmir Valley, closed again Friday as landslides caused by heavy rain and snow sent large boulders shooting down.   "Hundreds of load carriers and passenger vehicles got stranded because of the ...

SME News, Thursday, Feb 21, 2013
JAMMU:  Jammu and Kashmir has sought allocation of coal blocks from the central government to set up a pithead thermal power plant of 1,000 MW capacity to meet its energy needs, an official said Wednesday.   "Jammu and Kashmir would be greatly benefited by such a power ...

SME News, Tuesday, Feb 05, 2013
SRINAGAR:  Following fresh snowfall and landslides at some places, the Srinagar-Jammu highway remained closed for the second consecutive day Tuesday.   An official of the border roads organization (BRO), which maintains the over 300-km long highway, said fresh snowfall ...

SME News, Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013
JAMMU:  Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra Monday summoned the budget session of the state legislative assembly and legislative council at Jammu Feb 28, approving the proposal of the state government.     Exercising powers conferred upon him under Section 53 of the ...

SME News, Friday, Jan 25, 2013
JAMMU:  The completion of the prestigious Mughal Road, which connects the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in the Jammu region with the Kashmir Valley has been delayed. The Rs.640 crore project is now five years behind schedule.   The new deadline has been set for ...

SME News, Monday, Jan 21, 2013
SRINAGAR:  As the weather improved across the state Sunday, the Srinagar-Jammu highway was reopened for one-way traffic after three days, an official said.   "Traffic will move from Jammu to Srinagar on the highway today (Sunday). Drivers are advised to drive cautiously ...