News Topic:J&K Government
Business & Economy
AC approves disinvestment proposal for JKCL
After exploring all possibilities for the revival of the Jammu and Kashmir Cements Limited, the Administrative Council approved its disinvestment.
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AC gives nod to Jammu and Kashmir Public University Bill
The Administrative Council which met under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor gave a nod to the Jammu and Kashmir Public University Bill, 2022.
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J-K Govt likely to install ‘Srinagar Eye’ on ‘London Eye’ pattern in Dal Lake
The government is likely to install “Srinagar Eye” on the pattern of the famous “London Eye” inside the world-famous Dal Lake in Kashmir’s Srinagar district.
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Holidays on ‘Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi’, ‘Urs Sheikh Noor-ud-Din Sahib’ postponed
With the 12th Rabi al-Awwal falling on Sunday, the government ordered that the holiday on ‘Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi’ shall be observed on October 9 instead of October 8.
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Govt forms panel on modernization plan of J&K Police
The government on Thursday formed a committee for deliberating upon the modernization plan of the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
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J&K
Are Mid-Day Meals a scam in J-K?
The authorities in J&K have 'neither constructed over 4,600 units of kitchen-cum-stores for Mid-Day Meals (MDM) nor has surrendered the funds released for it'.
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Health
Chorus grows against pooling 50 percent PG seats
The government’s proposed move to pool 50% post-graduate seats from GMC and all seats of SKIMS is going to affect health care services in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Advocate Mohsin Qadri, Monika Kohli appointed as AAG
The Jammu & Kashmir Government has appointed advocate Mohsin Qadri and advocate Monika Kohli as Additional Advocate General.
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Properties damaged as cloudburst hits Chhatroo area in Kishtwar
Damage was reported to two houses and two shops after a cloudburst triggered flash flood-like conditions in the Chhatroo area of Kishtwar district.
₹3.11 Crore Embezzlement: Crime Branch chargesheets two in Baramulla bank fraud
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch, Jammu and Kashmir, has filed a chargesheet in a decade-old bank fraud case.
31 Amarnath pilgrims injured as bus plunges into gorge in Ganderbal
Thirty-one Amarnath Yatra pilgrims were injured after a bus carrying them overturned and rolled into a gorge at the S-Mode stretch in central Kashmir's Ganderbal.
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