#Budget2017-18: Govt announces setting up of Shams Faqeer institute of Sufi and Folk Music

KL News Network Srinagar Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu Wednesday said the government will set up a ‘Shams Faqeer Institute of Sufi and Folk Music’ School...

No nation chooses ‘killers’ as its representatives: Shabir Shah

KL News Network Srinagar The chairperson of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah Wednesday appealed people to boycott the “so-called” upcoming Parliamentary elections saying “we...

#Budget2017-18: Govt to link ‘sponsored social welfare schemes’ to Aadhaar

  Jibran Nazir Jammu To avoid the duplication of beneficiaries in various government-sponsored social welfare schemes, Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb Drabu, Wednesday in the on-going budget session...

#Budget2017-18: Govt to create e-commerce platform to link artisans, weavers for direct online sale

KL News Network Jammu Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb A Drabu Wednesday while delivering the budget speech in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislature, said that the Government...

#Budget2017-18: Kashmiri journalists to get ‘Press Club’

  KL News Network Srinagar Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu Wednesday announced “Aiwaan-e-Sahafat” for the journalist fraternity of Kashmir. Delivering his third Budget speech today in the JK...

#Budget2017-18: Employees getting better welfare

KL News Network Jammu After promising them 7th pay commission by next fiscal, Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu has announced a comprehensive insurance cover that will...

#Budget 2017-18: Covering calamities and uncertainties would cost Rs 150 Cr

KL News Network Jammu After struggling to have some cover to the farming and business communities against the unpredictability of climate and situation, J&K is moving to...

#Budget 2017-18: To avoid a crisis, JK Bank gets Rs 530 Cr equity infusion

KL News Network Jammu J&K government has finally come out in support of J&K Bank. It is getting a fresh capital infusion of Rs 530 Crores...

#Budget 2017-18: To ease SARFAESI debate, Drabu sets up ARC finally

KL News Network Jammu   With the new banking law SARFAESI giving banks a right to takeover the collaterals, extended to J&K by the Supreme Court, Finance...

#Budget2017-18: Daily-wagers in 2017, Seventh Pay Commission in 2018

Aakash Hassan Jammu Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu told the state legislature on Wednesday that he bargained hard with the employees of the state government on...

#Budget2017-18: Drabu helps SPDCs wealthier rebirth

KL News Network Jammu For the last many decades, state government will pump in money to build assets that state’s power generation company, the SPDC will...

#Budget2017-18: Spade work in winter, build in early summer

Aakash Hassan Jammu Proposing budget in January, perhaps for the first time in recent past, is aimed at utilizing non-working winter to manage plans and processes...

#Budget2017-18: In IMF style, treasuries pave way for PAO, BEAMS through MIS

KL News Network JAMMU In the new Public Management System that Dr Drabu proposed for adopting in the state for managing public finance, IT will be...

‘You begged militants while conspiring against NC’: Usman Majid to PDP

Aakash Hassan Jammu MLA Bandipora Wednesday leveled allegations in Legislative Assembly against ruling PDP of “begging militants” while “conspiring against National conference.” Usman Majid was infuriated after,...

Assembly: I was abducted by Usman Majeed during Ikhwan days, says MLA Batamaloo

Aakash Hassan Jammu PDP MLA Batamaloo Noor Muhammad Sheikh Wednesday alleged that he was kidnapped by Congress MLA Bandipora Usman Majeed when he was the Deputy...