Madhav Lal appointed MSME Secretary
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Feb 7: Madhav Lal has been appointed as the Secretary in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). He succeeds Vivek Rae, who has become Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. At present, Lal is the Chief Secretary in Jammu and Kashmir More
Under-5 mortality rate in India on decline: Azad
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Chennai, Feb 7: India's under five mortality rate has decreased much faster than the global average and there has been a quantum jump in the annual rate of decline, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here today. While the country's under five mortality has declined much faster than MoreSC pulls up CBI in Babri Masjid demolition case
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Feb 7: CBI's submission in the Babri Masjid demolition case that senior BJP leader L K Advani and others had committed a 'national crime' drew a sharp reaction from the Supreme Court which asked the agency not to use such a language till the case is decided by the courts. "Please More- Kashmir
After SSA muddle, RMSA implementation also tardy
UPGRADED SCHOOLS SUFFER FOR WANT OF STAFF
Concern
AAQIB ASHRAF
Srinagar, Feb 7: After failing to effectively implement Government of India’s flagship scheme Sarava Shiksha Abhyan (SSA) at the elementary level, the state’s Education Department is now dallying on implementation More
- Srinagar City
SET UP EXPERT COMMITTEE: NLCO TO GOVT
‘It should not be prepared in a hush-hush manner’
MASTER PLAN REVIEW
Srinagar, Feb 7: Nigeen Lake Conservation Organisation (NLCO) has welcomed the mid-term review of the Srinagar Master Plan 2001-2021 undertaken by the Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) and sought participation More
- Jammu
Senior Army officers call on Guv
Jammu, Feb 7: Senior Army officers including Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra, GOC-in-C, Western Command; Lt Gen Anil Bhalla, GOC, 9 Corps and Maj Gen Ashwani Kumar, GOC, 26 Infantry Div, called on Governor NN Vohra More
- South Asia
'Suicide bombing, killing of innocent people un-Islamic'
REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI
Islamabad, Feb 7: A group of 50 prominent Pakistani clerics has issued a fatwa (edict) that states the killing of innocent people, targeted killings and suicide bombings are un-Islamic. The Sunni More


