Calls for tighter vigil on narco-terrorists Srinagar, October 30: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday chaired a high-level meeting with Deputy Commissioners, SSPs and senior officials...

Reviews power sector; emphasizes comprehensive winter preparedness SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 30: Minister for Revenue, Power Development Department (PDD), Law, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR), and Elections, Ali Mohammad Sagar, Friday convened a review meeting of the Power Development Department (PDD) at the Civil Secretariat here. The Minister took stock of overall functioning of the department besides assessing the preparedness for the forthcoming winter season. He reviewed the key initiatives and infrastructure projects aimed at strengthening the power sector and improving electricity services across Jammu and Kashmir. During the meeting, the officers apprised the Minister of the working of the department, progress on ongoing developmental works, power generation and procurement arrangements, transmission and distribution infrastructure, financial performance, operational...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday highlighted that the World Bank's October 2026 Poverty & Equity Brief records India’s progress as one of the fastest poverty declines in the world. The report states that several significant gains, including 49.6 crore people moving above the lower-middle-income poverty line of $4.20 a day between 2011 and 2023, with the poverty rate declining from 57.7 per cent to 16.1 per cent, the Finance Minister said. Extreme poverty declined from 27.1 per cent to 2.6 per cent over the same period, measured at $3 a day. Both monetary poverty thresholds use 2021 purchasing power parity. Employment increased by 13.4 crore people between 2017 and 2023, nearly twice...