CBI conducts nationwide operation against app based investment scheme
NEW DELHI, May 1 (PTI): The CBI has searched 30 locations across 10 states and union territories after registering a case in a fraudulent investment scheme linked to the HPZ Token App, officials said Wednesday. The agency has alleged the scheme involved misleading the public to invest in non-existent crypto-currency mining machine rentals. The nationwide […]
Govt cuts windfall tax on crude petroleum
New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) The government has cut windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to Rs 8,400 per tonne from Rs 9,600 per tonne with effect from Wednesday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on the export of diesel, petrol and jet fuel or […]
Bomb threat to Delhi schools appears to be hoax; no need to panic: MHA
New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday termed the bomb threat to schools in the city and adjoining areas as a “hoax”, and asked people not to panic. Police and security agencies are taking necessary steps as per protocol, the ministry said. “There is no need to panic. Mails appears to […]
Night temp rises but hovers below normal in J&K
Srinagar, May 1: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather by the end of this week, night temperature recorded an increase but hovered below normal in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here said that generally dry weather with afternoon thundershower activity is expected at a few places from May 1-5. Light […]
Threat of flood in Kashmir subsides as water levels recede
Srinagar: Except for Kupwara and some low-lying areas, the threat of floods in Kashmir subsided on Tuesday as the water level in Jhelum and other water bodies in the valley began receding after the three-day incessant rainfall stopped late last night. The officials said the water level at downstream locations along the river kept rising […]
