Security beefed up in Kashmir for Modi’s visit
Srinagar (PTI) Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on February 3, officials said here on Friday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in strength around the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, the venue for Modi’s engagements in the valley, a senior police official said. He said the […]
Govt launches pension plan for informal workers
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The government Friday announced a new scheme to provide unorganised workers with up to Rs 15,000 monthly income an assured pension of Rs 3,000 per month after 60 years of age. The plan is expected to provide social security to 10 crore labourers. This will attract matching contribution of Rs […]
Over Rs 240 crore budget for training of babus abroad & in India
New Delhi,(PTI) Over Rs 240 crore was allocated to the Personnel Ministry for domestic and foreign training of bureaucrats and augmenting necessary infrastructure during the next fiscal, according to the interim Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday. Of the total allocation of Rs 241.81 crore for 2019-20, which is about 24 per […]
2 boys injured as grenade goes off accidentally in Pulwama
Srinagar: Two boys were injured when a grenade they were toying with went off in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Friday, officials said. They said Sharafat Bashir and Junaid Bilal, both 13, were fiddling with the explosive device when it went off near Rohama, causing serious injuries to one of them. Both […]
Ahead of Indian PM’s state visit, traffic police issues advisory for Srinagar
Srinagar: Traffic police on Friday issued a traffic advisory for February 3 ahead of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to SKICC Srinagar. The route plan, according to police, will remain in effect from February 2 afternoon. “No traffic shall be allowed to ply from Badyari Chowk to Nishat via Boulevard and similarly […]
130 students arrested in US immigration fraud, attorneys cry foul
Washington,(PTI) The 130 foreign students arrested for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the US are largely Indians and were not aware of the varsity’s illegitimate operation, immigration attorneys have said while criticising authorities for using “troubling” methods to trap them. The university in Detroit’s Farmington Hills was part of an undercover […]
Cash dole for small farmers, mega pension scheme for unorganised sector, IT exemption limit doubled to Rs 5 lakh
New Delhi,(PTI) Reaching out to a large electorate ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Modi government Friday announced a cash dole for small farmers, a mega pension scheme for the unorganised sector and doubled the threshold income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh. Presenting the interim 2019-20 union budget in Parliament, Finance Minister […]
Resolution introduced in US Congress to grant asylum to Aasia Bibi
Washington, (PTI) A US lawmaker has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to grant asylum to Pakistani woman Aasia Bibi, who was acquitted by the Supreme Court in a blasphemy case, claiming she was “persecuted” in the Muslim-majority country for being a Christian. A three-member Supreme Court bench threw out a petition seeking […]
Budget an ‘account of votes’, not vote on account: Chidambaram
New Delhi, (PTI) Former finance minister P Chidambaram Friday termed the union budget as an “account for votes” and not a “vote on account”. “It was not a Vote on Account. It was an Account for Votes,” Chidambaram tweeted soon after the presentation of the Union Budget. He also thanked Finance Minister Piyush Goyal for […]
Nine drug peddlers arrested in Sopore: Police
By Bilal Ahmad Baramulla: Police on Friday claim ed to have arrested nine drug peddlers in Rafiabad area of the district Baramulla. Officials said that the detention was made during surprise naka in the jurisdiction of Police Station Dangiwacha Rafiabad. The arrested have been identified as Ishrat Ahmad Mir S/O Abdul Kabir Mir R/O Adipora […]