China agrees to ‘reduce and remove’ tariffs on US cars: Trump
Washington,(AFP): China has agreed to scale back tariffs on imported US cars, President Donald Trump said Sunday, one day after agreeing with Xi Jinping to a ceasefire in the trade war between the world’s top two economies. Asia stocks had rallied on the news that Washington and Beijing would not impose any new tariffs during a […]
Kashmiri Pandits took out rally for Sharda Peeth corridor to Pakistan administrated Kashmir
Anantnag, (PTI): More than 200 Kashmiri Pandits took out a protest march in Anantnag demanding that a passage on the lines of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikhs be opened to facilitate devotees to visit the Sharda Devi temple in Pakistan administered Kashmir. The Kashmiri Pandits held placards and raised slogans in support of reopening the passage […]
Rupee falls 50 paise to 70.08 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai, Dec 3 (PTI) The rupee depreciated by 50 paise to 70.08 against the US dollar in early trade Monday at the interbank foreign exchange amid strengthening of the US dollar against some currencies overseas. Forex traders said besides increased demand of the US currency from importers, the dollar’s strength against some currencies overseas weighed on […]
Duped twenty days ago, Deputy Commissioner Kathua gets back his money as Police solves Vishing case
KATHUA, DECEMBER 01: Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rohit Khajuria, today got his Rs 50000 credited back in his bank account which was fraudulently syphoned off twenty days ago through Vishing. The DC appreciated the efforts put forth by the District Police under the supervision of SSP Shridhar Patil who constituted a special team to investigate the […]
Geelani condemns arrest of militant’s mother, sisters in Kishtwar
Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat Conference (G) chairperson Syed Ali Geelani Saturday strongly condemned the arrest of mother and two sisters of a militant in Kishtwar on the suspicion of being involved in the killing of BJP worker and his brother about a month back. In a statement issued here this afternoon, Geelani said: “Our stated policy is that we neither support […]
Kashmir records 17.7% voter turnout in fifth phase of Panchayat polls
Srinagar: 17.7 percent voters turned out to exercise their franchise on Saturday in Kashmir with 41.5 percent turn out in Ganderbal and 4.6 percent in Kulgam district. Polling for the 6th phase of Panchayat polls ended this afternoon. Polling started at 8 am and ended at 2 pm. In the Jammu division, 83.7 per cent voter […]
JK’s power woes to end by 2020: Advisor Sharma
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma on Saturday said the power crisis in J&K would be overcome to a large extent by 2020 as massive infrastructure upgradation is going on in this key sector. Taking a comprehensive review of the of power sector at a high-level meeting here today, Sharma asked the Power Development […]
Children don’t want to take up farming seeing our plight: Farmers
New Delhi,(PTI): Several farmers, who took part at a protest here Friday rued that their children do not want to take up farming seeing their parents plight, as protestors raised slogans to protect “farming legacy”. Dubbed as the largest farmers’ protest and congregation in Delhi, around 35,000 farmers, from across India, converged at the Parliament […]
Kartarpur corridor: PDP demands opening of road link to Hindu shrine Sharada Peeth in Pak administered Kashmir
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on opening up of Kartarpur corridor and has sought the opening of road link to Sharada Peeth, Hindu shrine, in Pak administered Kashmir, adding that “though it will be a measure specific to Pandit […]
Punjab minister seeks Sidhu’s resignation
Chandigarh, (PTI) A day after cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s remark on Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, a senior Punjab minister Saturday sought his resignation from the state cabinet. The resignation demand came even as Sidhu backtracked on his claim in Hyderabad that he attended the groundbreaking ceremony in Pakistan for the Kartarpur corridor after Congress president […]
