Income tax exemption threshold may be doubled: Sources
New Delhi: Finance Minister is contemplating to double the income tax exemption threshold from the present Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, for the salaried class, sources said. Currently, income up to Rs 2.5 lakh is exempt from personal income tax. Income between Rs 2.5-5 lakh attracts 5 percent tax, while that between Rs […]
Gunfight rages in Central Kashmir’s Budgam
Srinagar: Gunfight rages in Hapatnar area of Charar Shareef of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district between militants and government forces on Monday morning. Reports said that a joint team of army and police cordoned off the suspected spot after having credible input about presence of some militants in the area. As the joint team of forces […]
Israel says carrying out strikes on Iranian targets in Syria
Jerusalem, Jan 21 (AFP) Israel’s military said it was carrying out strikes on Iranian targets in Syria early Monday after it intercepted a rocket fired from Syrian territory hours earlier. It said in a statement it was “currently striking” the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force in Syria and warned Syria’s military against “attempting to harm […]
Trump, Erdogan agree to pursue a negotiated solution for northeast Syria: WH
Washington, Jan 21 (PTI) US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Monday agreed to continue to pursue a negotiated solution for northeast Syria, the White House said Sunday following a telephonic conversation between the two leaders. Trump underscored the importance of defeating terrorist elements that remain in Syria, it said. “The […]
Wealth of richest 9 Indians equivalent to bottom 50% of population: Oxfam study
DAVOS: A study conducted by Oxfam on Monday revealed that the fortunes of Indian billionaires increased by Rs 2,200 crore a day last year, with the top 1 per cent of the country’s richest getting richer by 39 per cent, while the bottom-half of the population saw an increase of just 3 per cent in […]
Five drug peddlers held with contraband substance
Jammu, Jan 20 (PTI) Five drug peddlers were arrested Sunday along with contraband substance in separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Mohan Lal, a resident of Bhartund Chaka, was arrested and 50 g of charas was recovered from his possession during frisking at Ban Ganga in Reasi district, a police spokesperson said. He said […]
Mehbooba voices concern over selective targeting of tribal’s, Muslims in Jammu
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday expressed serious concern over the selective targeting of tribal Muslim community in Jammu Division. Highlighting instances of how the community is being targeted and harassed, she asked the governor’s administration to take immediate measures to restore the confidence of this vulnerable community […]
3 from Jammu die in Himachal’s Chamba as car falls into gorge
Shimla: A woman and her son were among three killed after their car fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district Sunday, police said. The car, which had a Maharashtra registration number, fell into a gorge at Saru, Chamba’s superintendent of police Monika Bhutunguru said. The victims were from Bhasoli in Jammu and Kashmir’s […]
Resistance: Women demand better prison conditions
New Delhi, Jan 20 (PTI) Sukalo spent 45 days in jail sleeping on the bathroom floor but, she says, that was not the worst pain she endured in prison. A member of the Gond tribe, largely found in central India, she had to eat food infested with insects, drink contaminated water and share space with […]
BJP will form stable govt with ‘some friends’ in J&K: Ram Madhav
Jammu, Jan 20 (PTI) BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday said while his party would most likely go it alone in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, it would form a “stable government with some friends” in the state after the polls. He said his party would contest all seats in the state. […]
