Budget session of Parliament begins today
NEW DELHI: The Budget Session of Parliament is scheduled to begin on Today with President Ram Nath Kovind addressing the joint sitting of members of both the Houses of Parliament. The session is set to end on February 13 and will be last of Narendra Modi-led government which came to power at the Centre in […]
Pak youth’s wish to meet relatives living on LoC scuttled
Was carrying valid documents but army denied him entry
Poonch: 21-year-old Kamran Aftab son of Mohammad Aftab of BandiKhulratta in Pakistan Administrated Kashmir (PaK) was filled with excitement as he was to meet his grandmother and uncles who are living in Poonch . Riding high on the excitement, Kamran finally arrived in District Poonch in peace bus via Chakandabagh crossing point on January 28, […]
The unending miseries
Just a day before a senior Pakistan minister said that his country will try to resume peace talks with India only after election results are out as it is useless to talk to New Delhi because no big decisions are expected from the present Indian government. The minister’s assertion was that time is not right […]
We need to grow up!
By Faizan Bashir Bigots amongst people irrespective of anything exist in most of the societies. Some claim their side to be the ultimate truth, whereas others have their own stuff to narrate. And, the process of refuting each other continues. One such kind of intolerance that has always prevailed in our societies is religious bigotry […]
Youth killed, two injured in fire in Reasi
Jammu, Jan 30 (PTI) A youth was charred to death and two others suffered burn injuries after a fire broke out near Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday, police said. The fire broke out in a tin-shed in the Bhavan area near the shrine in the early hours, trapping three […]
Goyal to present interim Budget 2019-20 on Feb 1
New Delhi: Keeping up with the tradition, the Narendra Modi-led government ahead of the general election will present an interim Budget on February 1, which is widely expected to contain certain sops for farmers and middle class. The last Budget of the present NDA government is likely to be presented by interim Finance Minister Piyush […]
Show some seriousness
Now that the Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been causing lot of problems for the people of the Valley, it is the government’s lackadaisical attitude that is not helping the case of creating an alternative route to the NH44. The government had few years back initiated a proposal to construct a tunnel on the historic Mughal […]
‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’
By Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one more scheme ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ (save the girl child, educate the girl child), on January 22, 2015 in Panipat, Haryana. With an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore, the scheme has been launched in hundred districts across the country. In Haryana, where the child […]
Woman dies, three injured in Rajouri mishap
Srinagar: A woman was killed while three others sustained injuries after a car they were travelling in fell down in a river side near Tarpai Bridge on Rajouri Thanamandi road. Police told KNO that a car was on its way to Rajouri from Thanamandi when it fell down in river side area near Tarpai bridge. […]
J&K Bank inks MoU with Infomerics
Srinagar: J&K Bank entered into an MoU with Infomerics, a SEBI registered and Reserve Bank India accredited rating agency at the Corporate Headquarters of the Bank at Srinagar today. The MoU was signed by Bank’s Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Fayaz Ahmad Zargar and Director, Infomerics Suraj Pratap Malik in presence of Chairman & […]