ATF price cut by 3%, commercial LPG rate down by Rs 24
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) The price of jet fuel, or ATF, was on Sunday slashed by 3 per cent – the third straight monthly reduction on softening international benchmark prices. The fall in international benchmark oil and gas prices also led to a Rs 24 per 19-kg cylinder cut in rate of commercial LPG […]
Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit devotees leave for Kheer Bhawani mela
Jammu, Jun 1 (PTI) Amid tight security arrangements, hundreds of people, mostly Kashmiri Pandits, left for the Valley in a convoy of 60 buses early Sunday from here to take part in the Kheer Bhawani mela, one of the biggest religious functions of the community. Kheer Bhawani mela will be held at five Ragnya Bhagwati […]
Scolding does not amount to provoking someone to take own life: SC
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court has discharged a man who was accused of driving a student to suicide by scolding him. The accused, in charge of a school and a hostel, had scolded the deceased following a complaint by another student. After the incident, the student hanged himself in a room. A […]
First time in 2 decades, EC holds revision of voters’ list for bypolls
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) For the first time in nearly two decades, the Election Commission revised the voters’ list of five constituencies for holding assembly bypolls there in a bid to ensure a “spotless” electoral roll. The last time a special summary revision took place for a bypoll was in 2006 in Tamil Nadu, […]
Assembly Speaker to discuss functioning of House Committees tomorrow
Srinagar, June 1: The Speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly has convened a meeting with chairpersons of different House Committees on Monday. Sources said that the Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather has called a meeting on Monday with heads of nine House Committees constituted recently to perform functions prescribed to them under the Rules of […]
First parcel train carrying 24 tonnes of cherries leave JK for Mumbai
Jammu, May 31 (PTI) A parcel train containing 24 tonnes of cherry left Jammu and Kashmir’s Katra station for Mumbai on Saturday, marking the first such initiative which was described by the Jammu division of the Northern Railway as “historic”. The parcel train, which will reach Mumbai’s Bandra station within 30 hours, was earlier scheduled […]
Active Covid cases in India rise to 3,395
New Delhi, May 31 (PTI) The number of active COVID-19 cases in India has crossed 3,000, with Kerala accounting for the highest at 1,336, followed by Maharashtra and Delhi, Union health ministry data released on Saturday showed. According to the data, four deaths — one each in Delhi, Kerala, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh — have […]
DSEJ announces summer break from June-07
Srinagar, May 31: The Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) Saturday announced summer vacations for all educational institutes of summer zones areas of the region from June-07 to July-17-2025. DSEJ in an order said, “All the government an recognized private schools falling in summer zones of Jammu division shall observe summer vacation with effect from […]
UN glaciers’ meet: India says Pakistan violating Indus Water Treaty through terrorism
New Delhi, May 31 (PTI) India has said that Pakistan should stop blaming it for the breach of the Indus Water Treaty, as the unrelenting cross-border terrorism from its soil is interfering with the treaty’s implementation. Addressing the plenary session of the first UN conference on glaciers in Tajikistan’s Dushanbe on Friday, Minister of State […]
Two teenagers killed in road mishap at Poonch
Jammu, May 31: Two teenagers were killed after their scooty met with an accident at Chandak area of Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. They said that a scooty bearing registration number JK12A-2495 collided with a bus bearing registration number JK12-7207 at Chandak place. The scooty rider and his pillion mate were killed during the […]