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Recommends housing plan for elderly New Delhi: Government think tank NITI Aayog has pitched for tax reforms, mandatory saving plan, and housing plan for elderly in India, as the population of senior citizens is projected to reach 19.5 per cent of the country’s population by 2050. In a report titled ‘Senior Care Reforms in India […]
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Say inclusion in 6th Schedule to figure in discussions New Delhi: The Centre agreed on Monday to discuss threadbare the demands for Ladakh’s statehood, the inclusion of the Union Territory in the 6th Schedule of the Constitution and the setting up of an exclusive public service commission for the high-altitude region. The agreement was arrived […]
Added on February 20, 2024
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Stress for promoting ease of doing business in J&K Srinagar: Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Jammu & Kashmir, the local industry on Monday said it expects the PM to address the key issue of unemployment and promote ease of doing business in the valley. “The Prime Minister’s visit on Tuesday coincides with […]
Added on February 20, 2024
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Jammu: The traffic on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained suspended on Monday after landslides and shooting of stones from hillocks at over half-a-dozen places in Ramban district rendered it unnavigable, and rains and snowfall lashed several parts of Jammu and Kashmir for the second day, officials said. Two interstate highways were also closed as […]
Added on February 20, 2024
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Jammu: Lieutenant General M V Suchindra Kumar assumed charge as the general officer commanding-in-chief of the Udhampur-based Northern Command of the Army on Monday. He succeeded Lt Gen. Upendra Dwivedi, who has assumed the charge of the vice chief of Army staff and is the frontrunner to become the Army chief when incumbent General Manoj […]
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Jammu: Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a chargesheet here against a suspended government official for his alleged involvement in the embezzlement of Rs 33 lakh from accounts of withdrawal of GPF and seventh pay commission arrears of employees, an official said. The chargesheet was filed in the court of Special […]
Added on February 20, 2024
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Srinagar: The National Conference hit out at former Jammu and Kashmir chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday for his comments that NC chief Farooq Abdullah and his son, Omar Abdullah, were consulted before the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, saying he has “stooped so low” by making “baseless and senseless allegations”. Farooq […]
Added on February 19, 2024
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the BJP cadre to work with renewed vigour and confidence for the next 100 days to reach out to new voters and win their confidence to ensure the party’s return to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the BJP national convention here, Modi said […]
Added on February 19, 2024
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Kashmir’s hilly regions get snowfall Srinagar: Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall even as plains of the valley received rains that brought down the temperatures by several degrees, officials said here on Sunday. Snowfall has been reported in all hilly and mountainous areas of Kashmir since early morning, they said. The plains of the […]
Added on February 19, 2024
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Term the development as ‘historic’ Banihal/Jammu: Thousands of families in remote pockets of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district are eagerly waiting for the inauguration of train services on the Banihal-Sangaldan section by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, and say it will fulfil their decades-old dream and completely transform their lives. The 48.1-km section, a […]
