Govt on course on PSU bank privatisation: Sources

New Delhi: The government is on course with the privatisation of two public sector banks (PSBs) and will take appropriate steps in the coming months, sources said. In the Union Budget for 2021-22, the government announced its intent to take up the privatisation of two PSBs in the year and approved a policy of strategic […]

Terror funding case: Court hands life term to Yasin Malik

Says crime intended to strike at idea of India

New Delhi: Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik, one of the foremost separatist leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, in a terror funding case, saying the crimes were intended to strike at the “heart of the idea of India” and intended to forcefully secede J&K from Union of India. Special Judge Praveen […]

BJP welcomes Delhi court verdict

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday welcomed the Delhi court’s order awarding life imprisonment to JKLF chairman Yasin Malik in a terror funding case, saying that the separatist leader deserved it for the sins committed against the people and the country . Raina also lashed out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti […]

Managing fiscal deficit – Govt has no plan for additional borrowing: Sources

New Delhi: The government is not planning any additional borrowing and will stick to the borrowing target fixed for the current fiscal year despite sacrificing revenue on account of reduction in duties on petroleum products and other goods, official sources said on Wednesday. In order to contain rising inflation, the government last week reduced excise […]

Covid-19: Five new cases reported in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported five new Covid cases on Wednesday that took the infection tally to 4,54,212, officials said. Of the new cases, three were from Srinagar district and the rest from Jammu district, they said. There are 59 active cases while the overall recoveries has reached 4,49,401, officials said. The COVID-19 death toll […]

Pandits stage protest, demand relocation of PM package employees

Jammu: A group of Kashmiri Pandits staged a demonstration here on Wednesday in support of the demand for the relocation of the community members employed in Kashmir under the prime minister’s package, who are on protest following the killing of their colleague, Rahul Bhat, by terrorists earlier this month. The protesters assembled under the banner […]

Admin announces govt job to kin of grenade attack victim

Jammu: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday handed over an appointment letter to the daughter of a man, who was killed in a grenade attack by terrorists on a wine shop in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district last week. Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kundal visited the residence of Ranjit Singh, the grenade attack […]

Army jawan injured in landmine blast

Jammu: An Army jawan was injured in a landmine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. The incident took place in Krishna Ghati sector, they said. The injured jawan has been hospitalised, the officials said.