Added on February 3, 2021
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Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday registered a case of disproportionate assets against a former excise commissioner and conducted searches at three places within and outside Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The case was registered against the former excise commissioner Mohammad Javed Khan, a resident of Bathandi here, on the basis of a […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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Washington: In its first response to the China-India border standoff, the Biden administration has voiced concern over Beijing’s pattern of ongoing attempts to “intimidate” its neighbours and said it was closely monitoring the situation. A top official of the new Biden administration also asserted that the US will stand with its partners and allies to […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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Amritsar: A financer allegedly shot dead his five-year-old son and wife before killing himself too here, police said on Tuesday. Vikramjit Singh Mann had suffered huge financial loss during the lockdown period, the police said, adding he had been depressed for the last few months. A suicide note too was recovered from the spot, the […]
Added on February 3, 2021
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday said issues related to religious conversions are primarily the concerns of state governments, adding that law enforcement agencies take action whenever such instances of violation come to the fore. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said public order and police are state subjects […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked a BJP leader to make “necessary correction” in his plea, seeking transfer of cases from several high courts to it against the Centre’s notification to declare five communities Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsees as minorities. The high courts at Delhi, Meghalaya and Guwahati are seized of the […]
Added on February 2, 2021
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No new taxes proposed, no hike in long term capital gains
New Delhi: As promised, the Union Budget 2021-22 — custom-made to support a post-Covid economic recovery — turned out to be a milestone. There are no new taxes, no new Covid cess’ (only farm cess and others), no additional surcharges, and certainly no hike in long term capital gains. Still, from healthcare to infrastructure to […]
Added on February 2, 2021
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government has come out with open and transparent Budget and has not made any attempt to hide anything under the carpet. She said that the focus of the Budget 2021-22 has been on spending big on infrastructure and attending to the needs of healthcare sector […]
Added on February 2, 2021
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Naypyitaw (Myanmar): Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule. An announcement read on military-owned Myawaddy TV said the military would take control […]
Added on February 2, 2021
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 44 fresh coronavirus cases, raising its tally to 1,24,550, while no death due to the infection took place in the past 24 hours, officials said. Of the fresh cases, eight were reported from the Jammu division and 36 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said. […]
Added on February 2, 2021
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday overruled all objections and representations filed against its draft reservation order for offices of District Development Council last week, clearing the decks for elections to DDC chairpersons in the Union Territory. It was found that none of the objections/representations so received had any merit. […]
