JK abolishes toll tax from New Year, to incur annual loss of Rs 1,500 cr
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday announced abolition of toll posts, including at Lakhanpur along Jammu-Pathankot highway, a move that will lead to a loss of Rs 1,500 crore to the exchequer annually. The decision of the abolishment of the toll tax from the New Year was welcomed by traders while industrialists termed the withdrawal […]
Northern Army commander reviews security situation in Kashmir
Srinagar: The chief of Army’s Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, reviewed the security situation in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday, a defence spokesman said. Accompanied by the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen K J S Dhillon, the Army Commander visited the forward areas in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district where he was briefed by commanders […]
Srinagar witnesses coldest night of season, shivers at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius
Srinagar/Jammu: The fringes of the famous Dal Lake froze on Sunday as the mercury continued its freefall in Srinagar which experienced the coldest night of the season at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, the MET Office said. The minimum temperature across the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh Union Territory stayed several degrees below the freezing point, intensifying […]
Centre extends market intervention scheme for apple growers in J&K till Mar 2020
Srinagar: The Centre on Sunday extended the market intervention scheme aimed at providing optimum price for apple growers in the Kashmir Valley till March next year, an official spokesman said here. The scheme, launched in September this year by then Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik, has been approved by the Department of Agriculture […]
Saudi plans OIC foreign ministers’ meeting on Kashmir
Islamabad: Saudi Arabia plans to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Kashmir, in an apparent move by the Gulf Kingdom to please Pakistan which skipped a recent summit of Muslim nations in Malaysia seen by Riyadh as an attempt to create a new bloc to replace the […]
Youth hate instability, anarchy: PM on Mann Ki Baat
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the youth for believing in the system and questioning it when it does not respond properly. Addressing his last ‘Mann ki Baat’ of 2019, the prime minister said the youth hate anarchy and disorder and dislike casteism and nepotism. “Our youth believe in the system and […]
JK Bank appointed lead bank convenor for UT of J&K; SBI gets Ladakh
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday appointed Jammu & Kashmir Bank as the lead banker for the newly carved out union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. State Bank of India (SBI) will be the lead convenor bank for union territory of Ladakh. The government through a gazette notification on August 9, 2019 had reorganised the […]
