Added on July 22, 2025
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New Delhi: The government has sought inputs from major stakeholders, including the Defence and Home ministries, the Department of Personnel and Training, as well as states, on setting up the 8th Central Pay Commission, Parliament was informed on Monday. In January, the Cabinet approved setting up the 8th Pay Commission to revise salaries of nearly […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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Suggests taxation of trusts New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel, which examined the new Income Tax Bill, on Monday suggested that the Finance Ministry should allow individual taxpayers to claim TDS refunds by filing I-T returns after the due date without penalty, and exempt anonymous donations made to religious-cum-charitable trusts from taxation. BJP Member Baijayant Panda, […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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New Delhi: Airfare for Srinagar-Delhi flight fell from Rs 20,000 on April 21 to less than Rs 10,000 on April 24 following government intervention to curb surge pricing in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. In the aftermath of the Pahalgam incident, “there was an apprehension of a mass exodus of tourists from J&K”, […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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New York/Washington: The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs has welcomed the designation of The Resistance Front, a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a global terrorist outfit over the Pahalgam attack, saying anyone who “butchers” civilians doesn’t get a pass but justice. Last week, the US designated The Resistance Front (TRF) as a designated […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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Jammu: Top police officials on Monday reviewed the security setup for the upcoming Budha Amarnath Yatra in Rajouri district and stressed the need for foolproof security measures for the pilgrimage. The 13-day-long ‘Budha Amarnath’ pilgrimage in J-K’s Poonch border district will begin on July 28 from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu. It will […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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Jammu: A police officer was injured on Monday after his private car was hit by a landslide triggered by rain near here, officials said. The probationary DSP was on his way to his place of posting in Samba when the landslide damaged his car outside a tunnel near the Ban toll plaza in the Nagrota […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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Jammu: Nine peddlers were nabbed with drugs and Rs 20 lakh in their possession from different places in Jammu and Udhampur districts, police said on Monday. A drug peddler was detained under Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act in Kathua, while two shops of an alleged drug peddler were […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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Jammu: A 25-year-old man was killed after being hit by a Delhi-bound train in Samba district, an official said on Monday. Efforts are underway to identity the deceased, who was crossing the track when the Yog Nagari Rishikesh Express hit him in the Bari Brahmana area late on Sunday, a Government Railway Police (GRP) official […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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Poonch/Jammu: A student was killed and five people were injured when a landslide triggered by heavy overnight rain hit a government school in Poonch district on Monday, officials said. Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah expressed grief over the loss of the life of the young student. A large boulder rolled […]
Added on July 22, 2025
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Jammu: Security forces on Monday resumed a search operation to track down a group of terrorists hiding in a dense forest in Kishtwar district, officials said. The joint operation by the police and the army was launched on Sunday afternoon in Khankoo forest in Cherji area between Dachhan and Nagseni, they said. It triggered a […]
