Government faces opposition in the GST meet
The State government continued to face opposition over the implementation of the goods and service tax (GST) in the all party meeting which was held today. Former Deputy Chief Minister and senior PDP leader, Muzafar Hussain Beigh, chaired the meeting. The opposition came a day after government on Wednesday said that it will protect the […]
Amarnath Yatra kicks off amid tight security
The annual Amarnath yatra started off today amid tight security as a total of 2,481 yatris left from Jammu to undertake the annual pilgrimage. The yatra started from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes with Governor, N. N. Vohra, Chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) paying obeisance at the cave shrine. The pilgrims […]
Amarnath Yatra kicks off amid tight security
The annual Amarnath yatra started off today amid tight security as a total of 2,481 yatris left from Jammu to undertake the annual pilgrimage. The yatra started from both the Pahalgam and the Baltal routes with Governor, N. N. Vohra, Chairman of the Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) paying obeisance at the cave shrine. The pilgrims […]
KTMF calls for shutdown on July 1
Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers (KTMF) said that if the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is extended to the state without amendments, it will shutdown business and trade units as a mark of protest. KTMF president Bashir Ahmad Rather has called for the shutdown on July 1 when the GST is rolled out across the country. […]
Parties in accord on extension of GST to JK, seek safeguards: Govt
The second meeting of the All Party Consultative Group constituted by the Government to evolve consensus over GST implementation in J&K was convened here this evening under the chairmanship of former Deputy Chief Minister and Member Parliament, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh. The members of the Consultative Group including former finance minister and NC leader Abdul Rahim […]
Pilgrim dies after hit by shooting stone
A pilgrim died after he was hit by a shooting stone in Central Kashmir’s Baltal area in Ganderbal district, police sources said. They said that an Amarnath pilgrim died after being hit by a shooting stone on way to holy cave at Baltal base camp on Thursday. Sources said that 50-year-old Bhushan Kotwal, a […]
NIA fails to join loose ends, winds up probe in alleged ‘terror’ funding case
National Investigation Agency (NIA) which had launched a probe last year into alleged funding from Pakistan to Kashmiri separatists and stone pelters is “as good as closed”, a media report said today. The probe was ordered last year following the uprising triggered by July 8 killing of young militant commander Burhan Wani in an encounter […]
JRL calls for protests today
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for protests after Friday prayers against declaring Syed Salahudin, chief of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, and United Jihad Council (UJC) as Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Department of State. The announcement had come hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump were meeting at the White House. 71-year-old […]
GST implementation, NC Core Group meets
National Conference Core Group met in Srinagar today in a meeting that was presided over by Party Working President Omar Abdullah. The Core Group authorized Senior Party Leader Abdul Rahim Rather to represent the party in the meeting of the Committee formed by the Government on the issue of GST extension to the State. The […]
Congress demands debate on GST, seeks assembly session
Stating that Congress Party is committed to the stand taken in 2012-13 State Cabinet on GST, the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) in the all party meeting held in Srinagar today reiterated that adequate safeguards should be incorporated in GST regime as was proposed by the then Cabinet in 2012-13, keeping in view the special […]
