Panchayat polls: 14.8 percent votes cast in Baramulla till 10 am
Srinagar: Bramulla recorded 14.8 percent of voting till 10 am, highest is Kashmir region followed by Srinagar with 4.8 percent on Saturday. Officials said that Kupwara had 9.3, Bandipora 3.5, Baramulla 14.8, Srinagar 4.8,Budgam 2.6, in Kashmir division. In Jammu Reasi had 18.4, Kathua 27.4, Samba 29.7, Jammu 29.8, Rajouri 29 percent of voting respectively […]
British Golden Globe sailor rescued in Pacific: Official
Santiago,(AFP): British Golden Globe Race sailor Susie Goodall was plucked from a stormy Southern Ocean by a Chinese ship on Friday, a day after her yacht was dismasted, Chile’s Maritime Rescue Services told AFP. Goodall “was rescued at 1500 GMT and is already on the ship heading to Punta Arenas,” in southern Chile, a spokesperson for […]
Dozen killed, including six hostages, in foiled Brazil bank assaults
Rio De Janeiro, (AFP) Twelve people — including six hostages — were killed in northeast Brazil on Friday after police foiled a gang of armed robbers staging simultaneous predawn assaults on two banks in the town of Milagres, officials said. Five of the dead hostages were members of the same family and included two children, […]
UP: Dalits should take over all Hanuman temples in India, security upped as government anticipate Bhim Army may take over Hanuman Dham
Muzaffarnagar, Dec 8 (PTI) Security has been reinforced at the ‘Hanuman dham’ in Shukratal here as Bhim Army activists may attempt to take it over, police said on Saturday. The move comes days after Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar said on Sunday that members of the Dalit community should take over all Hanuman temples in the country […]
Poonch: 20 feared dead as bus falls in gorge
Poonch: Over 20 people are feared dead and many other were injured after a bus fell in a gorge in mountainous Poonch district on Saturday. Official sources said that the bus bearing registration number JK02W-0445 was on its way to Poonch from Loran when it met with the accident near a shrine at Kalarpella area […]
Weatherman predicts rain, snowfall on Monday
Srinagar: Amid possibility of light to moderate rain or snowfall in next few days especially on Monday and Tuesday, the night temperature increased slightly even as they hovered below sub-zero level across the Kashmir Valley. “There is possibility of light rain at isolated places in next 24 hours as the present (weather) system is not […]
Voting for panchayat polls underway
Srinagar, Dec 8 (PTI) Voting for the penultimate phase of the nine-phased Panchayat polls is underway Saturday at over 2,600 polling stations in Jammu and Kashmir. Polling began at 8 am at 2,633 polling stations – 550 in Kashmir division and 2083 in Jammu division, officials said. They said 361 polling stations have been categorized […]
Exit polls predict neck to neck fight between BJP-Congress
New Delhi: The results of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram Assembly elections 2018 is set to be declared on December 11. But ahead of the counting of votes, the exit polls by different agencies were released on Friday evening, after polling concluded in Telangana and Rajasthan. The exit polls suggest a neck-and-neck battle […]
GST assessment reveals around 30% leakage: Sales Tax Dept
JAMMU: The State Tax Department today made it clear that the drive launched by the Department for inspecting businesses and checking e-way bills is to prevent large-scale tax evasion noticed under GST. “While the share of J&K GST to total GST of all the states is 1.2%, the compliance level in the State is only […]
Union Cabinet approves implementation of Shahpur Kandi Dam project
NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last evening approved implementation of Shahpur Kandi Dam Projecton river Ravi, which has been declared a national project. The Cabinet also approved Central Assistance of Rs 485.38 crfor the project to be provided over next five years. On completion of the project an Irrigation […]
