Heritage-based tourism circuits must to showcase JK’s cultural legacy: CM Omar
Jammu, Apr 8: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday called for strengthening institutional mechanisms and developing heritage-based tourism circuits to position the Union Territory as a key cultural tourism destination. Chairing a meeting on heritage promotion and cultural tourism here, CM Omar Abdullah reviewed measures for the conservation and adaptive reuse of […]
LG led-administration terminates two more government employees for terror links
Srinagar, Apr 8: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha led-administration has terminated two more government employees over terror links, invoking his zero-tolerance policy. Officials said that the employees were terminated under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution for their alleged links with Pakistan-backed terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. They said one of them, Farhat […]
Jammu-Srinagar NH shut for second day as road clearance operations continue in Ramban
JAMMU, Apr 8 (PTI): Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the work to clear the fresh landslides is going on amid heavy rains in the Ramban district, officials said. The strategic 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, […]
RBI keeps policy rate unchanged amid inflationary pressure
MUMBAI, Apr 8 (PTI): The Reserve Bank on Wednesday expectedly kept interest rates unchanged amid hopes of a global recovery on the back of ceasefire in the six-week-long US/Israel-Iran conflict. The policy decision comes as a month and a-half-long West Asia conflict has disrupted energy supplies, shot up crude oil prices and created fiscal and […]
Oil prices sink, US stock futures jump as US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire
New York, Apr 8 (AP) Oil prices plunged below USD 100 a barrel and Asia markets and US stock futures jumped after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 4.8% and South Korea’s Kospi gained 5.6%. Futures for the […]
Israel backs US ceasefire with Iran but that deal doesn’t cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon: Netanyahu
Tel Aviv, Apr 8 (AP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel backed the US ceasefire with Iran but that the deal doesn’t cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu’s office said in the statement Wednesday that Israel supported US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks subject to Iran immediately […]
Chinese officials encouraged Iran to find path to ceasefire with US: sources
Beijing, Apr 8 (AP) China, which is Tehran’s biggest trade partner, spoke with the Iranians to get them on board to look for a path toward a ceasefire in war with the US, sources said. Chinese officials were in touch with Iranian officials as the negotiations were evolving, two officials who were not authorised to […]
Protesters in Iran express outrage at US, Israel after ceasefire agreement reached
Tehran, Apr 8 (AP) Pro-government demonstrators in the streets of Iran’s capital Wednesday morning after the ceasefire had been announced screamed: “Death to America, death to Israel, death to compromisers!” Organisers tried at a point to calm demonstrators, but they continued the chants. They also burned American and Israeli flags in the street. It shows […]
IndiGo aircraft hit by unmanned vehicle at Kolkata airport
KOLKATA, Apr 8 (PTI): An unmanned third-party vehicle on the apron hit a parked IndiGo aircraft at Kolkata airport on Tuesday, prompting the airline to ground the plane for inspection, the carrier said. “A third-party unmanned vehicle on the apron moved and came in contact with a parked IndiGo aircraft at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose […]
US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire; talks likely in Islamabad on Friday
WASHINGTON, Apr 8 (PTI): The US has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran proposed by Pakistan, President Donald Trump announced 90 minutes before his deadline to wipe out civilisation from the West Asian nation was to end. Trump made the dramatic announcement on Truth Social on Tuesday evening (US time) even as Democrats called […]