Farmers suspend march for day after ‘jatha’ stopped at Shambhu border, police fire tear gas shells
SHAMBHU, Dec 6 (PTI): Protesting farmers on Friday suspended for the day their foot march to Delhi to press for various demands, including a legal guarantee for MSP, after some of them suffered injuries due to tear gas shells at the Punjab-Haryana border. Earlier in the day, a ‘jatha’ of 101 farmers began to march […]
Survey to identify 1.37 lakh potential entrepreneurs to begin from Jan
JAMMU, DEC 06: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today held a meeting of all the stakeholders to assess the measures taken for holding a baseline survey jointly by Labour & Employment & Planning Departments to identify around 1.37 lakh youth for turning them into successful entrepreneurs here. Besides the Secretary, L&E Department and Secretary, PD & […]
KPDCL raises final call for interest waiver under Amnesty Scheme
SRINAGAR, DEC 06: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) today raised final call to its domestic consumers urging them to come forward and claim waiver on late payment surcharge under the Government’s Power Amnesty Scheme, which shall cease to exist on 01.04.2025. In a statement released today, Chief Engineer, Distribution, KPDCL, Er. Aaquib Waheed Deva, […]
Army personnel dies of cardiac arrest during search operation
SRINAGAR, Dec 6 (PTI): An army personnel died of cardiac arrest during a search operation in the upper areas of Srinagar on Friday, officials said. The search operation was going on in the forest area of Harwan here in the aftermath of an encounter in the nearby Dachigam on Tuesday in which Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist […]
RBI keeps policy rate unchanged, cuts GDP forecast to 6.6 pc
Mumbai, Dec 6 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the 11th time in a row but sharply lowered the GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent for the current fiscal, as against earlier projection of 7.2 per cent. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained […]
Markets turn highly volatile ahead of RBI policy announcement
Mumbai, Dec 6 (PTI) Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty turned highly volatile trade in early trade on Friday ahead of the announcement of the RBI monetary policy. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 75.16 points to 81,690.70 in early trade. The NSE Nifty dipped 25.45 points to 24,682.95. Both the benchmark equity indices were […]
CRPF trooper dies in south Kashmir’s Anantnag
Srinagar, Dec 6: A CRPF personnel died after he fell unconscious in Mattan area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. They said that during the intervening night a CRPF personnel who was posted at Mattan developed syncope and was evacuated to PHC Mattan for treatment, where doctors declared him as brought dead. Preliminary investigations […]
Farmers to begin Delhi march from Shambhu border at 1 pm today
CHANDIGARH, Dec 6 (PTI): A ‘jatha’ (group) of 101 farmers will embark on a foot march to Delhi at 1 pm on Friday from their protest site at the Shambhu border on the Punjab and Haryana border. The farmers are marching to force the Centre for a legal guarantee for minimum support price for crops. […]
Sgr records season’s coldest night at minus 4.1 degree Celsius, Shopian coldest place at minus 6.6 degree
Srinagar, Dec 6: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, has recorded the season’s lowest temperature again at minus 4.1 degree Celsius,.marking the coldest night here on Friday. As per the details, Shopian in South Kashmir was the coldest place at minus 6.6 degree Celsius. The Meteorological department has shared the details of minimum […]