India to see warmer start to summer this year: IMD
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) India is likely to experience a warmer start to the summer season this year with El Nino conditions predicted to continue through the season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. More heatwave days than normal are predicted over northeast peninsular India — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and north interior […]
Google starts removing apps from Play Store for not paying service fee
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Google on Friday began removing some apps, including popular matrimony apps, from its Play Store in India over a dispute on service fee payments. Google said that 10 companies in the country, including “many well-established” had avoided paying fees despite benefiting from the platform. It did not name the firms […]
Lt Governor chair high-level meeting on Budgetary Expenditure
JAMMU, MARCH 01: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a review meeting on Budgetary Expenditure in the UT of Jammu Kashmir, at Civil Secretariat today. The meeting was attended by Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Dheeraj Gupta, Additional Chief Secretary Forests; Santosh D Vaidya, Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Administrative Secretaries and senior officials. The Lt Governor took […]
JK-DMA Issues Avalanche Warning for Multiple Districts
Srinagar, Mar 1: Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority on Friday issued a medium-danger level avalanche warning for multiple districts in Jammu and Kashmir. “Avalanche with Medium Danger Level is likely to occur above 2200 metres above sea level over Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Baramulla, Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch, Ramban, Reasi districts in next 24 hours,” reads […]
RBI says 97.62 pc of Rs 2,000 currency returned; Rs 8,470 cr worth of notes still with public
Mumbai, Mar 1 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said nearly 97.62 per cent of the Rs 2,000 bank notes have returned to the banking system, and only about Rs 8,470 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are still with the public. On May 19, 2023, the RBI announced the withdrawal of […]
Driver dies after oil tanker falls in deep gorge in Ramban
Ramban, Mar 01: Driver of a tanker died after his vehicle rolled down into a deep gorge on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near Money Morh area of Ramban district on Friday, officials said. An official said that the oil tanker was traveling from Jammu towards Srinagar. He said the driver, in a rash maneuver at Monkey […]
Govt grants 3-day leave to migrant, PM Package employees for Mahashivratri
Srinagar, Mar 01: Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday granted 3-day special leave to Jammu based migrant and PM Package employees working in Kashmir in view of Mahashivratri. According to an order the special casual leave will be granted to the employees on 7, 9 and 11 of this month. “Sanction is hereby accorded to […]
Govt hikes windfall tax on crude petroleum, cuts levy on diesel
New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) The government has hiked windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to Rs 4,600 per tonne from Rs 3,300 per tonne with effect from Friday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on export of diesel, however, has been cut to nil […]
Police attaches illegal properties of notorious drug peddler in Baramulla
Srinagar, March 1: Police in Baramulla attached properties belonging to a notorious drug peddler, a police spokesman said Friday. The drug peddler identified as Mohammad Zahid Shah (Geelani) son of Peer Hussain Shah resident of Basgran Uri, District Baramulla has been booked under sections 68-E read with 68-F (1) of NDPS Act of 1985 & […]
MeT forecasts moderate to heavy rains, snow in J&K
Srinagar, Mar 1: Amid forecast for moderate to heavy rain and snowfall, night temperature recorded a rise and barring Gulmarg, the mercury settled above sub-zero at all meteorological stations in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 4.5°C against previous night’s 2.1°C. It was below […]