No respite from scorching heat in Jammu

Mercury marks rise in Kashmir

Jammu: The mercury continued to stay several degrees above normal in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir, where Jammu continued to be the hottest place as the mercury on Sunday settled at 40.4 degrees Celsius, 4.7 notches above season’s average. The minimum temperature recorded in the winter capital city was 26.7 degrees, which was also […]

Moon not sighted, Eid to be celebrated on Tuesday

New Delhi: Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan, will be celebrated in the country on Tuesday as the moon was not sighted on Sunday evening. Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad told PTI that the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee of the mosque contacted many places in New Delhi, West Bengal, Bihar and […]

Kashmiri youths travelling to Pakistan on valid visa sneak back with terrorists: Officials

Say 17 such persons have been killed so far

Srinagar: Seventeen Kashmiri youths who had travelled to Pakistan on valid travel documents but sneaked back into the valley have been killed in anti-terror operations, with officials raising concerns that the ISI has adopted a new modus operandi to paint the militancy here as an indigenous movement. Since 2015, a large number of youngsters procured […]

Will ensure very high standards of operational preparedness: Army Chief

New Delhi: Newly-appointed Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande on Sunday said his “utmost and foremost” priority would be to ensure very high standards of operational preparedness to face current, contemporary and future security challenges across the entire spectrum of conflict. Gen Pande also said the global geopolitical situation is changing rapidly “as a result of […]

Two mortar shells defused near LoC

Jammu: Two mortar shells were defused by the experts in forward villages of Poonch and Rajouri districts near the Line of Control (LoC) on Sunday, officials said. Villagers noticed a live mortar shell at a forest area in Mendhar sector of Poonch and subsequently informed the police and the nearby army camp, the officials said. […]

GST revenues at all-time high of Rs 1.68 lakh Cr in April: Govt

New Delhi: The GST collection in April touched the highest ever level of about Rs 1.68 lakh crore, up 20 per cent from the year-ago period, on improved compliance and recovery in business activity, the Finance Ministry said on Sunday. During the month, 1.06 crore GST returns from GSTR-3B were filed, of which 97 lakh […]

Valley’s early victims of terror review memories of past

Srinagar: The wounds have retreated deep into memory over three decades and more but every now and then comes along an event, a stray remark or even a headline to rip open the scars for the families of the early victims of terrorism in Kashmir. They have struggled to reclaim their lives since the late […]

Unscientific muck dumping: NGT refuses to recall order directing Afcons Infra, L&T to pay compensation

New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has refused to recall its order directing Afcons Infrastructure Limited and Larsen & Toubro Limited to pay compensation of Rs 1 crore each for unscientific muck dumping in Arzi nallah at the Pakal Dul Hydroelectric Project in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by NGT chairperson […]

ATF price hiked by 3.22 pc to record high

New Delhi: Jet fuel prices on Sunday were hiked by 3.22 per cent — the ninth straight increase this year — to an all-time high, reflecting a surge in global energy prices. The price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) — the fuel that helps aeroplanes fly — was hiked by Rs 3,649.13 per kilolitre, or […]