Captured Pak national identified as terrorist guide, interrogation on
Rajouri/Jammu: A Pakistani national arrested along the Line of Control (LoC) near border districts of Poonch and Rajouri while attempting to infiltrate into India is a terrorist guide, officials said on Monday. Mohammed Arif was leading a group of four Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists into the Indian side when he was overpowered and arrested by alert […]
Govt keeps interest rates on small savings schemes unchanged for Q2
New Delhi: The government on Monday left interest rates unchanged for various small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the sixth straight quarter beginning July 1, 2025. “The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the second quarter of FY 2025-26 starting from 1st July, 2025 and ending on 30th September, 2025 […]
Committee on Petitions holds meeting in Srinagar
Discusses petition related to Housing Department SRINAGAR: The House Committee on Petitions of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday convened a meeting at the Assembly Complex in Srinagar to deliberate on issues pertaining to the Housing Department. The meeting was chaired by Committee Chairman Pirzada Farooq Ahmad Shah and attended by members […]
Most parts of India to get above rainfall in July: IMD
New Delhi: Most parts of India are likely to receive above-normal rainfall in July, the weather department said on Monday, asking authorities and people in central India, Uttarakhand and Haryana to stay alert due to the risk of flooding even as some parts of the country are facing the fury of the monsoons. In rain-induced […]
J&K CEO issues show cause notice to 3 inactive political parties
SRINAGAR: The office of the J&K Chief Electoral Officer has issued show cause notices to three registered political parties including All Jammu and Kashmir Republican Party, Indian People’s Conference Party and Socialistic Democratic Party, proposing to delist them from the list of registered parties. The CEO’s decision comes after it was found that these parties […]
Railway ministry hikes fares of AC classes by 2 paise
Non-AC cost goes up by 1 paisa per km from July 1 New Delhi: The railway ministry issued an official circular on Monday, increasing the fares of the non-air-conditioned class in mail and express trains by 1 paisa and all air-conditioned classes by 2 paise per kilometre from July 1. Ministry officials had on […]
Victims of terror were ignored for decades: Lt Guv
Says for years truth was buried under the pressure of terror ecosystem SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that for decade’s victims of terror were ignored and justice eluded them. “They were marginalised and their voices were not heard. Justice was denied. Their pain was ignored, their stories untold, and the truth deliberately […]
95 crore people now benefiting from social security schemes: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said around 95 crore people are now benefiting from one social security scheme or the other, while till 2015, the government schemes were reaching less than 25 crore people. In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi cited an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report which stated […]
Monsoon covers entire country, IMD sounds red alert in several states
New Delhi/Shimla/Uttarkashi: A cloudburst in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district early Sunday left two construction workers dead and seven missing as monsoon covered the entire country almost a week earlier than usual, bringing rain in the national capital and other northern states, triggering landslides in several hilly areas and sending rivers into spate. The India Meteorological Department […]
Kargil martyr Capt Kalia remembered
Father’s quest for justice continues 26 years on New Delhi: Twenty-six years after Kargil War hero Captain Saurabh Kalia was brutally tortured and killed by the Pakistani forces, his father remains committed in his quest to drag Pakistan to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violations of the Geneva Convention. On what would have […]