Two terrorist hideouts unearthed in JK
Srinagar: Security forces have unearthed two terrorist hideouts in Sopore area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Friday. Two suspected terror associates were also arrested during the search operation which yielded the arms and ammunition haul, the officials said. They said police, while investigating […]
JK witnessed driest, warmest January in 43 years
Srinagar: Several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, including Srinagar city, witnessed the warmest January in 43 years, the Meteorological Centre Srinagar’s data said. In terms of snowfall or rains, Srinagar city witnessed the second driest January in the past four decades, recording a mere 3.0 mm of precipitation in the month this year, it said. […]
27% OBC representation not reflected in Group A, B, C posts in GoI: Parl panel
New Delhi: Twenty-seven per cent representation of OBCs is not being reflected in Group A, B and C posts in the Government of India and such variance defies the welfare-oriented vision behind the reservation policy, a parliamentary panel has noted. In its report on “Measures undertaken in employment and for their welfare in various departments”, […]
RBI leaves interest rate unchanged; borrowing cost to largely remain stable
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday left the key policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the sixth time, which may keep the cost of borrowings for both individuals as well as corporates largely stable, and lowered the retail inflation projection to 4.5 per cent for next fiscal. It is exactly a year now […]
CS led Committee approves AAP for key Agri schemes
Stresses on percolating maximum benefits down to grassroots level JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo Thursday chaired the UT level committee meetings called for giving approval to the Annual Action Plans (AAP) of some of the key Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) for development of Agriculture and Horticulture sectors here in the UT. Besides the Principal Secretary, […]
Parliament approves interim Budget 2024-25
New Delhi: Parliament on Thursday completed the exercise of passing the interim Budget for 2024-25, with Rajya Sabha returning the Finance Bill 2024 and the relevant appropriation bills. The Upper House also returned the appropriation bills related to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The bills were returned to Lok Sabha after Finance Minister […]
Srinagar terror attack: Second victim dies, security tightened in city
Srinagar: A worker from Punjab who was injured in Wednesday’s terror attack in Srinagar’s Habba Kadal area died at the SKIMS hospital here this morning, taking the toll to two in the first targeted killing of the year by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. The city is on alert following the attack with security measures […]
Parliament approves both appropriation bills for JK
JAMMU: The Parliament considered the Revised Estimates for 2023-24 and Interim Budget 2024-25 of Government of Jammu and Kashmir starting from Tuesday. The two Appropriation Bills on the Supplementary Budget for 2023-24 and Vote on Account for 2024-25 were placed by Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sithraman on 5th February, 2024. The ongoing efforts of the […]
Indian economy was on road to nowhere in 2014: White Paper
Blames UPA for taking wrong turns taken New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government in the last Parliament session before the general elections on Thursday brought a white paper tearing into Congress-led UPA rule, saying that it had turned the Indian economy into a non-performing one through indiscriminate revenue expenditure, off budget borrowings and pile […]
ED nabs Kashmiri man for ‘terror financing’
Says he was involved in MBBS admissions in Pakistan Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested a man from Kupwara district in a money laundering case related to MBBS admissions in Pakistan. “ED has arrested Mohammad Abdullah Shah, a resident of Kupwara, J&K, on 06/02/2024 under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in connection with money laundering […]
