Laid foundation for USD 5 trillion economy in budget: FM
Kolkata, Feb 9: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Union Budget has laid the foundation of increasing consumption while ensuring that the government’s investment is deployed to build infrastructure leading to a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024-25. She also pitched for rationalisation of GST rates once a year and not every three […]
Spike in winter health issues as cold weather conditions continue to prevail in Kashmir
Baramulla, Feb 09: Doctors are seeing spike in the number of patients with cold and flu-related sicknesses including cough, upper respiratory tract infection in Baramulla district as cold weather conditions continue to prevail in Kashmir. A large number of people, mostly elderly and children, visit government as well as private hospitals with complaints of cough, […]
Ayodhya: Villagers hopeful new mosque will help bring development
Faizabad, Feb 9: There are 22 big and small mosques in Dhannipur, a village with a population of nearly 2,000 where land has been allotted for building a mosque to replace the demolished Babri Masjid. According to residents, four of these mosques are Jama Masjid, where Friday prayers are held. But as they wait for […]
‘Govt seeks to engage itself with businesses, industries’
Kolkata, Feb 9: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that the government wants continuous engagement with industries and businesses and will act as a facilitator for hassle-free payments of taxes. She was interacting with the members of trade and industries here, a week after presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21 in Parliament on […]
IAS, KAS free coaching: Screening test for aspirants held in Shopian
SHOPIAN: In a first of its kind initiative, the district Administration Shopian today conducted a screening test for free coaching to IAS and KAS aspirants. The district administration under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner, Choudhary Mohammad Yasin, has launched the initiative to encourage and support the aspiring candidates of IAS and KAS. As many as […]
Day3: Hat-trick hero Naseem Shah breaks world record
Rawalpindi: Pakistan teenager Naseem Shah created a world record on Sunday when he took a hat-trick on Day 3 of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. In his 7th over of the 2nd innings, Shah trapped NajmulHossainShanto to send him back to the hut for 38. In the next two consecutive deliverers, the seamer […]
Fulfill demands or face agitation: SRO 202 employees tell Govt
Srinagar, Feb 09: Dozens of employees recruited under SRO 202, Sunday staged a protest against government’s “failures” to revoke SRO 202. The employees said that they have been recruited under SRO 202 in 2015 and from past three years, they have been neglected by the government. Zubair Ahmad, who was leading the protest, told JKNS […]
Cong says it disagrees with SC order on quota in jobs
New Delhi, Feb 9: The Congress on Sunday said it disagreed with the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in appointments and promotions, and alleged that the rights of SC/ST communities are under threat during the BJP rule. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Congress general secretary Mukul Wasnik said […]
Kashmir would continue to remain cornerstone of Pak’s foreign policy: Qureshi
Islamabad, Feb 09: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said the Kashmir issue would continue to remain the “cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign policy”. Chairing a meeting here with the leaders from Pakistan-administered-Kashmir as a follow-up to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the PaK’s Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad on February 05, Qureshi said […]
Iran starts countdown for satellite launch ‘within hours’
Tehran, Feb 9: Iran started counting down Sunday to the launch of a new scientific observation satellite scheduled within hours, the country’s telecommunications minister said. The United States has raised concerns in the past about Iran’s satellite programme, describing the launch of a carrier rocket in January 2019 as a “provocation”. “Beginning countdown to launch […]
