Govt extends deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage till June 30
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday extended the deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar by three months till June 30. The income tax department said it has received representations from taxpayers that the last date for intimating the Aadhaar number may further be extended in the wake of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. “Keeping in view […]
LPG price cut by Rs 10 per cylinder
New Delhi: After raising cooking gas prices by Rs 125 per cylinder last month, state-owned oil firms on Wednesday announced a Rs 10 per cylinder cut in LPG rates on softening international oil prices. A 14.2-kg LPG cylinder — both for subsidised and market price users — will cost Rs 809 from April 01 as […]
Corruption must be tackled
Road engineering and traffic management, for instance, are highly evolved sciences and services which are effective only as long as these are carried out on scientific lines. However, the problem with J&K is that ‘scientific management’ is as if an alien concept, and its absence is visible in each and every sphere and sector and […]
Kashmir’s rapid slide towards cultural orthodoxy
Few days back, there was a music concert organized at Srinagar’s famous BadamiWari garden complex in Rainawari on the foot hills of Hari-Parbat. The music concert, which among other performers hosted Kashmir’s famous female singer Shazia Bashir was suddenly attacked by a group of goons, who were apparently angered by what they perceived as open […]
Road accidents: Fixing responsibilities
By: MIR BASIT Road accidents, as we all know, are the biggest cause of deaths every year, as more people die on the highways than in any conflict or even famines. It is the tragic reality and despite the fact that so many people fall prey to the accidents, we seem to unlearn everything in […]
Voicing the concerns of women!
By: RAYEES MASROOR What makes human beings exceptional from animals appears to be a pretty simple fact. One would possibly argue that smarter brain, rational thinking, language and communication skills, cultural norms, the extraordinary discoveries beginning from fireplace to fighter jets and so on are a vast mass of evidence to show that humans are […]
