New Delhi: Bowing to public pressure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a Rs 8 per litre cut in excise duty on petrol and Rs 6 a litre on diesel to avoid increase in fuel prices that were necessitated due to surge in international oil prices.
Also, the government will give Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy to Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries for 12 cylinders in a year to help ease some of the burden arising from cooking gas rates rising to record levels.
Jammu Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday visited forward areas of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch sector and assessed deployment...
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Srinagar: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Saturday registered a case against a Jammu and Kashmir government officer on charges of...
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested a man in Gandebal district on charges of cheating investors by allegedly offering...
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Mendhar/Jammu: An army porter was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of...
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Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress of development projects in...
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Jammu: Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Friday visited the headquarters of White Knight Corps, also known as XVI Corps,...
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