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.
Srinagar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said they have conducted searches at...
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Jammu: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo today chaired a high-level meeting to assess the current status and expedite the updation of...
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Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Wednesday claimed to have arrested Naib Tehsildar Arwani, Anantnag, for demanding and accepting a bribe...
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Jammu/Srinagar: Four alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin from different locations in Udhampur district on Wednesday, police said. At...
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Jammu: A Pakistani intruder was detained by Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Samba district on Wednesday,...
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New Delhi: The government has called an all-party meeting on the West Asia crisis on Wednesday, sources said. This comes...
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