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: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level security review meeting today. The meeting was attended by Shri Atal...
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Budgam: As the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remains closed due to adverse weather conditions, Northern Railway on Saturday announced special train...
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Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today strongly condemned the dastardly killing of two labourers in Kulgam and announced an ex-gratia...
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Jammu: Amarnath Yatra was suspended from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday as the 250-km strategic Jammu-Srinagar National...
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Jammu: Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst swept the Chatroo area of Kishtwar district early Saturday, forcing several schools to...
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Kulgam: The death toll in the Kulgam terror attack has risen to two after another injured migrant worker succumbed to...
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