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 egg samples collected around 20 days ago from various parts of Srinagar have been found safe for consumption...
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GULMARG: n a tragic incident, two Army porters lost their lives after slipping into a deep nallah in the snowbound...
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Srinagar: Several places, including Srinagar, experienced the coldest night of the season as cold conditions tightened grip in Kashmir with...
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Jammu: Security forces resumed a search operation on Thursday morning to track down terrorists hiding in a forest in Jammu...
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday deferred to January 13 the final hearing on a batch of petitions challenging...
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Rajouri/Jammu: Security forces recovered and safely defused a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) during a joint cordon and search operation...
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