ATF price cut 6.5%, commercial LPG by Rs 69
New Delhi: Jet fuel or ATF price on Saturday was reduced by a steep 6.5 per cent and that of commercial LPG used by hotels and restaurants by Rs 69 per 19-kg cylinder on declining international oil prices. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was cut by Rs 6,673.87 per kilolitre, or 6.5 per cent, to […]
Windfall tax on crude petroleum cut to Rs 5,200/tonne
New Delhi: The government has reduced windfall tax on domestically-produced crude oil to Rs 5,200 per tonne from Rs 5,700 with effect from Saturday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). SAED on the export of diesel, petrol and jet fuel or ATF, has been retained at ‘nil’. The […]
Rusted mortar shell found in Poonch
MENDHAR/JAMMU: A rusted mortar shell was found in a farm in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. The shell was found by a villager in a farm land in Uchhad area of Mendhar and informed police, they said. A police team and a bomb disposal squad rushed to the spot on getting […]
Mehbooba likely to skip INDIA bloc meeting in New Delhi
SRINAGAR: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said Saturday she is likely to skip the opposition INDIA bloc meeting to be held in New Delhi later in the day due to personal reasons. “I may not go as my mom has undergone an eye surgery,” she told PTI. Top leaders of the opposition grouping […]
Operations at Srinagar Airport halted for an hour after bomb threat
Srinagar: Flight operations at the Srinagar International Airport had to be halted for an hour on Friday after a bomb threat as the authorities took preventive measures, officials said. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the Srinagar Airport received a bomb threat on an Air Vistara flight from New Delhi, prompting a response from the […]
Akhnoor bus accident: 6 Transport dept officials suspended
Jammu: Six transport department officials in Jammu and Kashmir were suspended for alleged dereliction of duty on Friday, a day after 22 people were killed and 64 injured in a bus accident in Jammu district. The tragic incident occurred on Thursday, when the bus carrying 86 devotees from Haryana’s Kurukshetra and heading towards the Shiv […]
Pakistani court demands missing Kashmiri poet be produced before it
Islamabad: A top Pakistani court on Friday rejected a plea to conclude the case about the recovery of Kashmir poet Ahmad Farhad and directed authorities that he must first be produced before it. Farhad had gone missing from Rawalpindi on May 14, prompting his wife, Urooj Zainab, a day later to file a petition in […]
BJP reviews election activities, expresses confidence of win in Jammu and Udhampur
Jammu: The BJP held a parliamentary election management committee meeting here on Friday to review its election activities during the recent Lok Sabha polls. The final phase of Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir concluded with the polling of the Anantnag-Rajouri seat on May 25. The Udhampur constituency went to polls in the first […]
Wildfires rage in several forest, urban areas in Jammu region
Jammu: Fire engulfed several forest and urban areas in the Jammu region, devastating vast tracts of land, officials on Friday said. The fire, which spread to Rajouri, Samba, Reasi and Udhampur districts, and urban parts of Jammu city, destroyed large areas of plantation and other forest wealth, they said. In Samba, the fire broke out […]
Security forces launch searches in Poonch
Poonch/Jammu: Security forces and police launched a cordon-and-search operation in Poonch district on Friday following reports of movement of suspected terrorists, officials said. They said there were intelligence inputs about suspicious movement in the Dera Ki Gali-Bafliaz area of the district. According to sources, around three armed men were spotted in the area and there […]