SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported four new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to it in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said that two cases each were reported from Jammu and Srinagar districts, taking the overall tally to 454047—166341 in Jammu and 287706 in Kashmir. There was no […]
SRINAGAR — Despite intermittent outages, J&K Bank’s digital and alternate channels have recorded 2 million transactions amounting to whopping Rs 1082 Crores in last 36 hours. Speaking on the occasion, Bank’s President IT said, “While we feel delighted in having successfully served lakhs of our esteemed customers ahead of this auspicious Eid occasion, we equally […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Finance on Sunday informed that the Goods and services tax (GST) collections have touched an all-time high of over Rs 1.68 lakh crore in April as the country witnessed an improvement in economic activities. The April collection is Rs 25,000 crore higher than that in March, having the second-highest […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant associate in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession. The militant associate has been identified as Yamin Yousuf Bhat (19) son of Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, a resident of Gadhama. One star pistol, 51 9mm rounds and two […]
JAMMU — A policeman died due to bullet injuries in the Jammu district on late Saturday, said official sources. They identified the deceased as a constable aged 33, who belonged to Pascal village in Bishnah falling under the jurisdiction of Arnia Police Station. An official said that either it has been a suicide or the […]
SRINAGAR — The MeT department on Sunday forecast dry and hot weather during the next 24 hours in J&K and Ladakh. “Hot and dry weather which persisted in J&K and Ladakh on Saturday is likely to continue during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 11.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam […]
NEW DELHI — A total of 3,324 coronavirus infections were reported in a day taking the case tally to 4,30,79,188, while the number of active cases increased to 19,092, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 5,23,843 with 40 fatalities, the data updated at 8 […]
NEW DELHI — The commercial cooking gas (LPG) price on Tuesday was hiked by Rs 102.50 per cylinder. In the national capital, the 19 kg commercial cylinder now costs 2355.50, while in Mumbai. the price was hiked from Rs 2205 to Rs 2,307 per cylinder. In Kolkata and Chennai, a 19-kg cylinder will now cost […]
SRINAGAR — Dr. Gazalla Amin Noor, a prominent businesswoman and former secretary of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry passed away at a hospital in New Delhi on intervening Saturday and Sunday night. She was 59. Noor, as per a former KCC&I associate, was suffering from Cancer for many years now and was currently undergoing […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Hajj Committee has asked the selected applicants for Hajj 2022 to deposit payment in tune of rupees 81,000 each as advance amount. “As per the communication received from Haj Committee of India, all the selected pilgrims are hereby asked to deposit Advance Haj Amount of Rs.81,000/-each upto 6th May, 2022 […]