BUDGAM — A magician who posed as a beggar has allegedly looted cash besides gold from a residential house in Ichgam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday. The family members according to news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that a beggar came to their house and requested for tea and on humanitarian ground […]
NEW DELHI — The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India on Friday announced a 10.7 per cent change in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for the calendar year 2021 over the corresponding period in 2020. This means that the prices of nearly 800 scheduled medicines on the National List of Essential Medicines, which are used […]
MUMBAI — Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday justified the hikes in fuel prices, thrice in the last four days, saying that the oil prices had gone up within the international market owing to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, which was beyond the Indian government’s control. Speaking at a session titled “New India, […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to launch a fleet of 200 electric buses equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including a real-time tracking system, in both capital cities of the union territory, an official said on Saturday. The move to introduce 100 eco-friendly buses each in Jammu and Srinagar is aimed at […]
NEW DELHI — India’s COVID-19 death toll climbed to 5,20,855 with 4,100 fatalities recorded in a day and Maharashtra reconciling the number of deaths caused by the viral disease in the state, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. A total of 1,660 fresh cases have pushed the country’s COVID-19 tally to 4,30,18,032, while the […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly clear and partly cloudy in J&K and Ladakh on Saturday as Meteorological Department (MeT) has forecast mainly clear weather to continue during the next 24 hours. “Weather is expected to remain mainly dry and clear in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each on Saturday, the fourth increase in five days as oil firms passed on to consumers the spike in cost of raw material. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 98.61 per litre as against Rs 97.81 previously while diesel rates […]
SRINAGAR — In the first three days, over 35,000 tourists including locals visited Asia’s largest Tulip Garden in Srinagar, official data said. Official figures reveal that 35,228 people thronged the Tulip garden here in the first three days after it was thrown open for public. Figures reveal that on the first day of opening on […]
JAMMU — The launch of Geographical Indication (GI) for the famed hand-knotted Kashmiri Carpets by Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, to revive the sheen and glory of Kashmiri Carpet Industry has bestowed a new lease of life to the carpet trade in Kashmir. The GI certifies the genuineness of Hand-knotted Kashmir Carpets with relevant information of […]
SRINAGAR — As the weather would remain mostly dry till March 30, the weatherman here has predicted a rise in maximum temperature across Jammu and Kashmir. Meteorological department’s Deputy Director, Mukhtar Ahmad said that there is a possibility of dry weather conditions till March 30. He said that there is no forecast of rain till […]