JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level official meeting on Thursday and reviewed the security scenario in Jammu region while laying emphasis on comprehensive strategy to deal with drug menace. He also discussed various issues concerning development in Jammu division and directed the district administrations to ensure saturation of schemes in all the […]
MUMBAI — The rupee breached its seven-day gaining streak and depreciated 4 paise to 83.05 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday as foreign investors rushed to withdraw funds amid a sharp rise in crude oil prices. Despite a weak American currency and surging equity markets, overall sentiment was dented after the US […]
ISLAMABAD — The Foreign Office on Thursday termed a recent book by a former Indian diplomat as part of Pakistan ”bashing” ahead of the elections in India. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch was responding to a question about a book by former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria. She said that she had […]
ISLAMABAD — Ahead of the next month’s elections, the IMF on Thursday approved a USD 700 million loan tranche for cash-strapped Pakistan under an existing USD 3 billion bailout package after completing its first review of the country’s economic reform programme. The Ministry of Finance announced the completion of the first review by the Executive […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Thursday directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to seize all assets and freeze bank accounts and finances belonging to the pro-Pakistan separatist amalgam Tehreek-e-Hurriyat and Muslim League Jammu Kashmir headed by separatist Masarat Alam. Both the organisations were recently banned by the government. Tehreek-e-Hurriyat was founded by late separatist […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the central investigation agencies are being used to harass the opposition leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, adding the Enforcement Directorate has ”become a part of the election process”. ”Whenever there is a state election or parliamentary election, the ED starts summoning the opposition leaders. […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case, official sources said. The 86-year-old politician was called by the central agency at its Srinagar office in connection with an ED investigation into alleged irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket […]
SRINAGAR — Two persons, including a security personnel of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, were injured on Thursday as she had a narrow escape in a road accident at Sangam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said. The vehicle of the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister collided with a civilian car at Sangam, a […]
NEW DELHI — For the dissolution of state Assembly, Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Satyapal Malik shifted the blame on Peoples’ Conference leader, Sajad Lone, and his ambition to ‘indulge in horse-trading’. In an interview with senior Supreme Court advocate and Rajya Sabha member, Kapil Sibal’s YouTube channel “Dil Se”, Malik said that the decision […]
SRINAGAR — Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are ”extremely unlikely” to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies, a senior official said. Although the Administrative Council headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj […]