MUMBAI: A day after its rivals SpiceJetBSE 3.32 % and IndiGo launched an aggressive price war offering massive discounts on 60-90 days advance bookings, Air India Wednesday kicked off festival sales with deep rebates on bookings in the same period. While Air India did not confirm the development, travel agents and ticketing portals said the […]
NEW DELHI: Easing onion and potato prices pulled retail inflation in February to a 25-month low of 8.1 percent and is likely to increase the clamour for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates in its next monetary policy. Overall inflation in the food basket, including beverages, slowed to 8.57 percent in February from 9.9 […]
Srinagar: Ruling National Conference Wednesday announced the members of its campaign committee and district party observers for Lok Sabha Parliamentary elections 2014 for Jammu province. While Ajay Kumar Sadhotra will head the compagining for Rajouri – Poonch and Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar, Surjeet S Slathia will lead the party campaign for Jammu – Samba, Kathua, […]
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee continued to appreciate against the US dollar in the open currency market as well as in the interbank trading Wednesday. Currently, the interbank trading rate of the currency is 98.30 per US dollar. The strong gains by the Pakistani rupee have led to talk in the money market that the dollar […]
NEW DELHI: Showing a ray of hope, industrial output entered positive territory and recorded a 0.1 per cent growth in January after contracting for three months in a row. The marginal improvement in the index of industrial production (IIP) was mainly on account of higher power generation and mining sector output, while manufacturing declined. However, […]
Srinagar: The State Vigilance Commission (SVC) Wednesday sought personal appearance of the Investigating Officer (IO) in connection with a multi-crore land scam in Jammu under the Roshni scheme. The SVC also directed the IO to produce case diary of the case and also file the Status Report indicating the progress achieved so far. Advocate Shiekh […]
NEW DELHI: Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today reported a 14 per cent increase in global sales in February at 30,487 units. The company’s sales were up 44 per cent in the China region, 12 per cent in North America, 16 per cent in Asia Pacific and 1 per cent in Europe, JLR said […]
JAMMU: The Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday organized one-day workshop to “sensitize” media persons on issues related to election process. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Umang Narula, Deputy Commissioner (District Election Officer), Jammu, A.K. Sahu, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Rishpal Singh, Joint Director Information, Ms. Samita Sethi, Consultant (SVEEP), S. Harcharn Singh, Resource Persons […]
Srinagar: The one-man commission probing the killing of four persons in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on September 7 last year allegedly at the hands of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Wednesday directed the paramilitary force’s counsel to appear before it along with witnesses on Thursday so that their statements can be recorded. Justice M L […]
Srinagar: Authorities have ordered disciplinary action against eight officials after they were found absent from duty in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “Acting on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Baramulla , Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone, to ensure attendance of employees in government offices, a team of officers toady paid surprise visits to various departments and found […]