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Tourism accounts for 7% of J&K’s GDP, says govt

JAMMU: Tourism is the key sector of Jammu and Kashmir's economy and accounts for 6.98 percent of the state's GDP, government said on Tuesday. Minister...

JKFA to three-day trials for SAIL selection

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) is going to hold three day trials from February 28, to pick players for Steel Authority of...

Dubai Duty Free Championships

DUBAI: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi progressed to the doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Championships after overcoming qualifiers Nikolay Davydenko and Victor...

MLAs riled up over ‘lal batis’ to Guv, others

Jammu: Legislative  Assembly Tuesday erupted in pandemonium as members held  protests over the approval of use of red beacons for public servants while they...

Governor approves laying of audit reports

JAMMU: Governor NN Vohra Tuesday approved for laying before the State Legislature, the Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on Appropriation...

SC refers euthanasia plea to constitution bench

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today referred the issue of legalising euthanasia in the country to a five- judge Constitution bench, saying there has...

Rajmohan Poised to Stir India as Grandpa Did?

BY JAWED NAQVI THE news that pacifist-scholar Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has joined India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will further confound political...

Try us once, we will apologise for any mistake: BJP to Muslims

New Delhi: Asking Muslims to give Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance “at least once”, its president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made a bid...

Beating India no longer an upset: Mortaza

MIRPUR: Bangladesh's premier pacer Mashrafe Mortaza today said that beating a heavyweight Indian cricket team is no longer considered as an "upset" as the...

Harassment of JK students: Govt to set up helpline in Delhi

Jammu: A round-the-clock dedicated helpline will be available in New Delhi for reporting incidents of harassment against Jammu and Kashmir students pursuing education outside...

Edu institutes have to put up boards on tobacco ban, says HC

Mumbai: Bombay High Court today ordered Maharashtra education department to issue directives to all educational institutions to put up display boards outside their premises...

AirAsia offers half-a-million free tickets on select routes

MUMBAI: Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia, which is awaiting flying permit from the DGCA to launch its services in the domestic market, Tuesday said it...

1948: GoI Issues White Paper on Kashmir

The Government of India issued a white paper on Jammu and Kashmir. On Page 3, the paper described the state’s accession as valid but...

Soldier shoots self

Jammu: An Army soldier  allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Poonch district Tuesday. Deployed in forward area in Poonch, 23-year-old...

HCC employee killed in mishap

Srinagar: An employee of Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) died while another was injured in a mishap at a tunnel construction site in Uri sector...

GoI proposing to raise workdays under MNREGA to 150 days

NEW DELHI: To offer some relief to farmers in drought-affected states, a ministerial panel has decided to increase the number of guaranteed work days...

Div Com for expediting land cases involving army

JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Shantmanu Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting of Army and revenue authorities to review the disposal of land requisition and acquisition...

1,816 foreigners living in Jammu

Jammu:  As many as 1,816 foreigners, including many refugees, were residing in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday informed the state Assembly today. In a...

Asia Cup: Minus Dhoni India look for winning start

DHAKA: The last time India and Bangladesh met in an ODI was in the 2012 Asia Cup. Then, the hype over Sachin Tendulkar's 100th...

Fire in police building

Srinagar: A fire broke out in a police building, causing extensive damage to the structure in Kupwara district of north Kashmir today. The fire broke...

61 gazetted officers prosecuted in 3 yrs: Govt

Jammu: As many as 61 gazetted officers have been prosecuted in the last three years in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government said Tuesday. In...

No Absolution for Gujarat Massacre

BY PRAFUL BIDWAI Ever since Ahmedabad magistrate BJ Ganatra rejected Zakia Jafri’s petition in the Gujarat carnage case in December and held that Chief Minister...

Renzu calls on Vohra

JAMMU:  Former bureaucrat and Congress leader  Farooq Renzu called on Governor   N N Vohra here at Raj Bhavan Tuesday. According to an official spokesman, Renzu...

Eye on elections, govt likely to raise MNREGA workdays to 150 days

NEW DELHI: With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the government is planning to raise the workdays under its ambitious rural employment guarantee...

Rashid marshalled out

Jammu: Independent MLA was Tuesday  marshalled out of the Assembly for disrupting proceedings over the alleged wrongful declaration by the government on fuel consumption...

Afridi best man to lead Paksitan ODI team: Yousuf

LAHORE: After repeatedly criticising him for his shoddy performances, former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf today urged PCB to consider flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi in...

Former RAW Chief Sanjeev Tripathi Joins BJP

NEW DELHI: Former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi today joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, following the footsteps of several retired bureaucrats...

Spaces of Counterinsurgency

BY SUVAID YASEEN  The fight by the occupation, and against it, is about decisive control of spaces - physical, territorial as well as those of...

Housing Policy Needed

On Monday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah finally laid the foundation stone of Srinagar city’s much-talked about first vertical housing project. Undertaken by the Srinagar...

Fatwa can’t be forced upon people: SC

New Delhi: Fatwa issued by Muslim clerics cannot be forced upon people and the state has to protect persons who are harassed for not...

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