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Interest subsidy for educational loans taken before March 2009

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his interim budget speech Monday announced a moratorium period for education loans taken up to March 31,...

Cold wave intensifies in Kashmir

Srinagar: Cold wave has  tightened its grip over Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region where the minimum temperatures dipped several degrees below the freezing point. Srinagar,...

Resolution passed on new medical colleges

JAMMU: The Legislative Assembly Monday  unanimously adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to Union Minister for Health  Ghulam Nabi Azad for establishing four medical colleges...

‘8,037 candidates trained under SKEWPY’

Jammu: As many as 8,037 candidates have been trained in various sectors by the Jammu and Kashmir government under its flagship employment scheme. State Labour...

Interim budget an ‘election budget’, say analysts

NEW DELHI: Analysts Monday termed the interim budget as an "election budget", and cautioned the pre -polls "sweeteners", especially excise duty cuts, will make...

Syria: Big Powers Change Horses in Mid-Stream

BY VIJAY PRASHAD Geneva 2’s mood mirrored the sound of mortar and despair on the ground in Syria. Not much of substance came of the...

Pakistan can go all the way at World T20: Hafeez

LAHORE: Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez believes his team can finally break the jinx of losing to India at ICC events and says his...

GoI to borrow 25 paise for every rupee in its kitty

NEW DELHI: For every rupee in government of India kitty, as much as one-fourth will come from market borrowing in 2014-15, lower than the...

Why Not Abolish Money! – (II)

BY JANET SURMAN Gross pay, to a certain extent, appeases workers because they perceive themselves to be earning more than they are, although they also...

1938: Maqbool Bhat is Born

Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who would later found the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was born in Kupwara on February 18, 1938. Politically conscious...

Gems & Jewellery industry expresses ‘shock’ at Budget

MUMBAI: The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) today expressed disappointment and shock at the interim Budget presented by Finance Minister P...

Tuition Twists

That private coaching has become such a rage in Kashmir - a phenomenon unheard of in advanced societies- is a direct reflection of the...

Govt approves ‘One Rank, One Pension’ for defence forces

NEW DELHI: The long-standing demand of ex-servicemen for ‘one-rank, one-pension’ was accepted by the government Monday with Finance Minister P Chidambaram making an announcement...

‘Kejriwal’s resignation a drama’

Gulmarg : Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday  said AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal acted in a haste by submitting his resignation over the Jan Lokpal...

Electronics industry demands GST from next fiscal

Mumbai: Stating that present tax system is hindering its progress, the electronics manufacturing industry has demanded implementation of GST in the next financial year. "While...

Encourage industries based on local raw material: Minister

JAMMU: The Minister of State for Industries and Commerce, Sajad Ahmed Kichloo has  urged for massive infrastructural support for facilitating growth of Industry and...

BCCI threatened Pakistan for opposing ICC revamp: Zaka

LAHORE: Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf on Sunday, alleged that he was threatened by the Board for Cricket Control in India for...

Iran’s Dead Poets Society: As Pen Dares the Sword

BY ROBERT FISK In Iran, there should be a Dead Poets Society. Or perhaps a Martyred Poets Society, with its newest member a certain Arab-Iranian...

BSF acquiring 191 acres of land for fencing

Jammu:  Border Security Force(BSF)  is acquiring 191 acres of land for construction of three-tier border fencing along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu. "Out of the...

Over 10,000 cops to undergo skill-upgradation training

Srinagar:  Over 10,000 personnel of Jammu and Kashmir Police will undergo a skill-upgradation training by the department and Delhi University to meet challenges of...

1000 additional Aganwadi Centres approved

Jammu: The Cabinet which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, approved setting up of 1000 additional Aganwadi Centres under the...

Khan attends Assembly

Jammu: Former Health Minister Shabir Ahmad Khan, who was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman doctor and released on bail, today attended...

‘Traffic police plays foul on highway’

Jammu: Hundreds of passengers Sunday accused  traffic police of playing foul by announcing opening of Jammu-Srinagar highway despite slippery conditions at Batote-Patnitop stretch of...

Jammu floods killed 29 people

Jammu: Government Sunday  said 29 people had died, 30 were injured and 15,712 buildings were damaged due to heavy rains and flash-floods in Jammu...

450 kanals transferred for setting up KVK Bandipora

JAMMU:  Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir Sunday informed the House that 450 kanals of land was transferred to SKUAST-K  for establishment of Krishi...

Subcontinent’s Cycles

BY HUSSAIN NADIM “The Empire, long divided, must unite: long united, must divide.” The classical quote from the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong captures...

Mehbooba, JKFA hail Wadoo

SRINAGAR: Congratulating the star footballer, Mehraj Uddin Wadoo for winning the ‘Best Indian Footballer’ award, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti Sunday said...

13 killed, 34 injured as mini-bus plunges into gorge

Banihal: Thirteen people were killed and 34 injured, some of them seriously, when a mini-bus in which they were travelling plunged into a gorge...

New Zealand v India, 2nd Test, 3rd day

WELLINGTON: India continued to enjoy the upper hand in the second and final Test against New Zealand despite a fighting unbeaten century from home...

Karzai hopes Pakistan will give transit route to India

KANDAHAR: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed hope that Pakistan will provide access for a key transit route for trade between his land-locked country...

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