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, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a drop of over three degrees in the minimum temperature as the mercury settled at a low of minus 3.3 degrees Celsius […]
JAMMU: The Legislative Assembly Monday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad for establishing four medical colleges and two Cancer hospitals in the state. The House also impressed upon the Government of India to establish Medical Colleges at Poonch-Rajouri, Kupwara, Udhampur, Kulgam, Budgam, Bandipora, Leh/ Kargil, Samba and […]
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 and Employment Minister Ajay Kumar Sadhotra informed the Legislative Council that under the Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY), the state had trained 8,037 candidates in 274 batches […]
NEW DELHI: Analysts Monday termed the interim budget as an “election budget”, and cautioned the pre -polls “sweeteners”, especially excise duty cuts, will make it difficult to achieve the deficit target. Finance Minister P Chidambaram while presenting the ninth Budget Monday said the fiscal deficit for the current financial year will be contained at 4.6 […]
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 former, as the U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi tiredly indicated that diplomacy continued despite the lack of a breakthrough. He hoped that the United States and the Russians would pressure […]
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 side has what it takes to “go all the way” at this year’s ICC World T20 in Bangladesh. Hafeez, who captained the Lahore Lions to another domestic T20 Cup title on […]
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 current fiscal ending March 31. The GoI’s dependence on debt has come down from 27 paise in the previous Budget to 25 paise in the coming year, reflecting ease of pressure […]
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 generally believe they are being robbed on a regular basis, seeing a considerable amount clawed back from what they maintain they have rightfully earned. Some of what is transferred from […]
Muhammad Maqbool Bhat, who would later found the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was born in Kupwara on February 18, 1938. Politically conscious even when still quite young, Maqbool had to migrate to Pakistan because of his stand on Kashmir. But he returned, and was arrested on charges of murder. Put into prison under […]
MUMBAI: The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) today expressed disappointment and shock at the interim Budget presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram, and requested the government to bring down the import duties on gold to curb smuggling. “The entire Gems & Jewellery industry is deeply disappointed and shocked… Government seems to be […]