MUMBAI: Maize prices have been stable for the last couple of weeks, averaging close to Rs 12,000-12,500 per tonne, and the winter crop is expected to be good, US Grains Council said. “Since the last couple of weeks, the maize prices have been stable, averaging close to Rs 12,000-12,500 per tonne,” USGC India Representative Amit […]
SRINAGAR: General Officer Commanding of the Army’s 15 Corps Lt Gen Gurmit Singh Sunday admitted the dress code gaffe and apologised to the scribes. “I would like to personally say sorry for the Pheran thing. It was inadvertent but nevertheless a mistake,” Lt Gen Singh told reporters. Lt Gen Singh said while no words were […]
By Snehesh Alex Philip JAMMU/ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday asked India to repatriate all its nationals who have completed their prison sentences on humanitarian grounds following the alleged suicide of a Pakistani prisoner in Jammu jail. The Foreign Ministry said the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi has been asked to submit a report on the […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday detained dozens of government employees who tried to take out a protest march in support of their demands including regularization of daily-wage and casual workers. Hundreds of employees of Public Health Engineering Department assembled near Press Colony here and tried to march towards Divisional Commissioner’s office, but were […]
SRINAGAR: Higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall while rains lashed the plains of the region, including Srinagar on Saturday. Srinagar received 1.8 mm of rainfall till 08:30 hours Saturday morning, an official of the MeT Department said. The city recorded a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, over a degree up from […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday said 1,298 illegal residential house and other structures, constructed near the Dal Lake between 2011 to 2013 have been demolished by the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority. The anti-encroachment wing of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) demolished 1,298 residential house and other structures, raised beyond 200 meters from […]
SRINAGAR: Forces recovered a huge cache of arms, including three assault rifles and four pistols, in Uri sector in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, an army spokesman said on Saturday. The arms were found inside a crevice underneath a huge boulder by a joint team of Army and police in Kamalkote area on Friday, he said. […]
SHARJAH: Pakistan have qualified for the semi-final of Under 19 World Cup by beating Sri Lanka with a big margin of 121 runs in the quarterfinal in Sharjah on Saturday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Pakistan set a huge target of 280 for Sri Lanka. Skipper Sami Aslam hit two 6s and […]
Lahore: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has sought help from its government to proceed with a bilateral series with India, planned for March-April this year. PHF president Akhtar Rasool told PTI today that the planned six-match series could only be possible if the two governments gave clearances. “We have written to the Ministry of Inter […]
NEW DELHI: In a last-ditch effort to meet revenue targets, the Income Tax Department on Friday said it has identified 21.75 lakh new ‘potential non-filers’, and urged all tax payers to disclose their true income and pay appropriate taxes. The department had initiated a business intelligence project in February 2013 to identify PAN holders who […]