[ad_1] NEW DELHI: On the eve of the month-long festival season, which begins with the first day of Navratri, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong pitch for people to take advantage of the “Bachat Utsav” (savings festival) starting Monday, when the next generation GST reforms roll out, helping reduce prices, lower compliance and…
[ad_1] JAMMU: Security forces exchanged fire with terrorists in the forests of Keshwan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Sunday. Officials said the operation was still underway, with additional troops rushed to the area to fortify the cordon and plug possible escape routes.The firefight broke out around 1pm when Army personnel were carrying out…
[ad_1] JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked the owner of a hotel in Patnitop in Ramban district for allegedly violating provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946, by not reporting the stay of a guest from Finland.Police said the accused, Shamsher Singh Manas, owner of Hotel Pine Heritage, had not filed the mandatory online form…
[ad_1] In 1983, Md Aftab Alam was hired as a regular college lecturer – on paper. Forty-two years later, he’s still waiting for his first salary. The appointment letter, issued by Sanjay Gandhi Mahila College in Gaya, promised pay and service conditions on a par with university faculty. What followed was four decades of unpaid…
[ad_1] Image used for representative purposes JAMMU: BSF launched a search operation after picking up movement of a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border near a forward village in RS Pura in Jammu district, officials said Sunday. The drone — the fourth such sighting this month — was seen hovering on the Indian side…
[ad_1] Mortal remains of Lance Dafadar Baldev Chand, who died during an operation at Kanji in Udhampur on the night of Sept. 19-20, during the wreath-laying ceremony (PTI photo) JAMMU: Indian Army and J&K police Sunday paid floral tributes to a Lance Dafadar who laid down his life fighting terrorists in a remote forest area…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Army exchanged fire with terrorists in a forest area in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said, and added that Operation Keshwan is underway. However, there was no immediate report of any casualty in the gunfight, which took place in Kishtwar, the officials said. Jammu & Kashmir…
[ad_1] Former Punjab minister Harmel Tohra passes away at 72 PATIALA: Former Punjab minister Harmail Singh Tohra passed away after a prolonged illness at a private hospital in Mohali on Sunday evening. He was 77.Tohra was the son-in-law of Akali stalwart late Gurcharan Singh Tohra.His last rites will be performed at his native village Tohra…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As Bharatiya Janata Party and NDA leaders hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation while crediting him for the Next Gen GST reforms, the opposition on Sunday criticised the speech, claiming that the reforms were inadequate and came too late.After PM Modi’s address to the nation, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge…
[ad_1] Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar NEW DELHI: Former Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar stirred controversy after a viral video showed him claiming he secures more funds for his constituency than the sitting legislator.Sarvankar, according to news agency PTI, told a gathering, “the incumbent MLA gets Rs 2 crore, but even when I am not…