SRINAGAR: Around 190 primary schools in the Valley reopened on Monday after a forced two-week break, but attendance was uniformly thin amid growing uncertainty fuelled by multiple incidents of stone-pelting and the appearance of posters in several localities calling for an indefinite shutdown. Sources said youths suspected to be members of separatist groups were behind…
NEW DELHI: In the run up to Balakot strikes, Army chief General Bipin Rawat very categorically conveyed to the top brass of the government that his force was fully ready to deal with any ground offensive by Pakistan and take the battle into the enemy territory, top military sources said. The Indian Army was prepared…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the government is considering suggestions to build a new Parliament building or to improve and modernise facilities at the existing complex. After inaugurating 36 duplex flats for members of Parliament at North Avenue here, Modi made the remark and referred to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said corporate tax rate for companies with over Rs 400 crore turnover will be gradually cut to 25 per cent and the government will support wealth creators. In her maiden Budget last month, she had cut corporate tax for companies with annual turnover of up to Rs…
NEW DELHI: Cracking a whip on former Members of Parliament overstaying at their official bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi, a Lok Sabha panel on Monday ordered them to vacate their residence within a week. C R Patil, chairman of the Lok Sabha Housing Committee, said the panel called a meeting on Monday where it was decided…
KUALA LUMPUR: Zakir Naik has been summoned for a second time by Malaysian authorities over his alleged racial remarks against Hindus and Chinese, hours after Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told the controversial Indian televangelist that he is not allowed to participate in political activities in the country. The official Bernama news agency reported on Monday…
NEW DELHI: In a swift move, the Kashmir administration on Friday saved the jobs of 70 employees of a multinational company, after they were put on notice due to massive loss in business since the lockdown in the Valley. AEGIS, a leading global business services provider of customer experience management, closed its Srinagar BPO on…
SHIMLA/MANALI/UTTARKASHI: At least 31 people were killed, 10 were missing and hundreds of tourists left stranded as another day of torrential rains in the hill states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand triggered flash floods, landslides and uprooting of trees on Sunday. Himachal Pradesh received its highest ever single-day rainfall, recording an average of 102.5mm on…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Restrictions on movement were reimposed in parts of the Valley and 2G mobile connectivity was withdrawn from Jammu on Sunday after instances of stone-pelting and spread of fake news online gave the administration security jitters ahead of primary schools and government offices reopening on Monday. The return to uncertainty came within 24 hours of…
NEW DELHI: After the list of coaches nominated for the Dronacharya award was made public, some felt that former India shooter Jaspal Rana’s name should have been on the list too. Members of the awards selection committee though have come forward to clear the air and explain why Rana’s name was not on the list.…