The Finance Ministry is not in favour of increasing goods and services tax (GST) rates on non-essential items in the meeting of the GST Council scheduled in June, despite sliding revenue collections, government sources said on Friday. Higher taxes on non-essential items will further bring down their demand and impede the overall economic recovery. Sources […]
Accusing the World Health Organisation (WHO) of being “totally controlled” by China, where the first case of the novel coronavirus emerged, US President Donald Trump late Friday announced the country will permanently “terminate” its relationship with the organisation and will redirect funds from the WHO to other organisations. The US President also said he is directing his administration […]
As the month of May draws to a close, India is looking to enter phase five of its nationwide lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The country first imposed restrictions on movement of people and sale of non-essential items on March 24. Since then, restrictions have gradually eased across the country, except in containment zones. […]
Emphases to focus on wage oriented employment generation JAMMU, MAY 29: Taking a step ahead in its endeavour to bring the Governance at the doorsteps of the masses, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Khan today conducted an extensive tour of village Gajansoo in block Marh to inspect various development works being executed under MGNREGA, PMAY, […]
Srinagar, May 29 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered that all educational institutions and training institutions in the Union Territory shall remain closed till June 15. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the educational institutions were closed almost three months back in wake of Coronavirus outbreak in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Srinagar, May 29, KNT: Shiv Sena Friday accused BJP of interfering in Government Departments and harassing officials in Kashmir Valley. In a statement to news agency KNT, Shiv Sena Kashmir president Abdul Khaliq Bhat said that BJP is biggest stumbling block in the progress and development of Kashmir. He said that BJP leaders and activists […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference will not participate in the delimitation excercise. The same was tweeted by party’s spokesman Ruhullah Mehdi, “The @JKNC_will not participate in the delimitation exercise. Detailed statement to follow soon. Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, ” He wrote. Earlier, Government of India nominated National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah and […]
Srinagar: A day after his death, swab samples of a 70-year-old man from south Kashmir’s Shopian district came out to be positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the death count due to the deadly disease in Jammu and Kashmir to 28. Dr. Salim Khan, nodal officer for COVID-19 at the Government Medical College Srinagar, told […]
Gross domestic product data out later on Friday is expected to show India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two years in the March quarter as the coronavirus pandemic weakened already declining consumer demand and private investment. The median forecast from a Reuters poll of economists put annual economic growth at 2.1% […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah met on Friday to deliberate over the way out of lockdown as its fourth phase draws to a close this week. The escalation in numbers might prove to be a big worry as the country reported 7,467 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours in […]