GST Council meeting: Rate tweaks unlikely; compensation, falling revenues on the agenda
Compensation to states and revenue shortfall exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic are the key discussions expected in the 40th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting scheduled via videoconferencing on Friday. Some compliance-related relaxation to taxpayers such as late fee waiver are also expected to be discussed in the upcoming meeting, even as any major rate rationalisation looks […]
COVID-19: 28 CRPF personnel, 17 healthcare workers among 161 fresh cases in J-K
Srinagar: At least twenty-eight Central Reserve Police Force personnel and seventeen healthcare workers were among 161 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, reported a local news agency, Global News Service. These cases have taken the overall case tally in J-K to 4,507. Giving the district wise break up, official sources stated that […]
Eastern Ladakh Standoff: India, China Hold Major General-level Talks To Ease Tensions
Indian and Chinese armies on Wednesday held Major General-level talks with an aim to end the military standoff in Pangong Tso and a number of other areas in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the development said. In the over four-and-half-hour meeting, the Indian delegation pressed for restoration of status quo ante and immediate withdrawal of […]
MP: Congress Releases Video, Alleges Chouhan Admitted To BJP’s Conspiracy To Topple Kamal Nath Govt
The Congress on Wednesday released a video clip of a speech of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to allege that its government in the state was toppled on the instructions of central BJP leaders. The ruling BJP denied the allegation, saying it only showed the Congress’s frustration. The authenticity of the video, purportedly […]
Signs of de-escalation: China, India pull back troops from key LAC points
In what may be the first signs of de-escalation of tensions along the Line of Actual Control, Indian and Chinese troops have gradually started moving back from standoff positions at different points in the Galwan and Hot Spring areas of Ladakh. While there has been no official statement yet on whether a disengagement is underway, government […]
New J&K Media policy will fester unaccountability, injustice: NC
Srinagar, 10 June (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday took strong exception to the new media policy announced by the J&K Government and termed it an assault on the freedom of speech and the role of press in democracy. Press is meant to agitate, investigate, scrutinize institutions and individuals, Government and others. Freedom […]
Abducted man’s body found in Shopian
Srinagar, June 10 (KNS): A body of abducted man, who was allegedly taken away by unknown gunmen yesterday, was found in Pinjoora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, police official said. He told KNS that Tariq Ahmad Paul whose residential house was damaged during gunfight couple of days ago, leading to the killing […]
Rahul questions Modi’s silence
New Delhi, Jun 10 (IANS): Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday once again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence over the India-China stand-off. Gandhi has been demanding a statement on the current situation at the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. “The Chinese have walked in and taken our territory in Ladakh. Meanwhile, the Prime […]
New media policy a lowest of the low to mute the muted: JKPC
Srinagar, June 10 (KNS): The J&K Peoples Conference termed the new media policy as a new low – a lowest of the low- which will herald the darkest era of curbing press freedom wherein the government will script custom made versions of reality. “The new media policy is plain censorship where government defines ethics of […]
Locals stage protest over establishment of CRPF bunker in South Kashmir area
Anantnag, June 10: Locals from Sarnal area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district blocked road after Para-military troopers set up new bunker in the area. Locals demanded immediate removal of the bunker saying it would create uneasiness among locals. They said despite being a bunker has been established despite area being a peaceful one. Locals told […]