Stranded passengers protest outside Jammu airport

Hundreds of stranded passengers from Kashmir Tuesday staged a massive protest outside the Jammu airport and demanded their immediate airlifting to Srinagar, even as college and university students in the winter capital deferred their agitation after the police assured action against those who raised “anti-India slogans” during a scuffle yesterday. A witness said the police […]

Modi acted as Anil Ambani’s middleman in Rafale deal, committed ‘treason’: Rahul

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “treason” and violating the Official Secrets Act by acting as Anil Ambani’s “middleman” in the Rafale jet contract, citing an email to claim the businessman was aware of the deal days before India and France signed it. BJP, however, rejected the charge, saying […]

At high-level meeting in Delhi, Governor reviews J&K road, water projects

A high-level meeting was Tuesday held here under the chairmanship of Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik to review progress on several important road and water projects in the state. Nitin Gadkari, union minister for road transport and highways and Jitendera Singh, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s office, participated in the meeting, […]

Over 1,400 Kashmir-bound trucks cross Jawahar Tunnel as one-way traffic continues on Srinagar-Jammu highway

The Jammu-Srinagar highway that was restored for one-way traffic has already allowed over 1,400 vehicles to cross the Jawahar Tunnel and reach the Kashmir Valley, a traffic official said on Wednesday. The strategic highway was restored for one-way traffic on Tuesday after seven days following avalanches and landslides. Since Tuesday afternoon some 700 trucks carrying […]

Jharkhand power utility on the mat at tariff hearing

Industry leaders came out strongly against a proposal to hike power tariffs on Tuesday, their argument predictably based on irregular supply and erratic billing by Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam (JBVNL) that has approached regulators for an increase in charges from the next fiscal across all categories of consumption except agriculture. “Dar nirdharan se pahle hamara […]