New Delhi, May 8: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture will on Monday hear representatives of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the issue of ‘fixing of airfares’. The agenda of the meeting also includes considering and adopting draft reports on – ‘Heritage Theft – The Illegal Trade in Indian Antiquities and the […]
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Greater Kashmir
Tata Tiago EV achieves 10,000-unit sales milestone
Mumbai, May 7: Automobile firm Tata Motors has announced that it has achieved the 10,000-unit sales milestone for its Tiago EV since its deliveries commenced. The Mumbai-headquartered company said it also made it the fastest electric vehicle to achieve this milestone in less than four months. The Tiago EV is the ‘fastest booked EV in […]
Kashmir airfares sky-high after Go First’s insolvency
Srinagar, May 6: Amid good tourist influx, the price of travel to Kashmir has risen as a result of Go First’s suspension of flights, much to the dismay of prospective tourists. Given Go First’s request to file for bankruptcy in the NCLT, experts and industry insiders anticipate that this increase in airfares will last for […]
Mysterious explosion at petrol pump in Narwal, Jammu
Jammu, May 02: A mysterious explosion took place at a petrol pump in Narwal area of Jammu. However, no loss of life has been reported. The employees of the oil station claimed that the explosion took place due to a short circuit. The tiles in the fuel tank area were uprooted due to the impact […]
Lithium reserves found in J&K to be auctioned by December: Mines secretary
New Delhi, May 2: Auction of lithium reserves found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi will be started by December, said Secretary Ministry of Mines Vivek Bharadwaj. Speaking at an industry event on Tuesday, the secretary said the ministry has written to J&K administration for the transaction advisor for the lithium auction. “We have completed the […]
Unscheduled power cuts
Even as there is improvement in power scenario, the unscheduled power cuts keep on occuring, causing inconvenience to the people. Kashmir has witnessed improvement in the power supply since March. By and large the scheduled power curtailment programme, which was operational in winter, has come to an, end mostly in Srinagar city and several other […]
Power supply to remain affected in various Kashmir areas from May 4 to 15
Srinagar, May 2: Power Controller Kashmir on Tuesday said that the power supply will remain affected in various areas of Kashmir in a staggered manner between May 4 and 15. It informed that, the power supply to Receiving Station Gopalpora shall remain affected due to facilitate pending stringing of 33 Kv Kanganhal Line on May […]
Airline leaves tourist group stranded at Srinagar Airport
Srinagar: A group of tourists from Bangalore claimed that they were stuck at Srinagar airport owing to the ineptness of a private airline. The visitors said that they intended to board the flight from Srinagar airport in the morning, but they were stranded owing to the airline’s ‘cruel attitude’. A video that went viral on […]
Go First cancels all flights on May 3-4 amid financial crunch
New Delhi: In a major blow to its passengers, low-cost airline Go First has announced that all its flights will remain cancelled on May 3-4. The decision was communicated to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) by the airlines and as per sources, a detailed report will be submitted soon to the civil aviation […]
3 labourers, student injured in LPG cylinder blast in Poonch
Poonch Mandi: A ninth-class student and three outside laborers got injured in a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder blast after a fire erupted in a residential house in Qazi Mora of Poonch on Monday morning. Officials said that in the morning hours on Monday, fire erupted from the house of Qamar Din at Qazi Mora […]
Two Bihar residents among four injured in gas cylinder blast in Poonch
Poonch, May 01: At least four persons sustained critical injuries in a gas cylinder blast after a fire erupted in a residential house in Qazi Mora in Poonch district this morning, officials said. Quoting officials, GNS reported that information was received this morning about the fire incident in a house belonging to one Qamar Din […]
IAF C-130 J flight evacuates 122 Indians from Port Sudan to Jeddah
Jeddah: Indian Air Force C-130 J flight on Monday evacuated the 17th batch of 122 Indians from Port Sudan to Jeddah amid heavy infighting in Sudan. “#OperationKaveri IAF C-130 J flight brings 17th batch of evacuees from Port Sudan to Jeddah. 122 Indians evacuated by this flight,” tweeted Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia. Earlier, the […]