ADC Ramban reviews preparations for Republic Day celebration

RAMBAN,: To review the arrangements for the upcoming Republic Day celebrations 2025, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Ramban, Varunjeet Singh Charak, convened a meeting with the concerned officers today. The meeting was attended by ACD Shrinath Suman; ACP Ashfaq Ahmad; Chief Education Officer (CEO), District Youth Services and Sports Officer (DYSSO), Tehsildar, Executive Engineer PWD, and […]

Poonch: DLC discusses Change of Land Use cases

POONCH: To discuss and review the process of Change of Land Use in the district, the District Level Committee (DLC) on Thursday met under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Vikas Kundal at the meeting hall of DC Office.   As many as fifteen cases were put up for discussion and after thorough deliberation in […]

RTA grants route permits to different mode of vehicles at Poonch

DC asks for designating Bus stops, effective traffic regulation POONCH: Regional Transport Authority (RTA) on Thursday granted route permits to different mode of vehicles here at its meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Vikas Kundal convened a meeting of the The Deputy Commissioner, who is the Chairman of the RTA, along with other members, meticulously reviewed […]

2 drug peddlers arrested in Samba with heroin

Jammu: Two drug peddlers were arrested and heroin was seized from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Thursday, officials said. A police party intercepted Talib Ahmad Mochi and Arshad Ahmad Shah’s Alto car at Bari Brahmana, they said. During the check was recovered from the duo’s vehicle and they were arrested, the […]

Gold rises by Rs 300 to Rs 80,300 per 10 gms on global cues

New Delhi: Gold price climbed Rs 300 for a third consecutive session to Rs 80,300 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday amid strong global cues, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Traders said the precious metal surged, following news that People’s Bank of China (PBoC) increased its reserves for the second […]

Executive, legislature to take call on exclusion from reservation: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the executive and the legislature would decide whether persons, who had availed quota benefits and were in a position to compete with others, were to be excluded from reservation. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih made the observation on a plea referring […]

Rupee recovers from record low to settle 4 paise higher at 85.87 against US dollar

Mumbai: The rupee recovered slightly from its record low and settled with a gain of 4 paise at 85.87 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday amid firm American currency and elevated level of crude oil prices. According to forex analysts, relentless selling in domestic equities and outflow of foreign capital kept the local unit […]

Sensex, Nifty tumble nearly 1 pc on unabated foreign fund outflows; TCS earnings in focus

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled nearly 1 per cent on Thursday due to heavy selling in market heavyweights HDFC Bank, TCS and Reliance as investors turned nervous over earnings growth concerns amid unabated foreign capital outflows. Besides, abysmally low Chinese inflation data, an indication of poor demand, and a sell-off in US […]

I think he will be the next captain: Gavaskar on Bumrah

Sydney: The legendary Sunil Gavaskar is in awe of Jasprit Bumrah’s leadership qualities and reckons the peerless fast bowler will succeed Rohit Sharma as the next captain of the Indian team following his extraordinary display in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Bumrah recently produced one of the best-ever bowling performances by an overseas pacer in Australia and […]