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Can’t predict with US tariffs, we need to be watchful, says FM Sitharaman

Budget discussions highlight income tax cuts, taxpayer respect, and a focus on simplification, aiming to boost consumption and compliance.

Nirmala Sitharaman, Union finance minister (Sanchit Khanna/HT)

India News

Updated on Feb 03, 2025 08:01 AM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal, Ravi Krishnan, Utpal Bhaskar

‘Taxpayers build nation they’ll drive demand,’ says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman said the measure is to respect honest taxpayers, who, without fail, are paying towards India’s nation-building attempts.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

India News

Updated on Feb 03, 2025 05:11 AM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal, Ravi Krishnan, Utpal Bhaskar

2 terrorists gunned down as army foils intrusion bid in Poonch

3 AK assault rifles and ammunition in a large quantity have been seized; deceased were from Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit and they are believed to be Pakistan citizens, say officials

Army personnel during an anti-terrorist operation in Poonch late on Thursday evening. (ANI)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 31, 2025 11:59 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Army foils intrusion bid in Poonch, two terrorists shot dead

Troops picked up the movement of the terrorists trying to sneak into Indian territory in the Khari Karmara area, leading to the gunfight.

Army personnel engaged in a heavy exchange of fire with terrorists following suspicious movement detected along the Line of Control in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. (ANI Photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 31, 2025 10:54 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Rajouri deaths: Badhaal village siblings trio discharged after recovery

It may be stated that the three real sisters, who were airlifted to GMC Jammu on January 22, have also recovered fully

Presence of carbamates and organophosphorus was found in the samples taken from the first three families and could be probable causes of the deaths which have taken place, said a senior health official. (File)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 29, 2025 07:54 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

PM Modi likely to flag off Vande Bharat Express to Srinagar next week

DGP visits Reasi, reviews security on 17-km track from Katra, which is toughest section in 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project

On January 15, following a series of successful trial runs of passenger and freight trains, the commissioner of railway safety (northern circle), Dinesh Chand Deshwal, had given the go-ahead to commission the 17-km rail track between Katra and Reasi. (HT Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 07:08 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Rajouri deaths: Recovery of four come as glimmer of hope

Though no conclusive inference has been drawn yet to pinpoint root cause of deaths, the recoveries has come as a glimmer of hope for the fear-stricken villagers

Last week, the Jammu and Kashmir government had declared the village a containment zone and quarantined 350 people at three government facilities—government nursing college, higher secondary school and GMC Rajouri. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 28, 2025 07:00 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Rajouri: 16-year old taken ill, 350 villagers quarantined so far

16 patients have died and 15 have fallen ill so far; three sisters in Jammu Government Medical College and a youth in PGIMER, Chandigarh, have shown signs of improvement, say officials

Security personnel at a containment zone in Badhaal village of Rajouri. (PTI file)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 25, 2025 06:48 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Rajouri deaths: 300 villagers quarantined in 3 govt facilities

Rajouri: 46 relatives of three affected families are under special observation and an 11-year-old girl with illness symptoms has been hospitalised.

Securitymen at a containment zone in Bdhaal village of Rajouri district. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 24, 2025 04:07 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

J&K govt declares Badhaal village containment zone amid unexplained deaths

The move comes despite no viral or bacterial aetiology being detected in the 16 deaths linked to a mysterious illness since December 7, 2024

The Jammu and Kashmir government has imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in the village, located around 55 kms from Rajouri district headquarters. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 22, 2025 03:23 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Man shot dead in broad daylight in Jammu, inter-gang rivalry suspected

A 30-year-old man, Sumit Jandial, was shot dead by car-borne assailants in Jammu. Police suspect inter-gang rivalry, ruling out terrorism.

The deceased, Sumit Jandial, was the son of Om Parkash, who represents ward number 9 of Vijaypur in adjoining Samba district. (Representational photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 03:18 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

MHA’s team reaches Badhaal village, meets victims’ families

The team, rushed by the Union home minister Amit Shah, reached the village around 11.30 am and visited the bereaved families, said officials

Experts from some of the most reputable institutions in the country have been tasked with managing the situation and understand the causes of the deaths. (iStock)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 21, 2025 06:44 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Jammu: Teenager dies, Rajouri illness toll reaches 16

Centre’s inter-ministerial team reaches Rajouri to look into mysterious deaths; administration seals a spring in Badhaal village after its water tests positive for some pesticides or insecticides

Army personnel in Badhaal village of Rajouri district on Sunday. (ANI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 20, 2025 06:36 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Jammu: Centre’s inter-ministerial team to investigate Rajouri deaths

Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary visited Badhaal village in Rajouri district and assured the people there of a conclusive investigation

J&K deputy CM Surinder Choudhary interacting with kin of deceased in Badhaal village on Saturday. (X)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 19, 2025 05:42 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Jammu: Rajouri mysterious illness toll 15 after 60-yr-old woman’s death

Cops inspect pesticide and chemist shops in the area to investigate possibility of poisoning; investigations so far indicate that the deaths are not due to a communicable disease

The Rajouri police have formed a special investigation team for a probe.

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 05:16 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Rajouri mysterious illness toll 15 after 60-year-old woman’s death

Jatti Begum is the latest victim of the illness that has left 15 members of three inter-related families dead. She is the wife of 62-year-old Mohammad Yousuf, who had died on January 13.

A 60-year-old woman from the remote Badhaal village died due to a mysterious illness at Government Medical College and Hospital in Rajouri on Friday morning, taking the toll to 15 since December 7 last year. (Representational photo)

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 17, 2025 02:38 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Jammu: Rajouri village deaths not due to any communicable disease, says govt

Analysis by CSIR-IITR detects toxins in multiple biological specimens; Rajouri police form special investigation team for a detailed investigation into the deaths in Badhaal village of Rajouri district

An unexplained illness has claimed 14 lives in Badhaal village of Rajouri in Jammu since December 7 last year.

Chandigarh

Published on Jan 16, 2025 10:27 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

J&K: ‘Mysterious illness’ kills one more in Rajouri, SIT set up

A 10-year-old girl died due to a mysterious illness at SMGS Hospital here on Wednesday evening

The illness that has claimed 13 lives, including 11 children, has left health experts from across the country baffled. (Getty image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 04:08 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

J&K: Rail safety chief shows green flag to key Katra-Reasi section

On January 4, the chief administrative officer of the USBRL project, Sandeep Gupta, conducted the first trial run of the electric train from Katra to Banihal

The Katra-Reasi section was the toughest in the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) broad-gauge project. (HT File)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 16, 2025 07:58 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Rajouri man loses 4th child to ‘mysterious’ illness, toll climbs to 13

The 12-year-old was the daughter of Mohammad Aslam, who has now lost four of his six children since Sunday

The ‘mysterious’ illness in Rajouri village has plagued three families related to each other (Representational image)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 05:14 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

PoK India’s crown jewel, J&K incomplete without it: Rajnath

Pakistan must dismantle its terror infrastructure in PoK or face consequences, Rajnath said, accusing the neighbouring country of making persistent attempts to destabilise India by sponsoring terrorism

Defence minister Rajnath Singh flanked by J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha and chief minister Omar Abdullah during Armed Forces Veterans’ Day function at Akhnoor in Jammu on Tuesday. (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 15, 2025 05:10 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Akhnoor (jammu)

Officials in a tizzy as ‘mysterious illness’ claims two more lives in J&K’s Rajouri

The village under Kotranka sub-division has been grappling with a “mysterious disease” that have claimed 12 lives since December 7 last year, officials said

Officials visited Badhal village in Kotranka subdivision of the Rajouri district to access the ground situation. (Source: X)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 14, 2025 06:42 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

CRS successfully conducts speed trial of Katra-Banihal rail link

The special train equipped with sensors, computers and other gadgets clocked an hour and 10 minutes to cover the distance of 111 km from Katra to Banihal but took an hour and half on return journey

The speed trial was part of final inspection by the CRS. (HT representative)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 09, 2025 06:58 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Ahead of train to Kashmir: Katra-Reasi track under railway safety chief’s watch

The visit is aimed at assessing the progress, safety standards, and operational preparedness of this crucial rail section

The CRS said that with the completion of Kashmir rail link project, a new chapter has been written in the Indian railways’s history (HT representational)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 08, 2025 06:36 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

PM Modi inaugurates Jammu rail division, says will boost development in region

Congratulating people of Jammu and Kashmir on the new rail division, Abdullah reassured residents of Jammu who feared negative impacts from the expansion of the railway network to Srinagar.

Union minister for science and technology Jitendra Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and chief minister Omar Abdullah during the inauguration of the new railway division in Jammu on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the project virtually. (PTI Photo)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 06, 2025 02:25 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria

Arms licence scam: J&K HC directs home ministry to file updated status report

The high court directed advocate Sumant Sudan, appearing on behalf of deputy solicitor general of India (DSGI) Vishal Sharma for department of personnel and training in the home ministry, to file updated status report with regard to the comments sent by general administration department (GAD) of J&K government on December 27 last year

Division bench observed that GAD has communicated its comments to the ministry of home affairs vide its communication dated December 27, 2024 for final decision in the matter (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 06, 2025 05:24 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Electric train chugs in 1st trial run on Katra-Banihal section

The length of track from Katra to Banihal is 111 km and the section includes 27 tunnels and 37 bridges; the longest rail tunnel in the country, T-49, which is 12.75 km in length, falls on this section

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to inaugurate the first Vande Bharat train from Delhi to Srinagar later in January (PTI)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 05, 2025 08:10 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

PM Modi to virtually inaugurate Jammu DRM’s office on January 6

Officials said the authorities in Jammu, including additional divisional railway manager (ADRM) Rajiv Kumar Singh. are working overtime for the inaugural ceremony to be held at Jammu railway station

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 05, 2025 08:08 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria Ravi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Former deputy CM Gupta, J&K BJP chief vacate ministerial bungalows

The estates department, which had been reprimanded by the high court over the ‘inordinate delay’ in getting the government bungalows vacated from former ministers and ex-legislators, the latter appraised the HC that Gupta and Sharma have vacated government bungalows

In orders issued on November 12 and December 7 last year, the high court had expressed its displeasure over the developments (HT)

Chandigarh

Updated on Jan 03, 2025 07:06 AM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

Arms licence scam: Centre grants CBI sanction to prosecute revenue secretary

Kumar Rajeev Ranjan was one among nine IAS officers, who were accused of issuing arms licences on monetary considerations in Jammu and Kashmir to non-deserving persons

Chandigarh

Published on Dec 31, 2024 10:44 PM IST

ByRavi Krishnan Khajuria, Jammu

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Budget discussions highlight income tax cuts, taxpayer respect, and a focus on simplification, aiming to boost consumption and compliance.

Nirmala Sitharaman said the measure is to respect honest taxpayers, who, without fail, are paying towards India’s nation-building attempts.

3 AK assault rifles and ammunition in a large quantity have been seized; deceased were from Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit and they are believed to be Pakistan citizens, say officials

Troops picked up the movement of the terrorists trying to sneak into Indian territory in the Khari Karmara area, leading to the gunfight.

It may be stated that the three real sisters, who were airlifted to GMC Jammu on January 22, have also recovered fully

DGP visits Reasi, reviews security on 17-km track from Katra, which is toughest section in 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project

Though no conclusive inference has been drawn yet to pinpoint root cause of deaths, the recoveries has come as a glimmer of hope for the fear-stricken villagers

16 patients have died and 15 have fallen ill so far; three sisters in Jammu Government Medical College and a youth in PGIMER, Chandigarh, have shown signs of improvement, say officials

Rajouri: 46 relatives of three affected families are under special observation and an 11-year-old girl with illness symptoms has been hospitalised.

The move comes despite no viral or bacterial aetiology being detected in the 16 deaths linked to a mysterious illness since December 7, 2024

A 30-year-old man, Sumit Jandial, was shot dead by car-borne assailants in Jammu. Police suspect inter-gang rivalry, ruling out terrorism.

The team, rushed by the Union home minister Amit Shah, reached the village around 11.30 am and visited the bereaved families, said officials

Centre’s inter-ministerial team reaches Rajouri to look into mysterious deaths; administration seals a spring in Badhaal village after its water tests positive for some pesticides or insecticides

Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary visited Badhaal village in Rajouri district and assured the people there of a conclusive investigation

Cops inspect pesticide and chemist shops in the area to investigate possibility of poisoning; investigations so far indicate that the deaths are not due to a communicable disease

Jatti Begum is the latest victim of the illness that has left 15 members of three inter-related families dead. She is the wife of 62-year-old Mohammad Yousuf, who had died on January 13.

Analysis by CSIR-IITR detects toxins in multiple biological specimens; Rajouri police form special investigation team for a detailed investigation into the deaths in Badhaal village of Rajouri district

A 10-year-old girl died due to a mysterious illness at SMGS Hospital here on Wednesday evening

On January 4, the chief administrative officer of the USBRL project, Sandeep Gupta, conducted the first trial run of the electric train from Katra to Banihal

The 12-year-old was the daughter of Mohammad Aslam, who has now lost four of his six children since Sunday

Pakistan must dismantle its terror infrastructure in PoK or face consequences, Rajnath said, accusing the neighbouring country of making persistent attempts to destabilise India by sponsoring terrorism

The village under Kotranka sub-division has been grappling with a “mysterious disease” that have claimed 12 lives since December 7 last year, officials said

The special train equipped with sensors, computers and other gadgets clocked an hour and 10 minutes to cover the distance of 111 km from Katra to Banihal but took an hour and half on return journey

The visit is aimed at assessing the progress, safety standards, and operational preparedness of this crucial rail section

Congratulating people of Jammu and Kashmir on the new rail division, Abdullah reassured residents of Jammu who feared negative impacts from the expansion of the railway network to Srinagar.

The length of track from Katra to Banihal is 111 km and the section includes 27 tunnels and 37 bridges; the longest rail tunnel in the country, T-49, which is 12.75 km in length, falls on this section

Officials said the authorities in Jammu, including additional divisional railway manager (ADRM) Rajiv Kumar Singh. are working overtime for the inaugural ceremony to be held at Jammu railway station

The estates department, which had been reprimanded by the high court over the ‘inordinate delay’ in getting the government bungalows vacated from former ministers and ex-legislators, the latter appraised the HC that Gupta and Sharma have vacated government bungalows

Kumar Rajeev Ranjan was one among nine IAS officers, who were accused of issuing arms licences on monetary considerations in Jammu and Kashmir to non-deserving persons

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