Kashmir Times

Rediff.com » News » Kashmir Times

News for Kashmir Times

News
Business
Movies
Sports

Haryana polls deferred to Oct 5, counting with J-K on Oct 8

The Election Commission on Saturday deferred the Haryana assembly poll date to October 5 from October 1, saying the decision was taken keeping in mind a centuries-old festival of the Bishnoi......

BJP moves to quell protests in J-K over ticket distribution

The Bharatiya Janata Party launched a damage control exercise on Wednesday after Jammu and Kashmir party president Ravinder Raina was forced to cut short his speech by angry workers seeking an......

PDP chief Mehbooba will not contest J-K polls because...

People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said she will not contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, pointing out that she would not be able to fulfil her party's......

Modi Preaches World Peace But...

'...We should first look at and acknowledge what we have done to ourselves.' 'To not do so opens us to the accusation of rank hypocrisy and also reduces the stature of our globetrotting peaceniks,'......

IC-814: The Hijack That Shook The Nation

Rediff.com was at the forefront of the IC-814 coverage. IMAGE: The hijacked Indian Airlines plane, an Airbus A300, sits at Kandahar airport in Afghanistan December 31, 1999. Photograph: Muzammil......

Banks Caught In A Trap

The cost of deposits is on the rise, but banks can't raise interest rate on close to 60% of their loan books, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The earnings......

FM Nirmala Sitharaman to review RRBs' performance after Budget session

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will review the performance of regional rural banks (RRBs) after the Budget session of Parliament, according to two people familiar with the matter.......

No state has been denied money in FY25 Budget: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday termed misleading claims by opposition leaders that if any state is not named in the Budget speech, then it does not get any budgetary allocation.......

Mining majors give a miss to country's maiden critical minerals auction

The maiden, critical mineral auction in India has failed to enthuse the mining industry, with the first tranche achieving less than a 50 per cent success rate and the auction of several mines was......

The major decisions taken by the GST Council

The GST Council on Saturday decided to tweak tax rates on items, including accommodation services for students and solar cookers, and took a host of taxpayer-friendly measures including waiver of......

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack Review: Gripping!!

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack begins by asking why the hijack lasted seven days and ends in wondering if the good guys fought the bad ones hard enough, observes Sukanya Verma. On a late afternoon of......

'I Am Getting 1,000 Calls Every Day'

'I am 7 feet and 7 inches tall.' How do you make sense of striding across two polar opposite professions? You don't, you just dive straight into it. Jammu-based Sunil Kumar is a police constable......

Getting Infatuated With Tamannaah

Saiyami gets sporty... Pooja goes trekking... Madhur meets Priyanka... Photograph: Kind courtesy Tamannaah Bhatia/Instagram Tamannaah Bhatia has been teasing fans with breath-taking pictures from......

'Independence Without Safety Means Nothing'

'I humbly request the government to create safe spaces for ALL women, the strictest of punishment and the swiftest justice.' IMAGE: A vigil in Mumbai to condemn the rape and murder of a trainee......

How Manav Kaul Played A Sex Worker

'Puneet did his research and gave us a very basic idea on male prostitution. He said it is like any other job.' IMAGE: Tillotama Shome with Manav Kaul in Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper. Photograph:......

Samit Dravid picked in India Under-19 squad for Australia series

IMAGE: Karnataka's Samit Dravid, a pace-bowling all-rounder, is currently playing for Mysore Warriors in the ongoing KSCA Maharaja T20 Trophy in Bengaluru. Photograph: KSCA Maharaja T20 Trophy......

The World Cup That Cheers

In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from......

Rediff News