Chandigarh The Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed the Punjab Urban Transport Fund Bill under which the Local Bodies Department would impose a cess on petrol and diesel at the rate of 10 paise per litre in urban areas. The department would also impose an additional 10 per cent cessRead More

United Nations UN chief Antonio Guterres has said he was following “with concern” the tense situation in the India-Pakistan region after the Indian government scrapped Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the two neighbours to exercise restraint. The Indian government on Monday revoked Article 370 which gave specialRead More

New Delhi President of theTibetan Government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay is confident that Buddhists will not accept any Chinese move to foist the 5th Dalai Lama. “That’s the Chinese plan,’’ he said about recent Chinese claims that the successor to the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso will be chosen by Beijing. “WeRead More

New Delhi The NDA Government’s move to make Article 370 of the Constitution inoperative has paved the way for seamless and complete constitutional integration of Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union as it makes laws enacted by Parliament automatically applicable to the state—which has been sought divided into twoRead More

Islamabad Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed apprehension that Pulwama-like attacks can follow the revocation of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir, which could trigger a conventional war between Pakistan and India. “This will be a war that no one will win and the implications will be global,”Read More

The Ambassador of Japan to India Kenji Hiramatsu spoke to The Tribune on a wide range of subjects. It included Japan’s decision in April this year to open its doors to skilled professionals in a wide range of professions in order to beat the economic ramifications of an aging populationRead More

Islamabad Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned and rejected the announcements made by the Indian government regarding Jammu & Kashmir. It also summoned Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria to the Foreign Office and conveyed a “strong demarche on the announcements made and actions taken” by the Government of India over JammuRead More

Chandigarh Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah have been taken into preventive custody, officials said on Monday evening. The officials said Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference leaders Sajjad Lone and Imran Ansari were among other leaders who were detained. A detention order forRead More

New Delhi The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir will have a Lieutenant-Governor and the maximum strength of its Assembly will be of 107 seats which will be further enhanced to 114 after a delimitation exercise, according to a Bill introduced in Parliament on Monday. The current effective strengthRead More

New Delhi Rajya Sabha on Monday approved a resolution abrogating Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir and a Bill to bifurcate the state into two union territories with Home Minister Amit Shah saying the controversial provisions were responsible for poverty and lack of development in the state. Allaying opposition fearsRead More