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Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party leader Arshid Mehmood Khan Wednesday joined the BJP along with a number of his supporters in Jammu. Khan, a three-time sarpanch from Dandesar village of Nowshera, and his supporters were welcomed into the BJP by the party's J&K president Ravinder Raina and other senior leaders, including former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta and MP Jugal Kishore. The former PDP leader had unsuccessfully contested the 2008 assembly elections from the Nowshera constituency of Rajouri district Addressing a press conference after the joining, Raina said the BJP was ready for elections in the Union territory.

₹133.15 apiece in today's session. This marks a cumulative drop of 21% over the six-day period. The decline can be attributed to profit booking, as the stock had been on an upward trajectory between January 19 and February 02, delivering a stellar return of 93.5% in just two-week period, surging in value from ₹87.20 apiece to ₹168.65.

financial institutions (FIs) in the next financial year. In the interim Budget to be unveiled in the Lok Sabha on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, sources said, the government would peg receipts from dividends from financial institutions at much higher level than Rs 48,000 crore estimated for the current fiscal. The current financial year estimate has already exceeded the Budget target as RBI paid a dividend of Rs 87,416 crore. With public sector banks and financial institutions posting good quarterly numbers during the current financial year, the dividend payout by them in the coming year would be higher compared to this year. So, it would be feasible to expect about Rs 70,000 crore as dividend payout from RBI and financial institutions in FY'25, sources said.

Union Pacific's fourth-quarter profit crept up 1% as the railroad delivered more fertilizer, imported goods and chemicals

Also Read: A ₹2 trillion cheque is getting ready for the agriculture ministry This budget typically outlines estimates for revenue, expenditure, financial performance, fiscal deficit, and projections. Industry expects believe that anticipations are high that the government will increase welfare spending and potentially aim to decrease the fiscal deficit to 4.5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) by FY26.

Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced a new tax regime in the Union Budget 2020-21. However, it comes with certain conditions. The government is trying to make the new tax regime attractive for income taxpayers. From 1 April, 2023, the new income tax regime has been made the default tax regime. However, the citizens have the option to avail the benefits of the old tax regime.

Salaried individuals are expecting a separate deduction for repayment of home loans, enhancements in Section 80C and 80D deductions, and measures to encourage the shift to the new tax regime for home loan borrowers. Here's what a common man wishes from the Finance Minister in the Union Budget on February 1. Presently as per Section 80 CCE the deductions available under Section 80C, 80CCC, and 80 CCD(1) put together are capped at ₹1.50 lakh per year.

Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday declared a half-day holiday and a 'dry day' on January 22 on the occasion of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya. «It is hereby ordered that half-day public holiday (till 02:30 pm) shall be observed on January 22 in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir,» an order issued by Commissioner Secretary General Administration Department (GAD) Sanjeev Verma said.

22 January. The Department of Personnel and Training also declared half working days in central government offices on the day of Ram Temple's inauguration in Ayodhya. Maharashtra government on Friday announced a public holiday in the state on 22 January.

The Indian real estate sector has registered record-breaking growth numbers in 2023. Now, with the Union Budget 2024 around the corner, the real estate sector is hopeful of transformative reforms to be addressed in the announcements. By allocating resources and implementing favorable policies, the government has the potential to catalyze this sector, fostering job creation and stimulating economic activities.

Rail Vikas Nigam and Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), locked in 10% upper circuit limit in today's trade, while another railway PSU, Ircon International, soared by an additional 15%, touching a new all-time high of ₹261.35 apiece. Railway PSUs have been on an upward trajectory since the government announced a substantial capital outlay of ₹2.40 lakh crore for the Indian Railways in the Union Budget 2023-2024. This marked the highest-ever outlay, approximately nine times the investment made in 2013–14.

Geophysicists have uncovered that the movement of the Indian tectonic plate is not only responsible for the growth of the Himalayas but may also be causing the division of Tibet into two separate entities.

Vande Bharat train over luggage space. As other passengers in the coach watch, the dispute escalates when a woman intervenes to support one of the men.

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First Air India Express flight connecting Ayodhya to Bengaluru, Kolkata Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the first Air India Express flight between Ayodhya to Bengaluru and between Ayodhya to Kolkata on Wednesday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who was at Lucknow received the boarding pass for the first flight between Kolkata and Ayodhya.

Directorate of Estates on Tuesday issued a notice to evict former TMC MP Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha last month, from her government bungalow, sources in the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said. The Trinamool Congress leader has been asked to vacate the bungalow immediately, which had been allotted to her as an MP, they said. «Since the eviction notice was issued to her (Moitra) on Tuesday, a team of officials from the directorate of estates will now be sent to ensure that the government bungalow is vacated at the earliest,» a source told PTI.

Jammu and Kashmir, as an unlawful association. The Jammu and Kashmir-based group, founded by deceased separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, was declared outlawed by the government on December 31 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, for five years.

₹5,000 crore worth of 30-year bonds with another similar tranche likely by the end of the month. That will complete the plan to issue ₹20,000 crore worth of sovereign green bonds for the current fiscal year. The government had issued five-year sovereign green bonds worth ₹5,000 crore in November and 10-year paper worth ₹5,000 crore in December.

The Centre is planning to build a common information technology (IT) backbone linking various stakeholders of the corporate turnaround ecosystem to improve the efficacy of debt resolution, two people aware of the matter said. The entities to be connected include the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), credit information providers, lenders, distressed businesses ending up in tribunals, and insolvency professionals. National E-Governance Services Ltd (NeSL), India’s first agency registered under IBBI to provide legal evidence on debt to creditors and tribunals, will also be part of this IT network.

Indian Army is launching Operation Sarvashakti, where the security forces will be targeting the terrorists operating on both sides of the Pir Panjal mountain ranges in the Union Territory. In recent times, Pakistani proxy terrorist groups have tried to revive terrorism in the South of Pir Panjal ranges especially in the Rajouri Poonch sector, where around 20 troops have been killed in attacks by terrorists, with the latest being on December 21, when four soldiers were killed in the Dera ki Gali area there.

Pakistan's attempts to increase terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army is launching Operation Sarvashakti, where the security forces will be targeting the terrorists operating on both sides of the Pir Panjal mountain ranges in the Union Territory. In recent times, Pakistproxy terrorist groups have tried to revive terrorism in the South of Pir Panjal ranges especially in the Rajouri Poonch sector, where around 20 troops have been killed in attacks by terrorists, with the latest being on December 21, when four soldiers were killed in the Dera ki Gali area there. «Operation Sarvashakti would be to carry out combined counter-terrorist operations from both sides of the Pir Panjal ranges where the formations of the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps along with the Nagrota-headquartered White Knight Corps would be carrying out simultaneous operations,» sources in the security forces told ANI. «The Jammu and Kashmir Police, CRPF, Special Operations Group, and the intelligence agencies would be working in close coordination to thwart Pakistani designs to revive terrorist activities in the UT, especially in the Rajouri Poonch sector,» they added.