CM withdraws salary Bills amid BJP opposition Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Tuesday passed five Bills moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah while...

SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who also holds the Housing & Urban Development portfolio, Tuesday informed the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly that the long-pending SRTC Complex project at Anantnag is being taken forward for completion, with a Detailed Project Report (DPR) amounting to ₹12.10 crore for the balance works presently under technical vetting. Replying to a question raised by MLA Peerzada Mohammad Syed during the Question Hour of the ongoing Autumn Session, the Chief Minister said the construction of the SRTC Complex, Anantnag, was taken up in 2005 and subsequently revived under the Languishing/JKIDFC funding mechanism in 2018 with an approved allocation of ₹11.42 crore. He said approximately 70–75 per cent of the work was completed...

New Delhi: As many as 10 of the 19 services sub-sectors of the Indian economy recorded a robust double-digit growth in July this year compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the Index of Services Production (ISP) with base year 2024-25, released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday. Administrative and support services were the fastest-growing segment, with an increase of 20.9 per cent in July this year compared to July 2025, up from 14.4 per cent in June. Real estate, which led in June, slowed to 14.4 per cent from 24.7 per cent. Retail trade (18.5 per cent), accommodation and food (12.6 per cent), and banking (12.3 per cent)...