GENEVA: One hundred and thirty-four journalists and media support staff were killed while on reporting assignments last year, with India fourth on the list of countries with the most number of deaths, the London-based International News Safety Institute (INSI) said on Tuesday. Most of those killed were targeted deliberately. Of these, 65 died covering armed […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir based business ventures, ‘IAC Software Solutions’ of Waleed Qureshi and ‘Daily Morning Times’, an Urdu newspaper of Syed Shafkat, have been selected among India’s Top 30 student start-ups. The list of top start-ups was announced over the weekend at an award ceremony held in a Bengaluru college. The TATA First Dot powered by […]
NEW DELHI: The country’s biggest car makers, Maruti Suzuki IndiaBSE -0.61 % (MSI) and Hyundai Motor India, today cut prices after excise duty on automobiles was reduced in the Interim Budget. While MSI’s price cuts range between Rs 8,502 and Rs 30,984 across its models, Hyundai has slashed prices by between Rs 10,000 and Rs […]
SRINAGAR: Bharti Airtel, India’s telecommunication giant, Wednesday said that it has crossed the 200 million mobile subscriber mark in India, further consolidating its leadership position in the world’s second largest mobile market. Airtel is the largest telecom operator in India, both in terms of customers and revenues. The Company ranks as the fourth largest mobile […]
SRINAGAR: As part of its Vodafone Delights initiative in J&K, Vodafone India, telecommunications service provider company, awarded scholarships and certificates to over 100 students from the Kashmir Valley. The scholarships were awarded to those who achieved a perfect 10 CGPA score in the CBSE Class 10 exams or scored 90 percent or above marks in […]
SRINAGAR: BMW has launched the all-new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo in India, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. Locally produced at the BMW Plant Chennai, the all-new BMW 3 Series Gran Turismo will be available at BMW dealerships across India from March 2014. Philipp von Sahr, President, BMW Group India said, “A revolutionary concept, […]
JAMMU: Subash Chander Pandey, Principal Accountant General (PAG), J&K, called on Governor NN Vohra here at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday and explained the salient features of the J&K’s Audit Report for the Financial Year 2013-14, an official statement said. Pandey also briefed the governor about the mechanisms which had been put in place for promoting […]
SRINAGAR: The detailed project report (DPR) of Power Project Ganderbal has been finalized and submitted to Central Electricity Authority for TEC, and most of the clearances including environmental clearance, Forest clearance have been obtained, J&K government said on Wednesday. It also said the land acquisition is also in its advanced stage. The information was given […]
JAMMU: Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir Wednesday said that government has accorded focused attention to further strengthen the sector by evolving new and innovative measures. For this purpose he said the government has earmarked a whooping Rs 100 crore for various agricultural projects under NABARD. The Minister was replying to the Demand of Grants […]
JAMMU: Minister of State for Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Nazir Ahmad Gurezi Wednesday said that keeping in view the primary importance of livestock in the state’s economy, the government has rolled out a comprehensive policy with focus on genetic up-gradation of indigenous livestock. The minister was replying to the discussion on the Demand of Grants […]