Jammu: A Legislative Assembly panel Wednesday failed to evolve a consensus on inclusion of all temples, including those administered by Trusts, under the ambit of Kashmiri Hindus Shrines and Religious Places Bill. The panel left it to the House to decide the fate of the legislation, said Mir Saifullah, Law minister and Chairman of the […]
Srinagar: The Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference Wednesday dismissed the criticism leveled at it for entering into dialogue with New Delhi. “Hurriyat Conference does not believe in unnecessary criticism or pointing fingers at any pro-freedom organization or person but deliberate, mindless fatwas and devoid-of-fact statements are against the objectives and interests of the movement and […]
JAMMU: Planning and Development Minister Ajay Sadhotra Wednesday informed the state legislature that Rs 19900 crore have been allocated to various sectors under State Plan during last three financial years in the state. Replying to a question by Chaudhary Zulfikar Ali, the minister informed that, Rs 6000 crore was allocated during the 2010-11, Rs 6600 […]
NEW DELHI: It’s raining discounts on domestic airfares. Extending the bonanza to air travellers, domestic carrier Jet Airways has announced upto 75 percent discount to air travellers who are flying between March and September. Jet’s decision comes after SpiceJet Ltd, Go Air and Indigo’s fare cut announcements. Jet Airways, in a circular to travel agents, […]
NEW DELHI: Smartphone sales in the country grew almost three-fold to over 44 million in 2013, buoyed by a strong uptake of affordable devices made by local firms such as Micromax and Karbonn, research firm IDC said on Wednesday. Smartphone shipments stood at 16.2 million in 2012. “India was one of the fastest-growing countries worldwide […]
POONCH: District Development Commissioner Sajad Ahmed khan Wednesday inaugurated the new premises of Jammu & Kashmir Bank branch Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge here. On this occasion, DDC hailed the performance of J&K Bank in various developmental and people friendly spheres. Zonal Head J&K Bank, Jammu West Gucharan Singh thanked DDC for sparing time for the inauguration of […]
JAMMU: Reliance Communications, India’s fully-integrated telecommunications service provider, Wednesday announced the launch of a new GSM number series ‘9103’ in Jammu and Kashmir. Reliance Communications, India’s fully-integrated telecommunications service provider, today announced the launch of a new GSM number series 9103xxxxxx in the Jammu & Kashmir Telecom Circle, a company spokesman said. The initiative enhances […]
NEW DELHI: Retirement fund body EPFO has asked its field staff to clean up records as it plans to issue universal (permanent) account numbers soon to its over 5 crore subscribers. The account number will help those workers in organised sector workers who frequently change jobs, particularly in the construction sector. It will help them […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former captain Rashid Latif as the new chief selector and the former wicketkeeper-batsman is expected to take charge from April 1. Latif met the PCB Chairman Najam Sethi today and was offered the post of chief selector, as well as director additional training and education for anti-corruption. […]
Srinagar: For the first time, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) will be listing all eatables’ sale points sold at Army Cantonment area at Badami Bagh here. The SMC’s move to extend its jurisdiction has come as the Cantonment had no designated Food Safety Officer or laboratory to test quality of eatables, a SMC handout saidWednesday. It […]