NEW DELHI: India’s manufacturing sector expanded in February at the strongest pace in 12 months, driven largely by growth in new business orders and an improved macroeconomic situation, an HSBC survey said. The HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a measure of factory production, stood at 52.5 in February, up from 51.4 in the […]
KOLKATA: A group of young drivers from Kashmir are on a fortnight-long auto-technology awareness tour to eastern India during which they will also seek suitable jobs for themselves. Organised under the Indian Army’s ‘Operation Sadbhavna’, the ongoing ‘Educational-cum-Auto Tech Awareness Tour’ for the young drivers is aimed at enhancing their awareness on preventive maintenance, repair […]
SRINAGAR: A university in Uttar Pradesh state has asked at least 130 Kashmir students to leave the campus for ‘celebrating’ Pakistan’s victory over India in the cricket match on Sunday. The students belonging to many parts of Kashmir and studying in Meerut’s Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (SVSU) said they were watching the nail-biting contest alongside […]
SRINAGAR: Consumers in the Valley has been asked to fill up the declaration forms regarding income and landing holdings in order to avail subsidies and benefits under National Food Security (NFS) Act, expected to be implemented soon in the state. Director, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department (CAPD), Kashmir, Bashir Ahmad Khan Monday appealed people […]
Srinagar: A youth from Bhaderwah was stabbed Sunday by some Army soldiers after Pakistan defeated India in the ongoing Asian Cup cricket tournament in Bangladesh. Reports said a scuffle took place when the troopers belonging to the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Mountaineering and Winter Sports, Gulmarg, were watching the crunch game in Hotel Shahra. “As […]
Srinagar: The Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather on Monday said that order has been issued to the concerned for release of 3rd installment of arrears of 6th Pay Commission in favour of the pensioners. Replying to a question in the Legislative Assembly, Rather also said that Pay Anomaly Committee has submitted […]
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday granted an additional nine months for the public to exchange currency notes printed before 2005, including Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations, and set a deadline of January 1, 2015. “RBI has also advised banks to facilitate the exchange of these notes for full value and without […]
Vadodara: Joy of 21-year-old Vir Singh, abandoned by his father, knew no bounds when he reunited with his paternal uncle after a gap of about 20 years here. Vir, the youngest of the three siblings, was left at children’s remand home ‘Balgokulam’ here by his father Biyant Singh when he was about one-and-a-half years old, […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday admitted a private member’s bill seeking ban on manufacture, advertisement, sale, purchase and consumption of liquor in the state. The bill was introduced by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Abdul Haq Khan. The bill (No. 15 of 2014) seeks “to prohibit the manufacture, advertisement, sale, purchase, consumption, […]
SRINAGAR: Government has found an appointment order in Horticulture Department as fake and has recommended investigation by Crime Branch of Police. Official sources told Kashmir Reader that Under Secretary GAD on Monday sent a communication to Director, Horticulture, Jammu regarding the ‘fake appointment’ of Pardeep Singh Baju, son of Harnam Singh Baju, of Bhagwati Nagar, […]