Protests in Baramulla over power shortage

BARAMULLA: People from Gantamulla area of this north Kashmir district blocked the Srinagar-Muzfarabad road for several hours on Friday morning against failure of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and Power Development Department (PDD) to provide them with electricity. Residents of Gantamulla Bala, Gantamulla Payeen, Kitchama and several colonies assembled on the road and raised slogans […]

Extend collateral free loans to MSME, RBI tells banks in J&K

Extend collateral free loans to MSME, RBI tells banks in J&K

JAMMU: To monitor credit flow to micro, small and meduum enterprise (MSME) sectorin Jammu and Kashmir, Reserve Bank of India Friday convened a meeting here on Friday. According to an RBI spokesperson, the meeting along with State Level Inter Institutional Committee (SLIIC) Meeting was held under the Co-Chairmanship of Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Financial Commissioner, Industries […]

LS Polls: ‘Every honourable Kashmiri should stay away from elections’

SRINAGAR: Continuing with its poll boycott campaign, several leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front( JKLF) Friday addressed public gatherings in various areas of south Kashmir villages and impressed upon people to stay away from the upcoming elections. In a statement, a JKLF spokesman said that the leaders stressed that “participating in Indian elections was […]

HCJK flays ‘police crackdown’ on Shah, others

SRINAGAR: Police on Friday arrested Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir (HCJK) leader Shabir Ahmad Shah along with his associates as soon as he stepped out of his Sanat Nagar residence and barred him from visiting Pakharpora area in central Kashmir. “Besides Shah, police also detained Muhammad Yasin Ataai while as Nayeem Ahmad Khan was put under […]

KEA asks J&K govt to subsidise airfares for needy, students

SRINAGAR: Criticising the J&K Tourism Minister for expressing the state government’s helplessness on controlling ‘rising airfares’, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) has asked the government to subsidise the airfares of the needy people and the students. “As a matter of fact J&K government is duty bound to provide speedy, economic and safe travel to the citizens […]

Kupwara announces NABARD credit plan of Rs 390 cr for 2014-15

KUPWARA: An amount of Rs 186.89 crore to 13012 income generating units (IGUs) under priority sector and Rs 69.66 crore to 3547 beneficiaries under non-priority sector have been provided to set up their own IGUs upto December 31, third quarter of financial year 2013-14, an official spokesperson said. According to the spokesperson, a District Level […]

2 ex-CMs in fray among heavyweights in J&K poll ring

By Anil Bhat Jammu: As the political temperature shoots up in Jammu and Kashmir, four local unit heads of pro-India parties and two former Chief Ministers are among as many as 14 heavyweights who have jumped into the fray for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the state. Chiefs of the two main rival regional […]

Bandipora discuss employment opportunities, income generation for youth

BANDIPORA: In order to discuss employment generation avenues for educated unemployed youth, a meeting of sponsoring agencies and financial institutes was held at Bandipora under the chairmanship of chief faculty EDI, Ahmadabad, Shaibshmodi at RSETI Bandipora on Friday. Director RSETI, MM Fayaz, District Nodal Officer, EDI Bandipora, Waseem Raja besides officers and representatives from various […]

Horticulture Deptt holds workshop on spray schedule

SRINAGAR: A daylong workshop on the adoption of spray schedule 2014 for the control of various diseases/pests was organized Friday in the meeting hall of Directorate of Horticulture, Kashmir, an official spokesperson said. The workshop was attended by the prominent growers of all the districts of Kashmir division, farmers, growers, interest groups and representatives of […]

ACME wins bid for 100 MW solar power project

SRINAGAR: ACME, an Indian solar power company, Friday announced that it has been selected as solar power developer for 100 MW solar PV power projects during the financial bids opening for JNNSM Phase-II held at SECI. According to a statement issued by the company, ACME Solar has received one of the largest share of the […]