Ford inaugurates ‘Autowings’ sale service facilities in Srinagar, Anantnag

SRINAGAR: Committed to elevate the brand and ownership experience, Ford India Thursday augmented its sales and service network in the Kashmir valley with the inauguration of two facilities of Autowings Ford, a spokesperson of the company said here. “Of the newly inaugurated facilities in Srinagar and south Kashmir’s Anantnag town, Autowings Ford service facility at […]

Hurriyats, JKLF condemn Pulwama youth’s ‘mutilation’

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation (JKLF) Thursday condemned “the killing and mutilation of a Pulwama youth by Indian forces.” In a statement, JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik while condemning as “heinous” the killing by forces said that “people of Pulwama and the area where this young man has been martyred are protesting against this custodial […]

26,418 recruitments by SSRB in 5 years: Govt

Jammu: Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Thursday said that 26418 job selections in different government department have been made out of 52638 posts referred to Service Selection Recruitment Board (SSRB) since 2009-10. Replying to a question by Abdul Gani Malik in the House, the finance minister informed that with the opening balance of 16659 posts […]

Valley based 2 business ventures selected among India’s top 30 student start-ups

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 […]

Airtel crosses 200 million subscribers mark in India

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 […]

Vodafone awards 100 scholarships to Valley students

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 […]

BMW launches locally made Rs 43 lakh Gran Turismo in India

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, […]

PAG calls on governor, discusses J&K’s audit report

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 […]

Govt finalises DPR of Ganderbal power project

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 […]

Grants for agri, horti, flori, sheep&animal husbandry deptts passed

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 […]