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PDS beneficiaries can lift 6-month ration in advance: Paswan

New Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said 75 crore beneficiaries under the public distribution system will be allowed to lift their...

GoI presents Budget of over Rs 1 lakh crore for J&K for FY ’21

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday presented a Rs 1-lakh crore Budget for Jammu and Kashmir for 2020-21. The government also presented a separate expenditure...

Sunday market again shut, to the infuriation of vendors

Srinagar: The popular Sunday market in Srinagar stayed closed for the second consecutive week as a precautionary measure in view of the coronavirus threat. The...

39th GST Council meet: Date of filing of GST returns in JK extended till 24 March

NEW DELHI: The GoI on Saturday decided to extend the date of filing of returns pending from August 2019 to March 24th, 2020. This was...

Snow in Shopian delays spraying of fruit trees

Shopian: A fresh blanket of snow covered south Kashmir’s hilly district Shopian and adjoining high-altitude areas in the region on Thursday. The fresh snowfall...

Not a single day of sale since ‘modern’ Trout Fish centre opened in Anantnag

Anantnag: Inaugurated in 2018, after expenditure of more than 50 lakh rupees, the supposedly modern and hygienic Fish Sale Centre here on the outskirts...

BSNL bled Rs 100 crore loss during J&K lockdown

SRINAGAR: Suspension of telecom and internet services in Jammu & Kashmir for several months since August 5 last year caused the government-owned BSNL to...

Use fertilisers 15 days before flowering: Expert to orchardists

SHOPIAN: As the spring season has begun, expert from SKUAST has advised orchardists to use fertilizers fifteen days before flowering. Kashmir Reader spoke to senior...

Spring a season of danger in Kashmir as pesticides fly about

SHOPIAN: Come spring and farmers in Kashmir begin the spraying of pesticides, fungicides, and insecticides, besides mixing the soil with chemical fertilisers, in expectation...

JKSDM to complete skill training of 24000 youth by July, 2020

JAMMU: State Project Approval Committee of J&K Skill Development Mission on Wednesday day held a meeting under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary to the...

Dairy farming reviewed in Shopian by educated youth

SHOPIAN: Educated youth in Shopian are reviewing dairy farming despite this sector showing decline in Kashmir. Official data reveal that qualified youth like MBA, M.Tech...

J&K Bank chairman calls for concerted efforts to achieve sustainable financial inclusion

SRINAGAR: Calling forsustained efforts to implement financial inclusion in a sustainable and inclusive manner, J&K Bank Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Rajesh Kumar Chhibber...

‘JK produces 70 lakh litres of milk per day’

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is producing 70 lakh litres of milk per day and strengthening the public private partnerships at a time when white...

Training programme ‘barefooted veterinarians’ starts at SKUAST-K

MANASBAL: A month long training programme for unemployed educated youth entitled, “Barefooted Veterinarians”started onTuesday here at Mountain Livestock Research Institute (MLRI)-Manasbal, SKUAST-K The training...

BSNL to restore broadband internet soon in Valley

SRINAGAR: BSNL is expected to restore high-speed broadband service within ten days in Kashmir after an unprecedented six months long shutdown. The internet across Kashmir...

‘J&K to develop medicines from cannabis’

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir will be the first in the country to develop medicines from the cannabis plant, said Union minister Jitendra Singh described...

Internet curbs to ease in coming months: Advisor

Bengaluru: Internet and connectivity issues in Jammu and Kashmir will be eased further in the coming months, Kewal Kumar Sharma, advisor to the Lt...

Kashmir apple faces another setback as Iranian apple gluts markets

Shopian: Influx of Iranian apple to Indian markets has dealt a blow to Kashmir’s apple industry, which is under tremendous economic stress this year. According...

Sand mining vandalising Jhelum banks along Bijbehara

Bijbehara: The sand miners, here in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, have been brazenly vandalizing the Jhelum River with illegal use of heavy machinery...

Not getting home delivery since Aug, say LPG consumers

SRINAGAR: LPG consumers from various areas of the Kashmir say they are not getting home delivery since August when the government abolished Article 370...

All farmers to have KCC by March

JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Monday chaired a video conference to review the progress under the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme, Pradhan...

Budget 2020-21: Budget juggles two sets of income tax, raises customs duty

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced cuts in personal income tax, extended tax benefits for affordable housing, and gave relief to...

Fin min delivers longest Budget speech

New Delhi: A Kashmiri verse, quotes from Tamil poets and references to Saraswati-Sindhu civilisation dotted Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 160-minute long marathon Budget speech...

Abrogation of Article 370 hits J&K Bank

New Delhi: Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Friday said its standalone net profit fell by 52 to Rs 49.64 crore in the third quarter...

Khidmat Centres’ body stage protest, demand permanent job policy

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Khidmat Centres association on Tuesday held a protest here in Srinagar demanding permanent job policy in J&K Bank. Scores of protesters...

Orchardists await compensation from damages by Nov snowfall

Shopian: Orchardists here said that government has not sanctioned compensation from the damages caused by November snowfall, while assessment has been conducted by the...

Global Investors’ Summit : Govt invites investors to J&K

NEW DELHI: With an intend to invite investments in Jammu & Kashmir, the three-day Global Investors' Summit 2020 is scheduled this year in Srinagar...

Pesticide products by Sumitomo Chemicals banned

SRINAGAR: Pesticide products manufactured by Sumitomo Chemicals India Pvt Ltd has been banned by Central Insecticides Laboratory Faridabad. The products are with batch numbers LVSH0S0250...

Traffic violators get roses in Shopian as good-will gesture by MVD

SHOPIAN: Motor vehicle department Shopian on Thursday distributed roses to law violators as a good-will gesture. Official said that the roses were distributed to the...

Technical course in horticulture has no prospects for job recruitment

SHOPIAN: While the government says that it is keen on promoting of horticulture sector across Jammu and Kashmir, its has “disregarded” the pass outs...

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