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Internet shutdown hits economically weaker section as social welfare dept unable to distribute cash assistance

Srinagar: Internet shutdown in Kashmir has deprived economically weaker sections of the society from getting their monthly online cash assistance for last four months. The...

New proposed bypass will hit our business: Pattan traders

BARAMULLA: The traders of Pattan are upset over new proposed bypass in their area, saying it is going hit their business which is on...

Internet blockade: MHRD extends date for valley students selected for scholarship

SRINAGAR: In a major relief to over two hundred Kashmiri students, who qualified last year’s National Merit-cum Means Scholarship (NMMS), the Ministry of Human...

Advisor Khan urges Bollywood to revive its romance with Kashmir

MUMBAI: Farooq Khan, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor has urged the Bollywood to revive its decades’ old romance with Kashmir to promote it as a...

Tourism promotion events hit, as stakeholders seek internet restoration

SRINAGAR: Tourism promotional activities in India and elsewhere has not picked at all as the government has not restored internet for tourism players-a pre...

JK seeks Rs 104.96 Cr form GoI for fisheries development

NEW DELHI Jammu and Kashmir has sought funds worth Rs 104.96 crore from GoI under the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) that...

Kashmir economy crippled: Rs 18,000 crore economic losses in 4 months, says KCCI report

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has pegged the losses suffered in Kashmir during the four months of lockdown post abrogation of...

JAKEDA cancels recruitment process as recruiting agency hired in ‘non-transparent’ manner

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA) has cancelled recruitment of 77 technical and engineering posts after the private recruiting agency meant...

Rates of essential item skyrocket with closure of highway

SRINAGAR: With the closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway from last three days, the rates of the essential commodities has skyrocketed in the markets especially vegetables. The...

Researcher rebuts wildlife department’s claim of sighting Bar-headed geese first time in Valley

Srinagar: Is J&K wildlife department’s claim of sighting Bar-headed geese in Kashmir wetlands for first time correct? No, says an ornithologist and ecologist, Dr...

JK employees to get 7th Pay Commission allowances

New Delhi: An amount of Rs 4,800 crore has been approved for 4.5 lakh employees of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir for certain allowances under...

JK Cements employees demand enquiry into ‘mismanagement’

PAMPORE: The employees of JK Cements located at Khrew area of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district have demanded enquiry into alleged mismanagement which...

No LPG subsidy in Valley for last 4 months

SRINAGAR: Due to the prolonged internet blackout in the Kashmir valley, consumers are not able to receive the LPG subsidy for domestic connections in...

Need to build trust, address problems facing JK tourism sector: Experts

NEW DELHI: There is a need to build trust and ensure that problems of the Jammu and Kashmir tourism sector, which is on "ventilator",...

Govt extends mandatory FASTag roll out date to Dec 15

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday announced extending the date to December 15 for making FASTag mandatory for toll payments on national highways. The Ministry...

Methodical canopy management to save future of fruit trees: Experts

SHOPIAN: After the recent rains and snowfall experts have called for better canopy management in fruit trees, as the need of hour. They also called...

Airtel lost up to 3 million customers from J&K network shutdown: Report

MUMBAI: The network shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir impacted the subscriber base of telecom companies in the quarter ended September, owing to which Bharti...

Two weeks later, electricity fully restored in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: After being on toes for nearly two weeks, Power Development Department (PDD) has fully restored major power infrastructure in the Valley which got...

JK Bank aspirants rue delay in selection list

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank has put career of thousands of job aspirants at stake as it has withheld selection list of some...

Nafed apple procurement in Kashmir failed miserably, says farmers body

New Delhi: The Centre’s initiative to procure apples in Kashmir through cooperative Nafed has “failed miserably” as only 0.01 per cent (1.36 lakh boxes)...

Growers reluctant to carry out pruning

SHOPIAN: Farmers in several areas in Kashmir haven’t been pruning their orchards after the devastating snowfall last week after their apprehension of losing on...

HDFC Bank to have 200 branches in NE, hire 2,000 people

Guwahati: HDFC Bank on Wednesday said it will increase its headcount by 50 per cent to 6,000 employees in the north-east (NE) region in...

Nearly 70,000 BSNL employees opted for VRS so far: Chairman

NEW DELHI: As many as 70,000 employees of BSNL have already opted for the VRS scheme which was launched last week, Chairman and MD...

Snowfall aftermath: Apple stored at Shopian mandi damaged

SHOPIAN: The season’s first snowfall has caused extensive damage to the apple stocked at fruit mandi Aglar in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, and the...

Huge rush for plastic shoes to counter winter, waterlogged roads

SRINAGAR: The untimely snowfall in the valley has triggered a massive rush to purchase of winter specific plastic shoes (plastic), that are effective to...

Kashmiri entrepreneur offers free space in Bangalore to start ups throttled by internet gag

SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri entrepreneur is offering free of cost space and internet in Bangalore to Kashmir based start ups run down by the communications...

Apple farmers go for early pruning to prevent snow damage

Shopian: A premature snow last year has trigged early pruning of apple trees this year with many farmers starting to trim the trees post...

Mehta says J&K Bank continues to register growth

JAMMU: J&K Bank is firmly moving on a path towards growth despite some of the recent events, said the Financial Commissioner, Finance, Arun Kumar...

J&K Bank condoles demise of 4 employees in Kathua accident

SRINAGAR: Bidding adieu to their colleagues including two security guards - who lost their lives in a tragic accident at Bani Kathua while discharging...

Trucks halted, apples procured under MIS piling up in Shopian mandi

Srinagar: Apple stocks procured under government Market Intervention Scheme are piling up at Fruit Mandi Shopian, after the government stopped movement of trucks in...

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