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Sensex ends above 21,000 level after 5 weeks, rises 133 points

MUMBAI: The benchmark Sensex on Friday jumped over 133 points to reclaim the 21,000 mark buoyed by gains in bluechips like TCS, Tata Motors...

‘RBI may not increase rates on Apr 1 policy review’

NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank is likely to hit the pause button in its next monetary policy review on April 1, as the decline...

KEA miffed over PDP’s opposition on Bill providing cover to illegal structures

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Economic Alliance, an umbrella of Valley based trade organization, Thursday expressed its distress and surprise over People’s Democratic Party’s opposition on Civic...

KCCI hails government, legislators for passing Bill

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry has hailed government and legislator for passing the Civic Laws (Special Provision) Bill, which puts moratorium...

Subsidy worth Rs 6 lakh distributed among Srinagar cattle farmers

SRINAGAR: Cheques worth Rs 6 lakhs were distributed by District Development Commissioner, Farooq Ahmad Shah, here on Thursday among cattle farmers of the district...

FM inaugurates treasury at Baaghat-e-Kanipora

BUDGAM: Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather on Thursday inaugurated J&K’s 129th Treasury at Baaghat-i-Kanipora area here, according to an official spokesperson. This treasury will cater...

GoI to pay 50% premium for auto, taxi drivers under RSBY

NEW DELHI: The government of India Thursday extended health insurance support to auto and taxi drivers by committing to pay half of the premium...

Saudi asks India to ease tax norms to speed up investment flow

Capital gains tax is a major hurdle in promoting Saudi investments in India, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al Rabiah said...

Sahara chief moves Supreme Court for cancellation of NBW

NEW DELHI: Sahara Chief Subrata Roy Thursday moved to Supreme Court seeking cancellation of non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him and undertook to appear...

Agri dependent population in India grew by 50%

WASHINGTON: Agricultural population of India grew by a whopping 50 percent between 1980 and 2011, the highest for any country during this period, followed...

India’s first post office savings bank ATM opened in Chennai

CHENNAI: India's first Post Office Savings Bank ATM was inaugurated here Thursday by Finance Minister P Chidambaram as a part of the government's Rs...

Aircel, mydala.com offer platform for online shopping

SRINAGAR: Aircel, mobile and internet service providing company, Thursday announced partnership with mydala.com, online deals and mobile marketing and service platform, to launch ‘Aircel...

Committee approves `4589 crore annual credit action plan for Srinagar

SRINAGAR: District Level Review Committee, which met here on Wednesday had approved Rs 4588.94 crore as Annual Credit Action Plan for Srinagar district for...

Rs 19900 cr allocated under State Plan during last 3 yrs: Govt

JAMMU: Planning and Development Minister Ajay Sadhotra Wednesday informed the state legislature that Rs 19900 crore have been allocated to various sectors under State...

Jet Airways announces upto 75% discount on domestic flights

NEW DELHI: It's raining discounts on domestic airfares. Extending the bonanza to air travellers, domestic carrier Jet Airways has announced upto 75 percent discount...

India smartphone sales surge almost 3-fold to 44 million in 2013

NEW DELHI: Smartphone sales in the country grew almost three-fold to over 44 million in 2013, buoyed by a strong uptake of affordable devices...

DDC Poonch inaugurates renovated bank premises

POONCH: District Development Commissioner Sajad Ahmed khan Wednesday inaugurated the new premises of Jammu & Kashmir Bank branch Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge here. On this occasion, DDC...

Reliance Communications launches new GSM Series in J&K

JAMMU: Reliance Communications, India's fully-integrated telecommunications service provider, Wednesday announced the launch of a new GSM number series '9103' in Jammu and Kashmir. Reliance Communications,...

EPFO to issue universal a/c no soon;calls for cleaning records

NEW DELHI: Retirement fund body EPFO has asked its field staff to clean up records as it plans to issue universal (permanent) account numbers...

Air India joins fare war, offers up to 30% discount

NEW DELHI: Days after budget carriers led by SpiceJet lowered ticket rates by up to 75 per cent to avail early summer season bookings,...

34 hydel projects under execution in Chenab valley: Govt

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday said that there are 32 hydel projects under execution in Chenab valley, while as 32 projects with...

Tourism accounts for 7% of J&K’s GDP, says govt

JAMMU: Tourism is the key sector of Jammu and Kashmir's economy and accounts for 6.98 percent of the state's GDP, government said on Tuesday. Minister...

Dubai Duty Free Championships

DUBAI: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi progressed to the doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Championships after overcoming qualifiers Nikolay Davydenko and Victor...

Governor approves laying of audit reports

JAMMU: Governor NN Vohra Tuesday approved for laying before the State Legislature, the Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on Appropriation...

AirAsia offers half-a-million free tickets on select routes

MUMBAI: Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia, which is awaiting flying permit from the DGCA to launch its services in the domestic market, Tuesday said it...

GoI proposing to raise workdays under MNREGA to 150 days

NEW DELHI: To offer some relief to farmers in drought-affected states, a ministerial panel has decided to increase the number of guaranteed work days...

Contractors stage protest; several detained

SRINAGAR :Dozens of government contractors were detained by police here as they tried to take out a march to press for immediate release of...

Govt mulls to engage salesman, helper for CAPD Depots

JAMMU: The proposal of engaging one salesman and one helper for each sale outlet of CAPD Department is under consideration of the government, the...

SpiceJet slashes fares by 75% under special offer

MUMBAI: In yet another bonanza to air travellers at the onset of the summer season, budget carrier SpiceJet today reduced its fares by up...

EDI holds entrepreneurship awareness programme at CUJ

JAMMU: To inculcate significance of enterprise creation among the students, the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) conducted a two-day awareness program with...

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