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WhatsApp buyout to help Facebook expand presence in India

NEW DELHI: Its USD 19 billion buyout of WhatsApp will help Facebook expand footprint in emerging markets of Latin America and Asia, especially India,...

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...

Lal Path Labs to pay Rs 4 lakh to doc for wrongly diagnosing HIV+

NEW DELHI: Reputed diagnostic pathology lab, Dr Lal Path Labs, has been directed by a Consumer Forum here to pay Rs 4 lakh compensation...

GoI approves Rs 77 cr aid package for HMT

NEW DELHI: Government of India on Thursday announced a financial package of about Rs. 77.4 crore for the state-run HMT Limited and its subsidiary...

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...

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...

Maruti, Hyundai cut prices after excise duty reduction

NEW DELHI: The country's biggest car makers, Maruti Suzuki IndiaBSE -0.61 % (MSI) and Hyundai Motor India, today cut prices after excise duty on...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Comprehensive policy for genetic up-gradation of indigenous animals soon: Govt

JAMMU: Minister of State for Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Nazir Ahmad Gurezi Wednesday said that keeping in view the primary importance of livestock in...

Under e-governance project, KU launches SMS service

SRINAGAR: As part of various IT initiatives taken up by the University of Kashmir (KU) under e-governance project, Vice Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad Wednesday...

Sidbi signs pact with Bahrain Development Bank

MUMBAI: With a view on generating fee-based income, the Small Industries Development Bank (Sidbi) Wednesday entered into an agreement with the Bahrain Development Bank...

Civil society, industry dismayed over CM’s ‘failure’ statement on return of power projects

SRINAGAR: Kashmir Centre for Social and Development Studies (KCSDS), a civil society group, has urged upon the Jammu and Kashmir government to scrap joint...

CM’s irresoluteness means surrender before NHPC: KCCI

SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) has expressed its dismay and shocked over the chief minster’s statement with regard to transfer...

J&K opposes GoI move to privatise Srinagar Centaur Hotel

NEW DELHI: Senior leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday opposed the government of India's move to privatise Srinagar Centaur Hotel and said the state...

DU team visits south Kashmir to train police in soft skills

SRINAGAR: The five-day soft skill development training program organized by J&K police in collaboration with University of Delhi concluded on Tuesday, a police spokesperson...

15,139 tax defaulters owe Rs1,147 cr to J&K government

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday said 15,139 sales tax defaulters owe Rs 1,147 crores to the state government. In a written reply to the...

‘J&K not dependent on Delhi for financial needs’

JAMMU: Dispelling the perception that Jammu and Kashmir is dependent on Centre to meet its financial needs, state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather has ...

INTERIM BUDGET 2014-15

NEW DELHI: Leaving direct taxes untouched except for continuing the income tax surcharge on 'super-rich' individuals and corporates, the Interim Budget Monday slashed excise...

Budget Highlights

Budget Highlights Finance Minister P.  Chidambaram cut indirect taxes on cars and mobile phones in an effort to revive growth in an interim budget presented...

‘A damp squib’; no major surprises: Market Experts

NEW DELHI: Stock market participants said that the Interim Budget for 2014-15 turned out to be a damp squib and did not provide any...

GoI raises funding under state Plans to Rs 3.38 lakh crore

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister P Chidambaram has provided Rs 3,38,562 crore for 2014-15 under the states Plans, which is higher than revised estimates of...

GoI raises agri credit target to Rs 8 lakh crore for 2014-15

NEW DELHI: In a bonanza for farmers ahead of general elections, the government of India Monday said it has set an agriculture credit target...

India’s road network jumps over 7-fold in 10 years: FM

NEW DELHI: The road network in the country has witnessed a whopping over seven-fold increase at 3.89 lakh kilometres in the UPA-I and UPA-II...

Interest subsidy for educational loans taken before March 2009

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his interim budget speech Monday announced a moratorium period for education loans taken up to March 31,...

Interim budget an ‘election budget’, say analysts

NEW DELHI: Analysts Monday termed the interim budget as an "election budget", and cautioned the pre -polls "sweeteners", especially excise duty cuts, will make...

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