Virtual gaming arena comes up at Lal Chowk

Srinagar: A first of its kind e-Sports gaming center is now in the city with a host of games that the kids and even adults can play under one roof at the Pavilion Gaming Center at Maulana Azad Road in city centre Lal Chowk. The facility has been established on 4000 square feet by two […]

India’s GDP growth at 8.4 pc in July-Sept

New Delhi: India’s economic growth slowed to 8.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021-22, mainly due to waning low base effect, official data showed on Tuesday. The GDP growth in April-June quarter this fiscal stood at 20.1 per cent. The Indian economy had contracted by 24.4 per cent in April-June last year. The […]

DDC Kupwara reviews District Capex Budget Kupwara

KUPWARA: A joint meeting of District Development Council Kupwara and Officers of District Administration Kupwara was held here today under the Chairmanship of District Development Council (DDC) Chairman, Irfan Sultan Panditpori. The Vice Chairman DDC, Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir and Chief Executive Officer/ Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Altaf Ahmad Khan; DDC Members, BDC Chairpersons […]

Gold jumps Rs 41; silver cracks Rs 667

New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday jumped Rs 41 to Rs 47,217 per 10 gram in line with rally in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 47,176 per 10 gram. Silver in contrast dipped Rs 667 to Rs 61,337 […]

SLEC meeting of MIDH: Approval to CA store, Food processing units of private entrepreneurs

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Horticulture, Agriculture Production and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired the State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) meeting of Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture here. Navin Choudhary held detailed discussions over the action taken report on the decisions taken in the last SLEC meeting. At the outset of the meeting, […]

J&K Bank insurance income up by 30%

Make efforts so that benefits of insurance reach all sections of society: CMD JAMMU: Good products and services, better technology and focused attention on customers are the key elements of success mantra for all commercial organisations. And I am happy to see our energetic and experienced staff from Jammu Division zones here, whose dedication along […]

Tourism Department holds drawing competition at Pune

SRINAGAR: Promoting tourism through art and as part of its outreach programme with travel fraternity of Pune, the Department of Tourism organised a painting competition titled “Drawing Paradise” at Deccan College Pune in which students from various city colleges participated. Students of Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Fine Arts participated in the competition and portrayed different […]

Over 14,000 farmers registered under KCC scheme in Srinagar

Awareness/ Enrolment camps held at Palpora, Khimber SRINAGAR: Continuing its efforts to register the left out Farmers of the district under Kissan Credit Card (KCC) scheme, the District Administration Srinagar in collaboration with Agriculture Department and other allied departments today organised a series of awareness camps at different areas of district including Palpora in Qamarwari […]

‘Be-Rozgar se Swarozgar’: Awareness, enrollment drive held at Hajin, B’pora

BANDIPORA: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad and in compliance to the instructions of LG’s Administration to identify and provide self-employment to at least 05 persons in every Panchayat, an Awareness cum Enrollment drive under Be Rozgar se Swa-Rozgar campaign was launched in Hajin Block on Monday. The programme aimed […]

IT Dept, CGST Dept to hold outreach programmes with stakeholders in Kashmir, Ladakh

SRINAGAR: The Income Tax and Central GST Departments will be conducting outreach programmes, titled ‘Mulaqaat’ with all the stakeholders of the J&K in all the 10 districts of Kashmir, namely Shopian, Kulgam, Pulwama, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Anantnag, Srinagar, Budgam, Baramulla & Kupwara, and 2 Districts of UT of Ladakh, namely, Leh and Kargil, from 1st December […]