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 […]

DLTFC meeting for MY initiatives held at Shopian

600 Youth to be provided Self-employment avenues SHOPIAN: A meeting of the District Level Task Force Committee for implementation of Mission Youth (MY) initiatives was held here today under the Chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner Mushtaq Ahmad Simnani. The meeting reviewed implementation of various livelihood related initiatives of Mission Youth and also finalised road map […]

‘Face Recognition Technology for Pensioners will bring Ease of Living for the retired and elderly citizens’

New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today launched unique Face Recognition Technology for Pensioners and said, this will bring ease of living for the retired and the elderly citizens. Dr […]

Jamkash launches new Celerio 2021 at Bandipora

BANDIPORA: Jamkash Vehicleades on monday launched new Celerio 2021 in Bandipora. Chief General Manager State Bank of India Arshad Ahmad unveiled the vehicle in presence of Gh Nabi Jan Noryh General Manager Group, Bashir Ahmad Bhat Branch head Ahamshareef, Ashiq Hussain J&K Bank Branch head Kaloosa, Irfan Ahmad Ganie Area Manager Mahindra, Hafiz Ullah Team […]

Petrol, diesel price to fall only on sustained drop in international oil prices

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices will be reduced only if the current drop in international oil prices is sustained for a few more days, as domestic retail prices are fixed on a 15-day rolling average, official sources said. Global benchmark Brent crude oil prices remained largely range bound at around USD 80 to 82 […]

IJMA suggests fair raw jute price at Rs 7,200 per quintal

Kolkata: The Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) has suggested to revise the fair raw jute price to Rs 7,200 per quintal from Rs 6,500 per quintal now fixed by the regulator Jute Commissioner. The IJMA had submitted their suggestion after an emergency meeting pursuant to a high level meeting at the Nabanna, the state secretariat […]

J&K Tourism holds interactive meet with Pune travel operators

Department bags award at Pune IITM SRINAGAR: On the sidelines of the India International Travel Mart (IITM), being held at Pune these days, the J&K Tourism organised an interactive meet with the tour and travel operators of the city in which a large number of prominent tour operators of Pune participated. The event was aimed […]

Bengal Shapoorji secures Rs 200 crore loan, resumes construction work in Sukhobrishti project

Kolkata: Bengal Shapoorji which is building Asia’s largest mass housing project in New Town area on Sunday said it is committed to the delivery of remaining apartments and has secured a Rs 200 crore loan to complete construction work. The company also claimed to have resumed the construction work with 600 workers that is expected […]

Five focus areas including trade, connectivity can further enhance Indo-Bangladesh ties: Goyal

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday suggested five focus areas including trade, connectivity, health and tourism for further enhancing economic ties between India and Bangladesh. He also said that Bangladesh is India’s biggest trade partner in South Asia with a volume of over USD 10 billion of trade and both the […]

Travel curbs aimed at COVID variant tighten across the world

Hong Kong: Australian officials were racing Sunday to conduct further tests on passengers arriving from southern Africa who tested positive for COVID-19 to determine if they were carrying the omicron variant as nations around the world tightened controls against the worrying new strain. Neighbouring New Zealand announced it was restricting travel from nine southern African […]