JAMMU: Principal Secretary to Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry & Fisheries Departments, Navin Kumar Choudhary today chaired a meeting of senior functionaries of Animal Husbandry Department at Civil Secretariat, here to discuss and review the implementation of Nationwide Artificial Insemination Program (NAIP), phase-III in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. During the meeting, threadbare […]
SRINAGAR: The Directorate of Sericulture Development Department (SDD), Jammu and Kashmir today organized an Annual Cocoon auction market at Tulsi Bagh here to facilitate sale of Cocoon production of sericulture farmers of the valley. Director SDD, J&K Manzoor Ahmad Qadiri inaugurated the phenomenal activity of marketing of silk cocoons in Kashmir Division. Special Secretary to […]
SRINAGAR: The Director General (DG), Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today visited Budgam to review the Capex and other Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSSs) besides, the functioning of departmental farms, nurseries and various departmental activities. While reviewing the progress made under departmental scheme, the DG instructed the officers to ensure cent percent expenditure and warned that […]
SRINAGAR: During a visit to UT of Jammu and Kashmir, Chairman, State Bank of India (SBI) Dinesh Kumar Khara paid a courtesy visit to J&K Bank Corporate Headquarters and interacted with the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) R K Chhibber. He was accompanied by the CGM Anukool Bhatnagar, GM Vinod Kumar Mishra, DGM Ajitoo Parashar […]
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday came out with revised guidelines for the hiring of lockers under which the liability of banks will be limited to 100 times its annual rent in case of fire, theft, building collapse or frauds by bank employees. As per the revised guidelines, which shall come into effect from January […]
New Delhi: Domestic cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was increased by Rs 25 per cylinder – the second straight month of increase in rates. Subsidised LPG now costs Rs 859 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi, according to a price notification of oil companies. This is the second straight month of a price increase. Rates […]
SRINAGAR: The first meeting of Handicrafts Quality Control Council (QCC), was held here under the Chairmanship of Director Handicrafts & Handloom (H&H), Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah. The meeting was attended by Director Handicrafts & Handloom Jammu, Director Indian Institute of Carpet Technology (IICT), representative of Craft Development Institute (CDI), Deputy Director Quality Control as official […]
Srinagar: In order to discuss and deliberate upon the Aspects of saffron cultivation in Sikkim, a high level meeting under the Chairmanship of Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal along with Vice Chancellor Sikkim University Prof. Avinash Khare was held who attended the meeting virtually. Among others the meeting was attended by Joint Director Agriculture […]
SRINAGAR: A week long Farming Techniques was inaugurated today Tuesday at Directorate of Extension SKAUST-Kashmir while a 15 days short term certificate course for Fertilizers input and perspective dealers on Integrated Nutrient Management concluded. Today’s programme was held while under the guidance of Vice-Chancellor SKUAST-Kashmir Prof J. P Sharma. The function was held in off […]
Kolkata: Mining major Coal India suffered losses to the tune of Rs 700 crore in the April-June quarter owing to a sharp rise in diesel prices, a top company official said. In the quarter (under review), we lost about Rs 700 crore as diesel prices increased by about 35 per cent. It was in the […]