Valley’s restaurant owners urge administration to exonerate their businesses from Covid lockdown

SRINAGAR: Valley’s restaurant owners have urged administration to exonerate their businesses from the ongoing Covid lockdown, in terms of allowing take aways and home deliveries of food. In a statement issued here by Restaurant Owners Association Kashmir a delegation led by its president Sheikh Feroz, met the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad on […]

Dir Sheep Husbandry Jammu inspects Sheep Breeding Farm Panthal

JAMMU: Director, Sheep Husbandry, Jammu, Krishan Lal on Thursday visited Government Sheep Breeding Farm, Panthal and reviewed its functioning. During the visit, the Director stressed on field functionaries to put extra efforts for development of the Sheep and Goat Sector. The department has a major role in development of small ruminants sector to upgrade the […]

Government Polytechnic Kathua organises webinar on soft skills

KATHUA: Government Polytechnic College Kathua today organized Webinar on Aptitude and Soft Skills for Polytechnic students in collaboration with Indian Institute of Management Indore. The webinar was attended by the faculty and students of various Polytechnic Colleges of Jammu division. The resource person for webinar was Anand Kulkarni, an IIT-K, IIM-I and university of Pittsburgh […]

Chairperson DDC Kathua discusses modalities to finalize plans under Capex Budget 2021-22

KATHUA: To discuss the modalities for the formulation of developmental plan under District Capex Budget 2021-2022, District Development Council Chairperson Kathua, Mahan Singh, today chaired a meeting of DDC members and concerned District officers, here at conference Hall of DC Office Complex. Vice Chairman, DDC, Raghunandan Singh; District Development Commissioner, Rahul Yadav; Senior Superintendent of […]

Sarmad Hafeez takes review of facilities, equipment at Gulmarg

SRINAGAR: Secretary, Tourism & Culture, Sarmad Hafeez reviewed the status and quality of facilities and equipment at the world famous tourist resort of Gulmarg at a meeting of officers here today. The Tourism Secretary directed immediate quality check of equipment like lifts, snow beating machine and other related equipment used in recreation or skiing activities […]

Working closely with Jio to build affordable smartphone: Google CEO

New Delhi: Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday said the company continues to engage closely with partner Jio on the initiative of building an affordable smartphone and that work is underway on the project. Last year, Google had picked up a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 33,737 crore. It had also […]

Declare apparel exports as essential services, exempt exporting units from lockdowns: AEPC

New Delhi: The Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) on Wednesday urged the government to declare apparel exports as essential services and exempt the exporting units from lockdowns across India. Most of the apparel exports are season and fashion sensitive, and their salvage value becomes zero if the production and shipment are not done in time, […]

Gati to exit cold chain solutions biz

New Delhi: Express distribution and supply chain solutions firm Gati Ltd, which reported widening of its consolidated loss at Rs 173.40 crore in the March quarter, on Wednesday said it is exiting from its cold chain solutions business — Gati Kausar India. Gati will sell its approximately 70 per cent stake in Gati Kausar India […]

Director Agriculture reviews the stock, supply position of chemical fertilizers in the valley

Strict action under law would be taken against erring dealers, retailers: Director Agriculture Kashmir SRINAGAR: To review the stock / supply position of different fertilizers across the valley Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal convened a meeting of officers of the Agriculture Department at Agriculture Complex Lal Mandi, Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion, Director Agriculture […]

Sensex soars above 51,000-mark as IT, finance stocks sparkle

Mumbai: The BSE Sensex returned to winning ways on Wednesday after a day’s pause as technology, finance and auto counters witnessed robust buying amid a largely positive trend in Asian markets. Overcoming a tepid start, the 30-share benchmark gained momentum through the session to end 379.99 points or 0.75 per cent higher at 51,017.52. The […]