REASI: Vice Chairperson (VC) J&K Khadi & Village Industries Board (KVIB) Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat Saturday visited district Reasi and inspected various units established under Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) and J&K Rural Employment Generation Programme (JKREGP) here. The Vice Chairperson was accompanied by Secretary, KVIB, Rashid Ahmad Qadri, Dy CEO KVIB (Administration), Masroor […]
JAMMU: Director Agriculture, Jammu, K. K. Sharma today kick started the Kharif 2021 campaign by conducting multiple interactions with the farmers in Sub-Division Marh and Sub Division Samba. The visit was conducted to gear up the departmental activities at grassroots level in view of the upcoming Kharif season. The team of officer including Joint Director […]
RAMBAN: Animal Husbandry Department Saturday organized an awareness camp in Gool area and sensitized the people about Centrally Sponsored Schemes of dairy and poultry sector. The poultry birds under NLM-IPPP were also distributed among the farmers. District Development Chairperson, Ramban, Dr Shamshad Shan was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, Dr […]
RAMBAN: Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam, today conducted a virtual meeting with Railway authorities to resolve issues hindering the ongoing work on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) besides taking stock of the progress on the prestigious Project. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Harbans Lal, who is also the Collector, Land Acquisition (Railway); Dy. Chief Engineer Northern Railway, Hussain […]
Awantipora: Ten days training program on One District One Product (ODOP) for Fruit and Vegetables organized by Department of Food Technology, Islamic University of Science and Technology concluded here on Thursday. The programme was organised for Horticulture Development Officers from Department of Horticulture, Planning & Marketing J & K during which six officers from Jammu […]
Valley wide awareness programs launched by Director Agriculture Kupwara: In a series of events to celebrate the beginning of Kharief Season and to continue the department’s farmer outreach program Director Agriculture Kashmir Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal visited remote areas and habitations of frontier district Kupwara. During the visit Director met a number of delegations from different […]
Mumbai: The rupee on Friday soared by 58 paise to end more than one-week high of 74.35 against the US dollar on easing US bond yields and positive domestic equities. A weak dollar overseas and foreign fund inflows also supported the rupee. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 74.76 against the […]
London: UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed off on the order to extradite fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges related to the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, the UK Home Office said on Friday. The decision follows a Westminster Magistrates’ Court ruling […]
New Delhi: The wholesale price-based inflation shot up to over 8-year high of 7.39 per cent in March on rising crude oil and metal prices. Also, the low base of March last year, when the data was computed with a low response rate due to the nationwide lockdown, contributed to the spike in inflation in […]
Jammu: In yet another tie-up to synergize the relationship between Jammu and Kashmir Bank and different Government departments, the Bank today entered into an agreement with Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) at Jammu, according to which the latter has nominated the Bank as a preferred Banker. Commissioner JMC Avny Lavasa (IAS) signed the Memorandum of Understanding […]