Anantnag: Directorate of Horticulture in collaboration with chief horticulture officer Anantnag Saturday conducted one day awareness camp for fruit growers of the district here. The camp was chaired by Deputy Director Horticulture Planning. The experts from Krishi Vigyan Kendra Dooru, SKUAST and Horticulture department made the growers aware about the pre and post harvest management […]
NEW DELHI: Gold and silver prices extended gains for the third straight day here Saturday on sustained buying by stockists for the wedding season and a firming global trend. While gold inched up by Rs 5 to Rs 30,985 per 10 grams, silver spurted by Rs 1,000 to Rs 47,000 per kg. Traders said sustained […]
BUDGAM: National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) organised a Financial Literacy Workshop at ITI here on Saturday. The workshop was attended by young trainees of ITI Budgam engaged in Handicrafts, Handlooms and other allied activities. The Camp was inaugurated by District Development Manager NABARD Budgam and Officer in Charge NABARD Srinagar. Assistant Director […]
JAIPUR: Describing UPA-II government’s focus on inclusive growth in the banking sector as a mission, Union Minister of State for Finance Namo Narayan Meena Saturday said every old bank branch should have ATM facility by the end of current fiscal. Every new bank was now providing ATM facility while opening its branches despite some problem […]
Srinagar: Axis Bank on Saturday organized a blood bank here in which more 35 staff members and some customers donated their blood. The blood donation camp was organized in collaboration with Red Cross Society, Kashmir, a statement from the bank said. District Development Commissioner, Srinagar, Farooq Ahmad Shad, who was present at the occasion hailed […]
NEW DELHI: There is more to Kashmir than popular destinations like Gulmarg and Pahalgam, said a Srinagar-based tour operator Saturday, blaming the lackadaisical approach of the state’s tourism department for not developing lesser-known tourists spots like Kokernag and Verinag. “The state tourism department is not promoting new tourist destinations. Whatever money they get from the […]
JEDDAH: Islamic finance industry will continue to grow driven by both demand and supply factors, and further facilitated by government agencies and financial regulators, KFH-Research, a subsidiary of Kuwait Finance House Group KFH-Group, said in a report. The report, which focuses on 2014 Islamic finance expectations, forecasts that Islamic finance industry will continue to draw […]
ANANTNAG: District Development Commissioner, Anantnag Friday stressed upon the concerned authorities to work for the quick disposal of the cases of unemployed youth for establishment of income generating units. District Development Commissioner, according to an official statement, was addressing the local advisory committee meeting of Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), here. The meeting was […]
ANANTNAG: The Fisheries Department provided one lakh quality brown trout fingerling stocking to be carried in trout stream of the district during the current year in phase second in the streams of Lidder, Kokernag, Brenghi, Verinag, Chatapal and Panzath. The department of Fisheries is performing various activities for conservation of natural water resources and to […]
NEW DELHI: Pinning hopes on the good monsoon and recent reforms, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said economic growth will cross 5 per cent in the current financial year and accelerate further in the coming years. Addressing the Governors’ Conference here, Singh said the Indian economy, after many years of rapid growth, has slowed down […]