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HDFC Bank signs MOU with AIC-STPINEXT Initiatives

Mumbai: HDFC bank signed an MOU with AIC STPINEXT Initiatives, a special purpose vehicle of Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an organisation under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The objective of MoU is to provide gamut of banking needs to start ups and other value-added services under SMARTUP Programme. Speaking on […]

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NSD’s TIE workshop concludes at Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The 15-day long Drama-in-education workshop of Theatre-in-Education (TIE) Centre of the National School of Drama (NSD), Srinagar which began on December, 20 last year concluded here yesterday. Held in collaboration with J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, the purpose of the workshop was to introduce Kashmiri youth to techniques and nuances of drama-in-education. […]

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Official calls for control trials of maize, millet in Jammu

JAMMU: Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary, chaired a meeting to discuss marketing strategies for Agriculture and Horticulture products of J&K here Thursday. Territory Head J&K, Policy Advocacy Research Centre (PARC), Ruchita Rane also attended and shared her expertise during the meeting. The objective of the meeting was to discuss technical interventions […]

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Poetry Festival begins with Hindi ‘Kavi Sammelan’ at JKAACL

JAMMU: A 4-day Poetry Festival organized by Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) commenced here Thursday. The event was presided over by renowned Hindi Poet and Writer Prof. (Dr.) Raj Kumar. Prof. Nirmal Vinod, Dr. A S Amn Additional Secretary and Dr. Javaid Rahi Chief Editor of JKAACL were in the […]

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J&K Bank opens Business Unit at Rajal Road, Nowshera

JAMMU: Deepening its footprint further to extend modern banking services to its customers and people at large in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K Bank Thursday dedicated one more Business Unit (BU) to people in Rajouri at Rajal Road, Nowshera. Additional DC Nowshera Sukhdev Singh Samyal inaugurated the business unit in presence of Zonal Head Jammu (West), […]

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MeT predicts ‘heavy to very heavy’ snowfall on Jan 7-8

MeT predicts ‘heavy to very heavy’ snowfall on Jan 7-8

Various Kashmir parts receive heavy snowfall

Srinagar: Kashmir Valley received season’s major snowfall on Wednesday with world famous Gulmarg recording nearly 3 feet snow. The snowfall and intermittent rains also forced the closure of Jammu-Srinagar highway and cancellation of most flights at Srinagar International airport. “Widespread rain/snow with heavy to very heavy over higher reaches occurred since yesterday,” a meteorological department […]

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Sgr youth dies as boulder hits car on Jmu-Sgr highway

Banihal/: A 29-year-old man was killed and another injured on Wednesday when a boulder from a hillock hit their car on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway near Ramban, prompting authorities to suspend the traffic on the strategic road amid inclement weather, officials said. The highway was lashed by intermittent rains since Tuesday, while a weather […]

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Three JeM militants killed in Pulwama encounter

Pulwama: Three militants affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad including a local were killed in an encounter in Chandgam area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said Wednesday. A senior police officer said that acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Police, Army and CRPF launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the […]

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JK reports 418 fresh covid-19 cases

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 418 fresh covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. 311 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu division and 107 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 342419. There was no death reported due to the virus […]

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Non-essential movement during night hours restricted in JK

Srinagar: The government on Wednesday ordered complete restriction on non-essential movement in the Union Territory from 09 PM to 06 AM. Officials said that the decision was taken during a meeting held under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary, J&K (Chairman State Executive Committee) along with the ACS (Health and Medical Education) and other senior Health […]