Govt approves 8.5 pc interest rate on EPF
New Delhi: The government has approved 8.5 per cent rate of interest on employees’ provident fund for the 2020-21 fiscal, a source said. Just ahead of Diwali, this is a good news for over five crore subscribers of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO). The 8.5 per cent rate of interest on provident fund deposits […]
JK Bank ATM at Jablipora Bijbehara remains defunct, allege locals
Anantnag: The Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of Jammu and Kashmir Bank installed at Jablipora in Bijbehara hamlet of Anantnag district has been troubling people as locals allege that it remains non-functional on most of the days. The locals said that due to defunct ATM, the people from Jablipora have to visit Bijbehara, Anantnag and other […]
Tourism Dept organizes Sufi musical evening at Botanical Garden
Famous artists enthrall audience during live concerts
SRINAGAR: As part of the ongoing week long Iconic Festival, Department of Tourism, organised a Sufi musical evening here last evening with artists of national and international repute enthralling the audience with sufi music in the lawns of the beautiful Botanical Garden. The festival has been organised to commemorate the 75th Independence Day year being […]
Commercialization of GI products
FIEO, JKTPO organises Capacity Building Program at Jammu, Srinagar
SRINAGAR: Two days Capacity Building Program-cum-workshop on commercialization of Geographical Indication (GI) of products from Jammu and Kashmir was organised by Federation of Indian Export Organization (FIEO) and Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion organization (JKTPO) organized at Srinagar and Jammu. The program was organised in association with Department of Agriculture Production & Farmer’s Welfare, Animal […]
Agriculture Department introduces 75 farmers to mushroom cultivation in Ramban
District records 11032 KG production in current year
RAMBAN: Department of Agriculture Ramban is successfully promoting Mushroom farming among farmers especially women to double the farmers’ income by 2022. According to the Chief Agriculture Officer (CAO) Farooq Ahmed as many as 75 progressive farmers interested in Mushroom farming have been trained by the department besides providing them 5560 compost bags which are transported […]
JSW Group to set up Rs 150-cr steel unit in JK
New Delhi: JSW Group on Monday said it will invest Rs 150 crore to set up a 1.2 lakh metric tonne color coated steel manufacturing facility in Jammu and Kashmir. The plant will be set up by group company JSW Steel, JSW Group said in a statement. “JSW has committed to setting up a state […]
Jashn-e Zaffran festival: Artists from Cultural Unit Kashmir of DIPR enthrall audiences
SRINAGAR: The artists from Cultural Unit Kashmir of Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) Friday presented mesmerising performance in Jashn-e-Zaffran festival organised by the Directorate of Agriculture Kashmir, at India International Kashmir Saffron Trading Centre (IIKSTC) Pampore. Jashn-e-Zaffran is a Saffron festival cum Buyers and Sellers meet held at IIKSTC Dussu, Pampore. On the […]
Addl. Comm. Kashmir flags-off 2 ambulances of NHIDCL equipped with BLS
SRINAGAR: The Additional Commissioner Kashmir, Qazi Sarwar on Wednesday flagged off two ambulances equipped with Basic Life Support (BLS) from Tourist Reception Center, Srinagar in presence of Executive Director, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), Gurjeet Singh Kambo. The NHIDCL handed over the ambulances equipped with basic life support for district Srinagar and […]
Dir Tourism chairs rate fixation meeting of services, products
SRINAGAR: Director, Tourism, Kashmir, Dr. G N Itoo Tuesday held a meeting of Chief Executive Officers and Resort Officers of various destinations and other officers of the Department to review and fix the rates of various services and products being provided by tourism services providers. During the meeting, the Director Tourism took a detailed review […]
High oil prices to hurt world economic recovery: India to OPEC
New Delhi: India, the world’s third-largest energy consumer, has told Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations that high oil prices will hurt the nascent economic recovery the world is witnessing after the devastating pandemic and that they have to price oil at reasonable levels, a top official said on Monday. Petrol and diesel prices have […]