24X7 power supply to be provided to vital installations: Advisor
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan Saturday convened an officers meeting to review functioning of Power Development Department (PDD). The meeting was attended by Chief Engineer KPDCL and Chief Engineer KPTCL Kashmir besides Chief Engineer Projects and Procurement Kashmir and other concerned officers. Advisor Baseer Khan took stock of progress on various centrally […]
Footfall at Srinagar airport drops by 75 percent
Flight operations reduced from 45 to 15 flights
Srinagar: Amid a spike in Covid-19 cases in Kashmir, and other parts of India, footfall at Srinagar International Airport has come down to a record low of 75 percent, while daily flight movements have reduced to around 15, said an official. A senior official at the Srinagar Airport said that after the spike in Covid-19 […]
Annual Plan 2021-22: Focussed development needed in Tribal areas: Shahid Choudhary
JAMMU: Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Tuesday chaired a meeting of officers to finalise the plan and prioritise initiatives for cluster area approach based interventions aimed at time-bound measurable outcomes. Director Tribal Affairs, Director Finance, Addl Secretary, Secretary, Advisory Board, Jt Director Planning and other officers were present. In a major initiative […]
Petrol, diesel price hiked again
New Delhi: Petrol price on Sunday was increased by 24 paise per litre and diesel by 27 paise, pushing rates across the country to record highs and that of petrol in Mumbai to near Rs 99 a litre. The increase led to rates in Delhi climbing to Rs 92.58 per litre and diesel to Rs […]
ATMs shut in Shopian, banks overcrowded
Shopian: With most automatic teller machines (ATMs) shut in south Kashmir’s Shopian district for weeks, banks have turned over crowded. People from different areas of Shopian said that the ATMs have been closed at most places of the district due to which they are forced to visit banks for withdrawal of money. They said that […]
DPC approves 529 CR annual Plan for Bandipore
65% funds to be spent on JJM, PMGSY works
BANDIPORA: A Plan allocation of Rs 529.88 crore including Rs 56 Crores under UT component, Rs 444.00 Crore under Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Rs 28 Crore as loan component for District Bandipora has been approved for the financial year 2021-22 at the District Development Council Meeting that was chaired by Chairman DDC, Abdul Gani Bhat. […]
Webinar on Pashmina concludes
Experts give their views on issues, prospects
SRINAGAR: As part of the webinar series on Pashmina and its future prospects, second edition of the webinar was held today in which domain experts, stakeholder, departmental representatives and INTACH, J&K joined the session. The session began with the introductory remarks of Director Handicrafts & Handloom Kashmir, Mahmood Ahmad Shah, who gave the present status […]
Petrol, diesel prices raised again
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices on Monday hit record highs across the country after rates were increased for the fifth time in a week, following which Maharashtra joined Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the league of states where petrol rates breached the Rs 100-a-litre mark. Petrol price was hiked by 26 paise a litre […]
HDFC Bank, CSC join hands to bring ‘Chat Bot Eva’ for village level entrepreneurs
Mumbai: HDFC Bank and Common Services Centers (CSCs) today announced the launch of chatbot ‘Eva’ on CSC’s Digital Seva Portal to support Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) in providing banking services for last – mile rural consumers. Through Eva, VLEs will learn about the products and services offered by HDFC Bank, which in turn will improve […]
J&K Bank offers 250 Oxygen Concentrators to government
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Bank offered to donate 250 Oxygen Concentrators to the government of J&K UT for use during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, a bank spokesman said Saturday. “J&K Bank is conscious of the current situation and the difficulties faced by the people it is so emotionally connected with. These are calamitous times and […]