Business and sports go hand in hand at Gulmarg

Gowhar Bhat

Gulmarg, Feb 19: The National Winter Games at Gulmarg is not just a sports event. If the authorities in the tourism department are to be believed, business is overpoweringly the underlying motive behind the event.   Holding the NW games at the picturesque Gulmarg is a new strategy of More

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Star hotels change skyline in Leh

Ghulam Nabi Zeya

Leh, Feb 18: Tourism was opened in 1974 for Ladakh and at that time only 527 tourists visited Ladakh. But day-by-day in tourism boomed and it became great income of source in Leh. Last year more then 51000 tourists visited Leh and this year since Jan 2008, being coldest year till date, about 200 tourists More

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JK Bank, Metlife settle insurance claim

GK News Network

Srinagar, Feb 19: A life insurance claim of Rs 27 lakhs was settled by J&K Bank and Met Life in favour of one of its deceased customers under “Mortgage Loan Scheme”. The deceased had purchased the policy 11 months back from Soura branch of the bank, after obtaining a loan. As per the policy terms More

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Valley industrialists seek Rs 500 cr debt relief package

FCIK prez meets Chidambaram

Bilal Hussain

Srinagar, Feb 19: The Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir has demanded extension of central package of incentives to the existing units in J&K without riders like substantial expansion and location bar.  In a memorandum that a federation delegation led by its president Shakeel Qalander More

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Transporters demand fare hike

GK News Network

Srinagar, Feb 19: The All Kashmir Passenger Minibus Transport Federation today threatened to stop paying taxes to the government should the latter fail to announce immediate fare hike.  In a statement the federation said if the government did not increase the fares the transporters would stop More

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