SKUAST takes steps to preserve traditional rice varieties

Seeks larger scale cultivation of Mushkabudji and Kamad

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, Jan 2: The Valley which once produced over two hundred indigenous rice varieties has lost most of them prompting the scientists to look for ways to make some of the existing land races survive.   The scientists at SK University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology said farmers More

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Shopian gets another ATM

New Year Gift

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 2: With the purpose of expanding the network of ATMs in the state, J&K Bank today dedicated a state-of-the-art Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for public service in Shopian town.  The ATM was bestowed as a New Year gift for the people of the town to facilitate fast, smooth More

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India Inc wants stimulus sops to stay in 2010

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 2:  If wishes were horses, then India Inc will ride the hope that in 2010 the government keeps intact sops announced last year to cushion the impact of the global economic downturn. The auto industry, consumer durables sector and retail and FMCG segments are keeping their More

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Traders threaten to suspend cross-LoC trade

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Poonch, Jan 2: Traders in Jammu and Kashmir today said they will not carry out weekly trade on next Tuesday and Wednesday through Poonch-Rawalakot route on cross- LoC with AJK to protest ban on export of green gram from the other side of the border.The six-member committee of Chakan-Da-Bagh LoC crossing More

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GST none of my business: Commissioner CT

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 2: Commissioner, Commercial Tax Khawaja Bashir today rejected the statement attributed to him by the Kashmir Traders’ Federation which said the former had assured the traders’ delegation that the implementation of the GST would take at least two years in the state. The commissioner More

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Ford India posts 3 pc sales growth in ‘09

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Jan 2: Leading car-maker, Ford India today said it sold 29,499 vehicles in 2009, clocking a 3 per cent year-on-year jump in its annual sales as compared to previous year. Ford had sold a total of 28,563 units in 2008, it said in a press release. Sales growth, on a year-on-year basis in the third More

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Rs 16 cr spent on addl Bulk LPG storage project in Pampore: Akhoon

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Jan 2: Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Qamar Alil Akhoon accompanied by senior officers and various representatives of Oil Companies visited Hindustan Petroleum Bottling Plant at Pampore today and took stock of availability of LPG. On this occasion, the Minister More

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Maruti car sales up 50 pc in Dec

INDIA ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

New Delhi, Jan 2: India’s largest car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki Friday posted an increase of 50.6 percent in sales to 84,804 units in December this fiscal, compared to 56,293 vehicles in the same month last fiscal. “This (84,804 units) includes 13,804 units of exports,” the company said in a statement More

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Hyundai 22.6 pc

New Delhi, Jan 2: Car major Hyundai Motor sold 22.6 percent more vehicles in December 2009, compared to the like month of previous year, the company said in a statement Friday. Total sales for December stood at 47,217 units as against 38,502 units in the previous corresponding period. Sales in India More

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