PaK presents Rs 47 bn budget

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, June 18: Announcing big sops for its employees, the Pak administered Kashmir government today presented a Rs 47.33 billion budget for 2010-11.Minister for finance Raja Nisar Ahmad Khan presented the budget at a special session chaired by speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir in the legislative More

Valley marriage industry runs into rough weather, courtesy frequent rains

NAZIA AKHTAR

Srinagar, June 18: With persistent rains and inclement weather playing spoilsport with the marriage season in the Valley, the wedding industry has suffered huge losses due to cancellation of joy functions.  According to market observers a good number of marriage functions in the past two More

Tata Indicom rings in 62 new villages in JK

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, June 18: Tata Teleservices Limited, India’s leading dual-technology telecom service provider, today announced launch of its CDMA mobile telephony under the brand Tata Indicom in Doda and Bhadarwah bringing 62 more villages within its fold in J&K.  Customers in Doda and Bhadarwah More

Devious handicraft traders to face action

GK News Network

Srinagar, June 18: Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Sagar today said that effective measure would be taken soon to ensure marketing of indigenous handicrafts and to curb the practice of selling fake products in the name of Kashmir handicrafts. The Minister was interacting More

RIL eyes Rs 45,000 cr retail business

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, June 18: Sounding bullish on India’s retail sector, Reliance Industries CMD Mukesh Ambani today envisioned a ten-fold surge in the group’s retail arm business in the next five years, taking its total revenues to Rs 45,000 crore. “I believe that organised retailing in India is poised More

RBI to up inflation forecast in July review

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Hyderabad, June 18: Governor D Subbarao today indicated that the Reserve Bank would revise upwards its inflation projection for the year in view of the persistent increase in the prices of commodities and food articles. “Earlier, we expected the inflation rate to come down to 5.5 per cent by More

  • Kashmir

Court dismisses Army FIR

MACHIL FAKE ENCOUNTER

UMER MAQBOOL DAR

Srinagar, June 18: The First Class Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Kupwara has dismissed the FIR lodged by Army on April 30, in which it claimed to have killed three militants in Machil sector in frontier district More



  • Srinagar City

Kashmir to get back its historic artifacts: Jora

GOWHAR BHAT

Srinagar, June 18: Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora on Friday said the government will initiate process to bring back Kashmiri artifacts shifted from Valley to other cities across India More




  • Jammu

4th Tawi Bridge brightens hope for better traffic management

COMPLETION IN 30 MONTHS

SALEEM CHOUDHARY

Jammu, June 18: While the traffic rush in Jammu is ringing alarming bells, the upcoming fourth Tawi Bridge at Bhaghwati Nagar has brightened hopes for better traffic management. The problem of ever More



  • South Asia

‘Retention of N-capability a compulsion for Pak’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, June 18: The retention of an essential nuclear capability is a “compulsion” for Pakistan because of the growing imbalance created by India’s massive military build-up and “assertive posturing More



  • Business

PaK presents Rs 47 bn budget

NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, June 18: Announcing big sops for its employees, the Pak administered Kashmir government today presented a Rs 47.33 billion budget for 2010-11.Minister for finance Raja Nisar Ahmad Khan presented More



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