Kulgam,Budgam football teams clash for title

SOUTH KASHMIR FOOTBALL TOURNEY

Srinagar, Oct 11: Kulgam and Budgam districts are going to clash in the final of the South Kashmir Football Tournament, organised by Army.On Tuesday two semifinals were played. In the first semi-final, Kulgam beat Budgam (B1) by 3-1. Kulgam star forward Aquib Ahmed shone by beating the Budgam defence More

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HC directs release of compensation amount to fur artisans in Valley

D A RASHID

Srinagar, Oct 11: In what has come as a major relief to the furriers in Kashmir, the High Court of J&K has directed release of compensation amount along with interest in favour of fur artisans. The High Court has asked its Registrar Judicial at Srinagar to distribute the amount deposited More

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JK Bank, RBI hold financial literacy programmes

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 11: With a view to make the students and teachers aware about banking and its contemporary functioning, J&K Bank organized awareness programmes in collaboration with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) at Ganderbal Higher Secondary School and Government Degree College Kulgam. The More

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SSM College organises lecture

Srinagar, Oct 11: A lecture on “Communication Skills and Human Psychology” was delivered by Rashna Imhasly Gandhy in the Auditorium of SSM College of Engineering & Technology yesterday.  Students from Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Business Studies and other faculties attended More

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Lamba inspects ACHD farm

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 11: A S Lamba, Special Secretary Agriculture, government of India paid a visit to the Advanced Centre for Horticulture Development (ACHD), Zainpora, Shopian on Monday.  Lamba was accompanied by Director Horticulture Kashmir and Director Agriculture Kashmir.  The special More

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Workshop on child labour held

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 11: The Department of Labour and Employment today kicked off an orientation training workshop on Child Labour at a local hotel here. The workshop shall conclude on October 14.            The workshop is being organised in consultation More

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AEPC to promote apparel industry in JK

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Oct 11: Director General of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Darli Koshi met Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra here and assured the Council’s support in promoting of the industry in the state. The assurance was given by Koshi during an hour-long meeting with the governor More

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CE for judicious use of power

Srinagar, Oct 11: Chief Engineer, Electric Maintenance & RE Wing Kashmir has stated that due to some fuel issues with Thermal Power Stations all across the country the power availability of J&K State has been reduced by about 500 MWs from Northern Grid. This is likely to affect the power More

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'Noble Garages' inaugurated

Srinagar, Oct 11: Noble Garages, a Maruti authorised service station, was today thrown open at Doru, Sahaabad in Islamabad (Anantnag) district. Deputy Commissioner Islamabad (Anantnag) Kifayat Hussain Rizvi and Service Manger, Maruti Suzuki J&K, Ranvir Singh Kalra inaugurated the service More

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Pakistan hints at transit trade rights to India

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Islamabad, Oct 11: Pakistan's Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim Tuesday hinted at granting transit trade rights to India to transport goods to Afghanistan. Fahim told reporters in Lahore that the issue will be discussed in a meeting of the commerce secretaries of India and Pakistan in More

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Rs3 cr goods traded by J&K, PaK

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Poonch, Oct 11: The cross-LoC businessmen today traded goods worth Rs 3.29 crore through the Chakan-Da- Bagh Crossing point  in Poonch district, officials said. As many as 25 trucks rolled out from Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC) at Ranger in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan More

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Meeting discusses Food Security Bill 2011

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 11: With a view to finalize views and comments of the State Government on the proposed Food Security Bill, 2011, a meeting of Administrative Secretaries and Heads of concerned departments was held under the Chairmanship of Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and Transport More

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Revised Indo-Swiss taxation treaty comes into effect

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Geneva/New Delhi, Oct 11: The amended Indo-Swiss taxation treaty has come into effect, a development that will allow India to seek specific information on black money and tax evasion cases dating back to January this year. The revised taxation pact between the two countries came into force yesterday More

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