Omar stresses on investment friendly environment

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 18: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday called for creation of investment and industrial friendly environment in the State to give considerable fillip to the industrialization and generation of wide-ranging economic activities.           More

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Address impediments in the way of globalisation: Vohra

Int’l Conference on ‘Globalization and Eurasia’ begins at KU

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 18:  Governor NN Vohra Tuesday urged academics, scholars and policy makers to consider what requires to be done to further the cause of globalization to address its fundamentals like free flow of energy between different countries. Addressing the inaugural session of a More

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Vegetables Mandi soon at Narkara: Ruhullah

GK NEWS NETWORK

Budgam, Oct 18: Minister for Information Technology, Sheep and Animal Husbandry Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi today inaugurated one day exhibition, aimed to acquaint farmers about new techniques being applied in agriculture sector to boost the production. The exhibition was organized by the Agriculture More

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Agro industries promise lot of employment opportunities: Mir

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Oct 18: Saying that agro- based industry is an encouraging economic activity, Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir Tuesday said that climatic conditions and favorable input facilities like availability of water, hybrid seeds and fertilizers are key factors that promise good prospects More

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NIIT NGuru set to redefine school education

Srinagar, Oct 18: NIIT Limited, leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer, has announced the launch of cutting edge ICT enabled solutions for the schools of tomorrow, under the aegis of ‘NIIT NGuru’.   These cutting edge solutions which significantly improves More

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RBI grants banking license to Co-op Bank

Srinagar, Oct 18: In a significant move, Reserve Bank of India has granted license to the J&K State Co-operative Bank Ltd, Srinagar to carry on the business activities in any part of the country. Giving this information at a high-level meeting of officers held here today, the Minister of More

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Union CAPD Minister calls on CM

Appreciates State’s supplies system

Srinagar, Oct 18: Union Minister of State for CAPD, K. B. Thomas accompanied by Chairman Food Corporation of India, Siraj Hussain called on Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah here this evening and briefed him about the discussions they had with the State CAPD Ministry regarding various CAPD matters.  More

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J&K CCC hail CM

Srinagar, Oct 18: J&K Contractors Co-ordination Committee Tuesday lauded the Government decision of appointing Chief Engineer Roads and Buildings Kashmir Nazir Ahmad as Information Commissioner.  In a statement, J&K CCC said that a meeting was convened here and issues related to the More

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JK Bank inaugurates 2 ATMs

Organizes customer meet in South Kashmir

Srinagar, Oct 18: JK Bank inaugurated two ATMs at Letpora Pulwama and Sarnal Anantnag. These machines were inaugurated by Syed Ashaq Hussain Zaidi Vice President and Zonal Head, Kashmir south in presence of Cluster Heads M H Gattoo and M Y Dhobi, and Branch Head Letpora, Shabir Ahmad.  With More

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Sensex dips 277 pts; falls below 17k mark on TCS earnings

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Oct 18: The BSE Sensex fell 277 points to today to below 17k level at 16,748.29 as investors sold across-the-board, disappointed by the second quarter earnings reported by IT major TCS and weak markets globally. TCS tumbled 7.71 per cent after posting, late yesterday, just 6.1 per cent growth More

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