Post office small savings become attractive; Centre hikes rates

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Apr 1: Here is some good news for people planning to invest in post office saving schemes. Centre government has hiked the interest rate of small saving schemes making them attractive for the investors. According to experts, hike in interest rates of small saving schemes will give More

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Postal deptt to set up 1,000 ATMs

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 1: The Department of Post (DoP) is planning to set up 1,000 automated teller machines (ATMs) across six states --Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu -- under its ongoing modernisation plan, according to a top official. "We will start execution More

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JKJCCI demands increase in trading days,volume

LoC trade

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 1:  Jammu & Kashmir Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JKJCCI) today appealed governments of India and Pakistan to increase the number of LoC trading days. The chamber also urged the two governments to allow 350 trucks per week from the current 200 to enhance the trade More

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UK’s leading footwear brand forays into Kashmir

Srinagar firm gets distributorship of Clarks

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Apr 1: Clarks, a globally renowned shoe brand sweeping foreign markets for past two centuries, has formally walked down to Kashmir, with Catwalk Shoes, a footwear store at Residency Road here, bagging its sole distributorship. Managing Director, Catwalk Shoes (Wholesale Division More

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Udaan takes off at JU

Hundreds turn up for ‘walk-in TCS’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Apr 1: University of Jammu today organised campus placements for TCS BPO Services. The event was coordinated by the Placement Cell of the University under project ‘UDAAN’ of the J&K government. The placement drive was facilitated and conducted by TCS recruitment team. More

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Biz School hosts student exchange programme

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Apr 1: Faculty and students of Vyas Institute of Management, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) today visited Business School, University of Kashmir campus.The visit was part of the ‘student exchange programme’ initiated by Business School.   The programme is aimed to provide a common platform More

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Samsung launches first smart phone cafe in JK

Srinagar, Apr 1: Samsung today launched a Smart Phone Café at Residency Road, here. It is the first café by the company in Jammu and Kashmir. Company’s distributor for Valley, Safeways, said Samsung gave free live demos of all models of its mobile phones, Laptops, Cameras and other innovative More

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Farmers told to cultivate cash crops

1-day Kissan Mela held at Mattan

GK NEWS NETWORK

Islamabad (Anantnag), Apr 1: DDC Islamabad Kafayat Hussain Rizvi today stressed the need for the farmers to cultivate cash crops. Addressing a Kissan Mela at Town hall Mattan, here, the DDC said there was immediate need for the farmers to cultivate cash crops. He, according to an More

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1-day farmers’ training camp held

Budgam, Apr 1:  To appraise farmers about the latest farming techniques, a daylong Farmers’ Awareness cum Training Camp was organised by Agriculture Department, Khansahib at Town Hall, today. On this occasion, Sub Divisional Magistrate Khansahib Naseer Ahmad Wani said traditional style More

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Markets surge,worries growing

Despite finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s statement announcing no tax liability on the P- Notes holders, muddling remains in the markets.

INVESTMENT MATTERS By Sajjad Bazaz

THE week ended March 30, witnessed the BSE Sensex closing  at 17,404 points (up by 2%) and Nifty index at 5,295 points (up by 2.3%).  The rise followed when the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) intervened on Friday as the apex bank surprisingly engaged itself in bond purchases. Through this RBI More

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Tax hikes to hit household budgets

New Delhi, Apr 1: Household budgets will be hit hard as the two percent increase in service tax and excise duty contained in the budget for 2012-13 came into effect from Sunday making phone calls, eating out and a host of other things more expensive. In the union budget for 2012-13, Finance More

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Continue sops for exporters to boost exports: CII

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 1: Ahead of the Foreign Trade Policy review, industry body CII has asked the government to continue incentives like Focus Market Scheme, under which exporters get benefits on shipping goods to particular markets. "Continuation of Focus Market Scheme (FMS) and Focus Product Scheme (FPS More

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Arshad Mir felicitated

Srinagar, Apr 1: Members of Handicraft Sector today congratulated ArshadHussain Mir on being elected as Vice Chairman, Export Promotion Councilfor Handicrafts, which is sponsored by Union Ministry of Textiles.Notably, Mir is the first VC of the council to have been elected from J&K More

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