‘1 lakh youth to get jobs under Himayat in 5 yrs’
600 get job letters
MUKEET AKMALI
Srinagar, July 23: Terming ‘Himayat’ as a milestone for tackling unemployment in the state, Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh said one lakh youth in J&K will be employed in next five years under the programme. In a bid to promote skilled training among the MoreMerit should be only criterion to select youth: CM
MUKEET AKMALI
Srinagar, July 23: Speaking at a function at J&K Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), here today, Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah were not on same page regarding the criterion for selecting the youth for Himalayat programme.  MoreRamesh interacts with KU students
Srinagar, July 23: Union Minister for Rural Development, Jairam Ramesh today interacted with the representatives of the Kashmir University Students’ Executive Council and senior academic administrators of the varsity at recently inaugurated Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom guesthouse at Naseem Bagh, here.More
Food Festival at Hotel Lalit Grand Palace concludes
MUKEET AKMALI
Srinagar, July 23: The food festival at Hotel Lalit Grand Palace here concluded on July 21 with guests expressing delight at the quality and variety of cuisines and cherishing such events became a permanent feature. The participants at the food festival were from different parts of the world MoreHotel hosts Rs5 cr marriage function
Srinagar, July 23: Hotel Lalit Grand Palace recently hosted a mega marriage ceremony with a budget of around Rs 5 crore. “It was because of Jyotsna (Suri) Ji (Chief Managing Director, Lalit Group) that the marriage function was organized here,” an executive of the hotel said.  More
Pension verification date extended by 1 month
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, July 23: J&K Finance Department “on the request of various pensioners”, has extended the period of pension verification by one month. Director General, Accounts and Treasuries Finance Department, Wali Muhammad Batt today said that in view of the request of various pensioners MoreSatya announces B Tech offer for Valley students
‘Ramzan gift’
Srinagar, July 23: AICTE-approved, Satya College of Engineering and Technology, Palwal (HR-Delhi/NCR), has announced “admissions for B. Tech (Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering) just at Rs 17786 per semester.” The College also further announced Rs 10000 additional MoreJK Bank opens 2 branches
Srinagar, July 23: J&K Bank today inaugurated two new state-of-the-art Business Units in the agriculture belt of Marh & Udheywala areas of Jammu District. Chief General Manager, NABARD, Jammu S C Rabra inaugurated the BUs in presence of O P Sharma Bank’s President & Zonal Head Jammu (Central More
- Kashmir
‘Iss Route Ki Sabhi Linay Wyest Hai’
‘Helpline’ Service In Valley Police Stations Out Of Order
IMRAN MUZAFFAR
Srinagar, July 23: Call a police station in Kashmir and hear this: ‘Iss Route Ki Sabhi Linay Wyest Hai’ (All lines to this route are busy). Reason: the defunct telephone system which seems to be nobody More
- Srinagar City
To obey traffic signals, Army disobeys Captain!
GK CITY REPORTER
Srinagar, July 23: Are traffic norms to be given preference or the contradictory orders of your higher-ups? Well, in case of Army, the soldiers were seen obeying the electronic machine than their human More
- Jammu
PWD SUPERVISOR KILLED,8 INJURED IN KATHUA BLAST
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, July 23: A government employee was killed and eight persons, mostly labourers, were injured in a powerful blast in the compound of a police station in Kathua district on Monday. During disposal More


