3000 bricks to cost Rs15,500, transport charges excluding

Govt issues fresh rates

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, July 28:  The Divisional Administration has issued fresh rate list for bricks in Kashmir. The new rate is Rs 15,500 per 3000 bricks ex-kiln. The administration has asked the kiln owners to strictly adhere to newly rate list.  The rates were fixed in a high level meeting More

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HDFC Bank overtakes SBI as ‘most valued bank’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 28: HDFC Bank Friday over took the State Bank of India (SBI) and became country's ‘most valued bank’ in terms of market capitalisation. SBI's scrip was under pressure and settled 3.77 per cent lower, despite an upsurge in the stock market, while HDFC Bank gained by more than More

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Zum Zum slashes milk rate by Rs3/litre

Srinagar, July 28:  Here is some good news for Valley consumers. Zum Zum Milk Products has decided to slash the rates of milk by Rs 3 per litre in view of Ramzan. The new rate of Rs 27/litre will be effective for five days from Monday. Shafat Ahmad, Managing Director, Zum Zum Milk Products said More

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Hotel staff returns `1 lakh lost necklace to tourist

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 28: In a rare gesture of probity, staffers of Hotel Centre Point today returned a necklace worth Rs 1 lakh to a tourist who had lost it in the hotel room.  Pooja Devi, tourist from Delhi, was overwhelmed by the gesture of the hotel owner.  “I had reached my home in More

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First emu farm comes up in JK

ASHWANI LANGEH

Jammu, July 28: Here is some good news for the bird lovers of J&K. A private farm of aboriginal Australian-Emu, has been set up at border village Chak Lala adjoining Bein Nullah in Samba. The farm, first ever in the state, is attracting good number of visitors. Caretaker of the More

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Premier inks diesel engine deal with Fiat

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 28: Premier Ltd (formerly Premier Automobiles Ltd) and FIAT India Automobiles Ltd have signed a three-year agreement for the supply of FIAT's 1.3 litre multi-jet diesel engine to be used in Premier's compact SUV RiO. FIAT will initially supply 28,000 engines to Premier during More

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Airtel brings live taraviah from Makkah, Madina

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, July 28:  Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its live audio feed service that will bring the holy recitals of Namaz, Naat, Hadith and much more from Makkah and Medina exclusively for its customers across the country during the auspicious month of Ramzan, a company handout said More

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JK Bank organizes KCC Mela

Srinagar, July 28: Taking forward the commitment to provide easy loan to farming community, J&K Bank organized a Kissan Credit Card (KCC) Mela at Pouni in Reasi. The Bank’s Zonal Head Jammu (West) R K Chhibber distributed 190 Kissan Credit cards among the farmers in presence of prominent More

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INVESTMENT MATTERS

Sajjad Bazaz

Of hot moneyFIIs play a very momentous role in our financial markets, particularly in equity market. It’s a mistaken notion to think they are not important and we don’t need themAN acquaintance wanted me to explain the current stock market scenario vis-à-vis foreign institutional More

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