US hotel management company to manage Khyber Mountain Resort in Gulmarg

AGENCIES

Arlington, Va, Mar 29: Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a US-based global hotel management company, today announced that JHM Interstate Hotels India (a joint venture between Interstate Hotels & Resorts and JHM Hotels) has signed a contract to manage the 85-room Khyber Mountain Resort and Spa in More

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‘Imposition of excise duty will mar our trade’

Valley jewellers seek CM’s intervention

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Mar 29: All Kashmir Gold Dealers and Workers Association today appealed Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to persuade the central government to withdraw its proposal to increase custom duty on gold and excise duty on unbranded jewellery. Addressing a press conference here, President More

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Peaks Auto kicks off 2-day car loan mela

Exchange option also available

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 29: Peaks Auto today kick-started a two-day ‘Car Loan and Exchange Mela’ at Government Medical College, here. Principal, GMC, Srinagar, Dr Qazi Masood, who was the chief guest at the event, inaugurated the mela in presence of Director, Chitranjan Hospital, Dr Waseem Qureshi More

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JK Bank inaugurates training institute at Ganderbal

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 29: ‘Committed to professionalise and institutionalise the entrepreneurship among local youth’, J&K Bank today inaugurated a Rural Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI) at Ganderbal. The institute will train the youth and build their capacities through updated information More

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Green technologies for telecom: Infratel signs pact

Srinagar, Mar 29: GSMA and Bharti Infratel Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and promote green technologies for telecom tower infrastructure in India. The collaboration will entail working together to convert 1,000 Infratel towers into green sites, which will reduce More

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HDFC Bank declared as ‘Best Retail Bank’ in India

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Mar 29: HDFC Bank, the second largest private bank in the country, has won three awards at the 11th International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards Programme this year. The programme was organized by ‘The Asian Banker’. While it won the “Best Retail Bank in India More

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Dr Farooq for successful upcoming tourist season

Srinagar, Mar 29: Urging people to make the upcoming tourist season successful, President, National Conference and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah said that tourism is the backbone of state economy and “it is responsibility of all to make the tourism season successful More

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1-day farmers’ camp held at Tral

Pulwama, Mar 29: ‘Technology based mechanized farming has revolutionized the agriculture sector across the globe,’ said Director, Agriculture Kashmir Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone. Speaking at a Farmers’ Awareness Camp at Town Hall Tral, here, he said progress in agriculture sector is crucial to the More

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Scholarship tests held

Srinagar, Mar 29: Rayat Bahra, a group of institutions of northern India, conducted a series of scholarship tests here. The tests were held in association with Fayaz International Education Point, an educational consultancy of J&K. The tests were conducted for 10 + 2 students and graduates More

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