High Court grants interim stay to JK Bank

SIC Order

D A RASHID

Srinagar, May 22: In a major relief to J&K Bank, the High Court on Tuesday stayed the order of State Information Commission which had declared the bank as “public authority” under J&K Right to Information Act.  A bench of Justice J P Singh passed the order on a petition filed More

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Rs 50 cr corpus for heritage assets

3 heritage sites one each in Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh to be taken for conservation: Jora

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 22: The government has earmarked a corpus of Rs 50 crore for conservation and preservation of rich heritage assets of the State, of which Rs 2 crore stand released for the purpose.  Minister for Tourism, Nawang Rigzin Jora revealed this while chairing second meeting of the members More

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Week-long programme begins at KU

ACADEMIC COLLABORATION

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 22:  The Business School in collaboration with Department of Students Welfare, University of Kashmir today kick-started  a week long interaction programme.  During the programme, students of the Syracuse University, USA, will share their ideas, experiences and knowledge More

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JK Bank, RBI team visits Tullamulla

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 22: With a view to make people aware about the Financial Inclusion programme, a team of officials of J&K Bank and RBI today visited Thiru, a village in Tullamulla. The J&K Bank officials were led by Cluster Head (Ganderbal) Muhammad Amin Khan, while the team of RBI comprised More

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SIDCO asked to prepare vision document

JK Food Processing Industry

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 22: Chief Secretary Madhav Lal today asked the SIDCO to fast track preparation of the “vision document” on J&K’s food processing industry. Speaking at a State Level Committee meeting on implementation of ‘National Mission on Food Processing Industries scheme for J&K More

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'Tourism dev high on govt agenda'

Jora holds meet with KHAROF

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 22: Asserting that tourism promotion was high on government agenda, Minister for Tourism and Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora today said the cooperation of Tour and Travel Operators is pivotal to make the industry more vibrant and commercially viable. This, according to an official More

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HDFC Bank holds mega car loan mela

Srinagar, May 22: HDFC Bank today organised a ‘Mega Car Loan Mela’ at its Karan Nagar branch, here. The event was inaugurated by Branch Head Adil Nisar and Area Sales Manager- State Head, Car Loans, Urfan Afzal.  Some latest vehicle variants like Honda Brio had been kept on display More

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Tarigami seeks relief for farmers

Srinagar, May 22:  State Secretary CPI (M) and MLA, Kulgam, M.Y. Tarigami has expressed serious concern over the damage caused to horticulture and agriculture crop in various parts of the Kashmir valley especially in Kulgam area due to prevailing hostile weather conditions and severe hail storm More

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Oil Min says 'immediate' need to hike fuel prices

Amritsar, May 22: With rupee depreciation leading to jump in oil import bill, Petroleum Minister S Jaipal Reddy today said there is an immediate need to raise fuel prices, but refused to say when the hike will actually take place. "It (price increase) is very essential but (before hiking More

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Rupee hits new lows of 55.47 against dollar

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, May 22: The rupee hit a record low to the dollar for the fifth straight session on Tuesday, weighed down by large dollar demand from oil firms and weak global risk sentiment, especially after Fitch downgraded Japan's ratings.  The falls came even after the Reserve Bank of India announced More

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