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J&K Bank coducts Budgam DLRC

Srinagar: J&K Bank convened 54th District Level Review Committee (DLRC) meeting of District Budgam at its Lead District Office. DDC Budgam Mir Altaf Ahmad chaired the meeting that reviewed the progress of financial institutions and sponsoring agencies operating in the district for the period ending September 30, 2015. Lead District Manager Shahzad Hussain Teli briefed […]

FCI’s Supplying Sub-Standard Food Grains To JK

Chandigarh: Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today called upon Food and Civil Supplies Minister in Punjab Government Adesh Pratap Singh Kairon at Chandigarh and discuss various issues related to supply of quality food grains, National Food Security Act and digitalization of data. The meeting was held […]

MVD, Transport Departments go hi-tech

REASI: Minister for Transport, Abdul Gani Kohli Monday launched – Vahan: 4.0 – an online service for registration of vehicles, first of its kind, in Jammu division.  The online service was launched at the office of Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) here. Secretary Transport, Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, Transport Commissioner Parvez Iqbal Khateeb, Director State Motor […]

Tourism Advisory Board a Visionary Step : Mir

PAHALGAM:  PDP General Secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir Monday said that constitution of tourism advisory board is a landmark initiative of PDP led government to involve local stake holders and reviving ties with tourism players across India. Mir said that this visionary decision of Chief Minister Mohammad Sayeed aimed at providing impetus to the tourism industry […]

Handicrafts Museum to come up near exhibition ground

SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Mr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, today convened a meeting of officers of Revenue, Handicrafts, Tourism and Education Departments, to review restoration of 10 Kanal of land under an old educational institute near exhibition ground. Divisional Commissioner said that a Handicrafts Museum shall be developed at the said site while as the old […]

Case for interest-free banking and finance

As many as 75 countries across the world have adopted the system. The operational term in many cases is not ‘Shariah’ but “interest-free” banking. In an open letter addressed to the citizens of the country published on May 26, 2015, i.e., on the occasion of completing one year of the Union government, the Prime Minister […]

Promotion Of IT Sector Has To Be Institutionalized

IT was great to see the Chief Minister of the state recently extending invitations to the CEOs of the corporate sector to invest in J&K. This is what the ministers should be doing for their respective sectors. It is the duty of the ministers to facilitate investment in their sectors for meaningful job generation. The […]

Buyers will come in droves if quality of handicrafts raised: Mufti

New concepts, designs will attract more business firms; CCIK to organize mega Int’l Buyer-Seller meet in Nov SRINAGAR -Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today said that top international firms will only visit Kashmir for buying handicraft products if we make concerted efforts to maintain the quality, enhance the volume of production and give the artisans, who […]

It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!

For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive and prosper it knew from the outset that it had no choice but to set its sights on the ultimate prize: the oil fields of Saudi Arabia.  It is in […]

Qatar: Rich and Dangerous

The first concern of the Emir of Qatar is the prosperity and security of the tiny kingdom. To achieve that, he knows no limits. Stuck between Iran and Saudi Arabia is Qatar with the third largest natural gas deposit in the world. The gas gives the nearly quarter of a million Qatari citizens the highest […]

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