Thursday, 23 May 2013
SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata today met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and expressed his desire to expand his group's activities in the state. During the breakfast meeting, they explored the possibility of cooperation in information technology, hospitality, agro-product and horticulture sector, officials said. Both agreed that a top level delegation from the state government and the Tata group will meet soon to discuss mutually beneficial areas. Tata...
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SRINAGAR, Oct 2: The Jammu and Kashmir government is hosting a delegation of foreign tour operators with the objective of projecting Kashmir as a peaceful tourist destination, leading to revocation of negative travel advisories on travel to the Valley. Interacting with the delegation here, Minister for Tourism and Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora today appealed the foreign tour operators, who are on a three-day visit, to promote Kashmir as a peaceful and beautiful destination on the world tourism...
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Kainaat Mushtaq SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Abdul Majid has never played the game, but when tens of thousands of cricket-mad Indians feel the crack of leather on willow, it's because of him. The 53-year-old master bat-maker is one of scores of craftsman putting Kashmir on the map for something other than the bloody rebellion. On a fume-choked stretch of the highway between Jammu and Kashmir state's main cities, Srinagar and Jammu, Majid and dozens of other makers churn...
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SRINAGAR, Sept 28: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday approved its Skill Development Policy for the 12th Five Year Plan at a cabinet meeting which was chaired by Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah. “To draw out an integrated strategy for enhancing the employability of the youth in the State and to address the growing skill gaps among youth, the state government with its Skill Jammu and Kashmir Business Plan-2012-17 envisages upskilling 9.1 lakh youth over the plan period. To...
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NEW DELHI, Sept. 27: Rahul Gandhi will lay the foundation stone for a Rs 2,700-crore tunnel aimed at making the Srinagar-Leh road an all-weather route, though some read a deeper meaning in the Congress leader's maiden inauguration of a big-ticket infrastructure project. Analysts claimed it was a sure sign of change at a time the chorus has grown stronger for a more important role for Rahul in the party. The Jammu and Kashmir unit also gave credit to Rahul for the project which, once...
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SRINAGAR, Sept 24: Tormented by widespread untimely rains for almost a month, farmers are now trying to make hay while the sun shines as the countryside in Kashmir turns golden brown. There have been widespread rains in the Valley from the middle of last month through the first fortnight of September. These untimely rains during a time the paddy crop usually ripens had created panic among the local farmers. “If the rains had continued for another week, our entire labour of one year...
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SRINAGAR, Sept 23: State-owned lender Jammu & Kashmir Bank may book a profit of Rs 400 crore by selling part of its stake in the insurance JV Metlife India, said people familiar with the development. The bank may sell its stake to the company's foreign partner as the latter's stake goes below the 26% foreign-investment cap in insurance firms. J&K Bank holds 11.26% stake in MetLife India, a joint venture between J&K Bank, the US-based MetLife International 26%, and other...
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JAMMU, Sept 22: After Congress president Sonia Gandhi's announcement that the Congress-ruled states would raise the subsidised LPG cylinder cap from six to nine, Jammu and Kashmir, where the party shares power with the National Conference, may also follow suit, a state minister has said. "The decision has to be taken by the state cabinet, which would take up the matter once the final decision is made by the Government of India," IANS quoted Minister for Consumers Affair and Public...
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SRINAGAR, Sept 19: With a view to ameliorating their lot, about 70,000 artisans of the Srinagar district, associated with handicrafts and handlooms, are being covered under Artisans Credit Card Scheme (ACCS) during the current fiscal. The Scheme envisages to provide loans to the artisans at meager 2.5 percent interest without any mortgage or guarantee. "The Government has made a tie-up with Jammu and Kashmir Bank for issuing ACCs to artisans aimed at to uplift their living standard as...
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MUMBAI, Sept 17: Sales representatives for Abbott Laboratories Inc's Indian subsidiaries know what it takes get a doctor to prescribe the drugs they market: a coffee maker, perhaps, or some cookware, or maybe a vacuum cleaner. These are among the many gifts for doctors listed in an Abbott sales-strategy guide for the second quarter of 2011, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters. As laid out explicitly in the guide, doctors who pledge to prescribe Abbott's branded drugs, or who've already...
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