Tax Dept recovers Rs 6.30 lakh from defaulting dealers
SRINAGAR, JANUARY 28: The enforcement team of State Taxes Department today realized an amount of Rs 6.30 lakhs as tax, interest and penalty from defaulting dealers during their inspection of business units in North Srinagar mainly comprising areas of Shaltang, Maloora and adjacent areas. In an official handout issued here, main business units of the […]
Acquisition of skills key to jobs for youth: Ganai
Skill Training Providers’ Summit
JAMMU, JANUARY 28: Describing the present age as the age of technopreneurs, Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, today called upon the youth to enhance their skills to raise their chances of employability in the private sector. With dwindling jobs in the Government sector, the Advisor said time has come for the youth to […]
PBOD Cooperative Bank holds meet at Anantnag
Adopts resolution for capital infusion of Rs 120 cr
SRINAGAR, JANUARY 28: A maiden meeting of Professional Board of Directors (PBOD) was held today at Anantnag Central Co-operative Bank. The meeting was chaired by Secretary Cooperatives, Abdul Majid Bhat as the Chairman of the Board. Board members viz Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Director General Budget J&K, Director Horticulture Kashmir, Advocate AH Dar, Associate member of […]
Kumar for adopting best practices at ‘Drug & Food Testing Labs’
JAMMU, JANUARY 28: Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar has stressed on adopting best practices at Drug & Food Testing Laboratories established in the state and making them fully functional by installing modern equipments, instruments so that sample collected by the field functionaries be tested in for accurate results. The Advisor said this while reviewing […]
J&K Excise dept to go online from next financial year
Jammu, Jan 28: The Excise and Taxation department in Jammu and Kashmir has started the automation process to deliver 17 services online from next financial year, Excise Commissioner Talat Parvez Rohella said Monday. A mega plan is underway to ensure hassle-free clearance of goods at Lakhanpur toll plaza, gateway to Jammu and Kashmir from Punjab, […]
Mementos gifted to PM go under the hammer
New Delhi, Jan 27: The mementos gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go under the hammer at a two-day auction starting Sunday. The funds raised through the auction, held at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Delhi, will go to the government’s flagship project ‘Namami Gange’. A dedicated site – http://pmmementos.gov.in”pmmementos.gov.in — has been […]
Cabinet likely to approve agri-package for farmers on Monday
New Delhi, Jan 27: The cabinet on Monday is likely to approve a package for farmers to boost their income and address distress in the farm sector, sources said, adding that the move will come ahead of the general elections. “The cabinet meeting is scheduled tomorrow (Monday) and the agriculture ministry’s proposal on addressing income […]
Efforts on to double exports from USD 321 billion: Prabhu
Panaji, Jan 27: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu Sunday said new policies of the government will ensure the doubling of exports, currently pegged at USD 321 billion, in a few years. He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of a new office and laboratory complex of the Export Inspection Agency at Margao in […]
Altaf Bukhari asks govt to rescind order ‘in the interest of public’
‘Revocation of Zero Stamp duty’
Srinagar, January 26: Former finance minister, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, on Saturday censured the government decision of revoking Zero Stamp duty for women in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement issued here, Bukhari said: “The notification issued by the Governor led administration on January 25, 2019 has justified its decision taken in the public interest. […]
UN warns climate change impacts security, US ignores link
United Nations, Jan 26: The UN system’s chief scientist on weather and climate warned Friday that climate change has “a multitude of security impacts” and is increasingly regarded as a national security threat — with global warming records broken in 20 of the last 22 years. The Maldives’ foreign minister, Abdulla Shahid, told a U.N. […]
