Jaitley slams regulators, auditors for PNB fraud
New Delhi, Feb 24: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today blamed inadequate oversight by regulators and auditors as well as sloppy bank management for the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at India’s second-biggest state-owned lender, and said if needed law would be tightened to punish fraudsters. Speaking for the second time this week on the scandal enveloping Punjab […]
Agricultural output contributes enormously to economic development: Hanjura
International Conference on Economic Growth &Structural Changes
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 23 – Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura today said that agricultural output and productivity tend to contribute substantially to overall economic development of the country and it will be appropriate to place greater emphasis on further development of the agricultural sector. The Minister stated this during inaugural function of two-day long […]
Priya for embracing entrepreneurship, technology to boost tourism
SHTM holds 5th International Conference
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 23 – Minister of State for Education, Technical Education, Culture and Tourism Priya Sethi today said growth of tourism industry can be accelerated only by embracing entrepreneurship and technological advancements. The Minister said this after inaugurating 5th International Conference on “Sustainable Destination Excellence” under the theme of Transforming Social Communities through Tourism Entrepreneurship […]
Air India to launch Jammu-Bathinda service from Feb 27
JAMMU FEBRUARY 23: Air India will commence its new service from Jammu to Bathinda and vice versa from February 27, 2018. Flight 9I-611 Jammu/Bathinda will depart from Jammu at 0915 hours to reach Bathinda at 1020 hrs and flight 9I-612 Bathinda/Jammu will depart from Bathinda at 1050 hrs and will reach Jammu at 1200 hrs. […]
Jammu and Kashmir safe for tourists: Official
Kolkata, Feb 23: Jammu and Kashmir is “completely” safe for visitors and tensions in the border areas have “little effect” on its tourism circuit, a senior official of the northern state said here today. Describing the last year’s attack on Amarnath Yatris as an “isolated incident to scare away visitors”, the director of the tourism […]
CBI produces Rotomac owner Kothari before court, seeks transit remand
New Delhi, Feb 23 : The CBI today produced Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari and his son Rahul before a Delhi court in connection with the Rs 3,695-crore loan default case and sought their transit remand to take them to Lucknow. The duo was produced before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal. They were arrested yesterday […]
INX Media money laundering case: SC to hear Karti’s anticipatory bail plea on Mar 6
New Delhi, Feb 23: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on March 6 a plea of Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, seeking anticipatory bail in the INX Media money laundering case. However, the top court refused to stay the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking Karti Chidambaram to […]
PNB fraud: ED freezes deposits, shares worth Rs 44cr of Nirav Modi group
Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 23:The ED today said it has frozen bank deposits and shares worth about Rs 44 crore of the Nirav Modi group, and seized a huge collection of imported watches from locations linked to the billionaire diamantaire. Officials said they have put freeze orders on bank accounts containing Rs 30 crore and shares […]
JK Bank clarification on Gitanjali Gems Limited
Srinagar, Feb 22: In respect of news item appearing in some sections of media J&K Bank official spokesperson today clarified that the Bank had no direct exposure to the Nirav Modi Group companies and was not affected by any fraudulent Letters of Undertaking (LoU) issued by the Punjab National Bank. The bank, added the spokesperson, […]
Fisheries Deptt organizes farmers’ exposure tour
KUPWARA, FEBRUARY 22: The Department of Fisheries, Kupwara organized an intra-district exposure-cum-training tour for a group of 25 progressive fish farmers of the district today. The farmers’ tour was flagged-off by Assistant Director Fisheries Showkat Ahmad Bhat. The group will visit different fish farms of the district to learn the ways and means adopted for […]
