JK Bank organizes ‘Digital Banking System’ workshop at Bandipora
BANDIPORA, FEBUARY 19: The Jammu and Kashmir Bank today organised a day-long workshop on ‘Digital Banking System’ at Bandipora. The workshop was attended by Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) of various departments. The Chief Planning Officer, Abdul Majeed presided over the workshop while as bank officers and other coordinated staff were present on the occasion. […]
Abdul Haq conducts surprise check of RDD offices in Kathua
KATHUA,: Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice Abdul Haq Khan on Monday conducted surprise inspection of RDD offices in district Kathua and suspended four employees for dereliction of duties. The Minister made a surprise visit to ACD office and Executive Engineers Office of Rural Engineering Wing (REW) and found 4 employees absent. […]
Mehbooba e-inaugurates Passport Seva Kendra for Anantnag
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 19: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today e inaugurated a Passport Seva Kendra for Anantnag here today. The opening of this Kendra would help in pacing up the process of passport issuance and delivery by bringing the service closer to people’s doorstep benefitting some 20 lacs souls of South Kashmir districts. This would reduce […]
Rotomac bank fraud: CBI files FIR in scam worth Rs 3,695 cr
February 19, 2018 The CBI has registered a case against Rotomac pen promoter Vikram Kothari and his family in connection with a case related to the alleged swindling of Rs 3,695 crore of bank loan funds, officials said today. The scam was earlier estimated at around Rs 800 crore. The case against Kanpur-based Rotomac Global […]
Star India wins rights for IPL, domestic cricket
Mumbai, Feb 19: Star India Pvt. Ltd on Monday won the rights for audio-visual production services for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and BCCI domestic cricket for the 2018-19 season. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had invited Request For Proposal (RFP) documents for services relating to the live production of all […]
India, Indonesia joint military drill begins in Bandung
Jakarta, Feb 19:The Indian and Indonesian armies on Monday began the sixth edition of their annual military exercises in the West Java province of the archipelago country. The opening ceremony of the two-week Garuda Shakti military drill between the Special Forces of the Indian Army and the Indonesian Army was held at Bandung. The exercises […]
‘Syrian forces to back YPG’ in fight against Turkey
The Kurdish YPG fighters claim they have reached a deal to allow Syrian government troops to enter Afrin in the northwestern part of the border town. Nuri Mahmoud, a spokesman for the People’s Protection Units (YPG), told Al Jazeera on Monday that they are calling on the Syrian government forces “to preserve a united Syria”, […]
Israel escalates Gaza attacks with new airstrike
Mon Feb 19, 2018 Israeli warplanes have bombed areas in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip amid escalating tensions in region. The Israeli military said the regime’s fighter jets hit alleged targets belonging to the Hamas resistance movement in Gaza early Monday morning, without elaborating further. Palestinian security sources said several missiles hit […]
Sensex, Nifty fall as lenders drag after $1.77 billion bank fraud
19 February 2018 Indian shares ended lower on Monday, with sentiment hurt as state-run lenders extended losses over worries about a $1.77 billion fraud disclosed by Punjab National Bank last week that has a bearing on some other banks. The benchmark BSE Sensex closed down 0.69 percent at 33,774.66. The broader NSE Nifty ended 0.71 […]
PNB fraud: Petition filed in SC demanding SIT probe
February 19, 2018 A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Monday demanding a Special Investigation Team probe in the ongoing Punjab National Bank fraud. PNB detected the scam last week, wherein noted jewellery designer Nirav Modi acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking from one of its branches for overseas credit from other Indian […]
