Business | Kashmir InFocus

May 17, 2018 No Responses

Rs 4 a litre hike in petrol, diesel prices in offing

A Rs 4 per litre increase in petrol and diesel prices is in the offing if state-owned fuel retailers are to return to pre-Karnataka poll hiatus margin levels, brokerage firms said. No sooner had Karnataka polled to elect a new...

May 9, 2018 No Responses

Tourist death could be last nail in Kashmir Tourism Coffin: Industry

The tourism trade in Kashmir condemned the killing, saying that those who had thrown stones at the vehicle in which the tourist was travelling were not well wishers of Kashmir but cold-blooded murders. The fragile tourism industry in Kashmir has...

April 28, 2018 No Responses

Hoteliers from across Kashmir pledge to counter negative publicity

The J&K Hoteliers’ Club held its quarterly extraordinary general meeting here at Vivanta by Taj, where the members passed a resolution to ‘safeguard Kashmir tourism from negative publicity’. “The club passed the resolution to put all its efforts to...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

Salman Khan in Kashmir for shooting of Race 3, Meets Mehbooba Mufti

Salman Khan and his Race 3 crew met Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti before they shooting for their film in the valley. Bollywood superstar Salman Khan arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday for a two-day shoot schedule...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

At Rs 74.40, petrol price hits highest level in BJP rule, diesel at record Rs 65.65

State-owned oil firms, which have been since June last year revising auto fuel prices daily, raised petrol and diesel rates by 19 paisa per litre each in Delhi on Sunday. Petrol price hit on Sunday Rs 74.40 a litre — the...

April 20, 2018 No Responses

After Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Salman Khan returns to Kashmir after three years; this time for Race 3

Salman Khan‘s Race 3 is one of the most anticipated films of the year and while it is set to release this Eid (June 15), the team is still shooting for the movie. The makers were going to fly down...

April 18, 2018 No Responses

It’s nostalgic to shoot in Kashmir: Abhishek Bachchan

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, who is here for the filmming of director Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Manmarziyaan’, said he has a special bond with Kashmir as he often accompanied father Amitabh Bachchan as a child during film shootings. “It i...

April 13, 2018 No Responses

Uncertainity, Continuous bloodshed take toll on Kashmir businesses to dire straits

Surrounded by huge contingency of forces in a narrow lane, Bashir Ahmad Hakim sips tea outside his grocery shop at Malaratta neighbourhood of Nowhatta in the downtown, which is shut due to curfew like restriction imposed by the government. He...

April 4, 2018 No Responses

#FakeNews – Tourism stakeholders lodge FIR against TOI

Taking cognizance of news report in Times of India (GoI) about attacks on tourists, local travel and hotel associations Tuesday jointly filed an FIR with the Police Station Kothibagh against the newspaper’s Srinagar correspondent Saleem Pandit. In the FIR nu...

April 3, 2018 No Responses

Tourist sector gets a jolt due to sudden spike in violence

A sudden spike in the level of violence in Kashmir on Sunday has cast a shadow on the tourism industry, which was hoping for increased footfall of holidaymakers. As the region witnessed a sudden bout of protests and a record...