Author: News Desk Kashmir Ahead

Aharbal Mela A unique Aharbal Mela promoting rural art and craft was started in Kulgam district of Jammu & Kashmir. The purpose of the mela was to portray the potential of district Kulgam. Dr. Bilal Mohiud Din Bhat, DC Kulgam said, this programme is an initiative by the Rural Development. A male tourist, Mohan Lal visited Aharbal Mela for the first time. He found the ambience of Aharbal beautiful. He noticed a number of people visiting the mela during the weekend. That was perhaps because they were getting good entertainment, said the tourist. A local Gulam Moinuddin says, it is…

Ahmed Dar, a Managing Director of a Paper Napkin company in Anantnag says that the financial support was provided by KVI, Khadi & Village Industries. Tanvir Ahmed, Director of ECO Guard Paper Napkin says, a friend asked me to approach KVI. He said its doors are open. We went there and talked to KVI people and they turned out to be nice. They supported us financially. These days, the youth complain about unemployment. According to me, the youth of Kashmir can do work of their own. Mostly young people are engaged 12-14 hours on their mobiles. They waste their time.…

Kupwara Cricket Skinder Hyder Mir from Kupwara, Jammu & Kashmir has been playing cricket since the age of three. He has played cricket in many states like Haryana, and has won many awards. His elder sister Aisha Umer Mir says, Skinder has been playing since very young and he has a good potential in cricket. Father Umer Mir said, since Skinder became famous nationally, his name has inspired other children the world over to take up sports. These days, children are posting their special talent on Youtube through videos to showcase to the world, he said. Skinder’s sister Aisha wants…

Drug Awareness Programme By Peace School Budgam, Kashmir Amna Ilyas, a student of Peace School in Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir thanks her school administration for organising these school events where people get aware of the social crimes. Tosif Ahmad Wani, a male student talked about this substance disease which when injected by a person, its smoke gets into the body and brain, causing the person to want another dose and thus they get addicted to the drugs. Another student Heena thinks drugs are a painful experience to the person who has the problem. Further, family and friends often feel helpless…

UMEED Scheme Kashmir: Kani Shawls In Budgam, awareness of UMEED scheme is spreading through friends. After doing her higher secondary, when a Kashmiri girl did not get employment, she contacted her friend who had joined UMEED and got associated with it. When she got some money, she started making Kani shawls with one of her friends. The two of them work on it for almost a month to complete the shawl. The Kani shawls go to international markets. In 2013, through our friend we became aware of UMEED scheme, said another girl. We formed a group and started doing Pashmina…

The Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha visited District Hospital Poonch to inquire about the health of civilians who were injured in a road accident in Sawjian, Poonch. He asked everyone to observe a two-minute silence for the departed souls. The LG offered his heartfelt condolences to the grieving families of the dead and stated that death can never be compensated. However, as an administrative responsibility, for the people who died tragically, he announced that their kin will be given an ex-gratia payment of Rs 5 lakh each. The injured will be given Rs 1 lakh each. The six civilians who…

NEET 2022 J&K Topper Haziq Parveez from Jammu & Kashmir has brought laurels to his state. He is NEET 2022 J&K State Topper and 10th position holder in All India Ranking. Friends and relatives called on Haziq’s family in Shopian to offer their congratulations. They presented garlands of money as their way of blessings. The J&K NEET topper shared an important tip to future aspirants that consistency is the key. If you stay consistent you can achieve good in life, he said. His father Parveez Ahmad is happy for his son and proud of his achievement. For one year, the…

Sports Hall Budgam Ikraya, a girl student comes regularly to the multipurpose indoor sports hall stadium in Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir to practice. She says, earlier there was no stadium and we faced difficulty in practicing. Coach Urooj Ahmad said, we used to practice under the sun in heat and rain. Now players practice for long time indoors and we hold events too. Zaheda Batoon, a student says, we are happy that we can practice indoors and we do not have to face the weather conditions. Student Nadia Amine pointed out, in the past we faced problems changing into our…

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated a Hockey Astro Turf and Boxing Hall in Poonch. During his visit to Poonch, the LG also laid the foundation stone of several projects worth Rs 195 crores to accelerate development of 229 Panchayats of the district. A local from Poonch, Azad Bukhari said, it was nice of the LG to visit Poonch and he requested him to schedule a visit at least once in every four months. He also praised how the LG addressed the issues of people right there. Another local, Mohammad Ansari said, the LG’s visit…

The locals in Pulwama support the move by the Jammu & Kashmir government to develop Nagaberi as a tourist destination. Ghulam Hassan Gorsi, a local here speaks about the beauty prevailing in the territory and Nagaberi abounds in it. Nagaberi situated 15 to 20km away from south Kashmir’s Satura Tal has all the attributes of a tourist spot. It has meadows, high mountains, deep valley, and dense tall trees. The beauty of the place gets accentuated with horses and flocks of sheep grazing leisurely over the mountains. Below the meadows lies a stream Marsar Nallah, the sounds of gushing water…