Tourists find Sonmarg like heaven and no less than Switzerland
Tourists are getting drawn to experience the snow in Kashmir. A lot of tourists were seen enjoying the snow at Sonmarg in Jammu & Kashmir. Tourists were seen shouting with joy, deriving simple pleasures from simply wading through the snow, taking sledge rides or shaping snowballs and throwing at each other playfully. Kashmir is like […]
‘Sahi Rasta’ leading the children of Kashmir on the right path
An interaction with the youth on completion of six batches of “Sahi Rasta” was organised. In Jammu & Kashmir. The interaction programme organised by the Army and the Civil Administration takes care of children’s happiness, living requirements, play needs and their health. The children who are addicted to drugs stay on this programme for 21 […]
Lt Governor inaugurates 69th Cooperative Week Celebrations in Jammu
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 14: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today inaugurated the 69th All India Cooperative Week celebrations across the UT of J&K, during a function at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium, University of Jammu.The Lt Governor commended the significant role being played by all stakeholders associated with the cooperative movement in building a strong eco-system for growth […]
Road macadamisation helping Budgam residents, farmers and business owners
A Budgam resident recounted that so much snow had accumulated that a man had fallen from his house and he had to be carried on shoulders to Srinagar. Hilal Ahmad Dar, a local resident of Budgam said, once an elderly person had fallen sick and there was no road or transportation, so we had to […]
Beneficiaries of PMAY-G in Poonch no longer living in tin sheds
At village Darabagyal in Poonch, a beneficiary of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) PMAY-G Poonch, Mohd. Shabbir says, the cost of construction was Rs 1.30 lakh and the house was constructed in 90 days under MGNREGA for the year 2020-21. People who have got houses are happy that they no longer have to bear the […]
Chestnut harvesting in Wular lake is not fun due to filth, say locals
Gh Hassan, President, Fishermen Community says, do not throw waste and plastics into the Wular lake, said a local of Bandipora in Jammu & Kashmir. This lake is the future of Jammu & Kashmir. The filth and pollution has given way to the growth of wild plants other than water chestnuts. Wular lake near Bandipora […]
The Gujjar Bakarwal culture of singing while cutting grass continues since olden times
Munshi Hussain Baniya, a Gujjar Bakarwal local of Shopian district in Jammu & Kashmir says, in the olden days, we used to sow maize and then everybody used to gather to harvest maize.The culture is to do the work collectively by singing songs, playing drum beats and joining in singing to cut grass. Abdul Rashid, […]
Kashmiri girls at school are learning embroidery to tap the handcrafted market
Shela Najib, Beneficiary UMEED Scheme says, when she started the Kashmiri embroidery work she did not know how to do the embroidery, then she learnt the skill. There are seven groups in Budgam district in Jammu & Kashmir and she joined one group called Subhanallah. Then she started doing the embroidery work and also began […]
J&K Bank MD attends India International Agro Trade & Technology Fair
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 10: For agricultural sector, improved credit outreach is one of the biggest enablers for achieving higher productivity and sustainable growth. In this regard, the massive push for KCC saturation and efforts to cover all the eligible farmers under the governments’ nudge have provided a fertile ground for the banks and other stakeholders to […]
Teacher from small town Baramulla wins Fulbright Fellowship in the US
Educator Rameez Ahmad Sudhan belonging to Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir has emerged a winner among lakhs of applicants who applied to attain the Fulbright scholarship. Rameez has been granted a Fulbright Fellowship by the US Department of State for 2023. He says only six students are selected from all over India. After a process of […]