‘My Town, My Pride’ brings public service delivery to doorsteps of Pulwama residents

For transparent effective service delivery, Municipal Council Pulwama organised ‘My Town My Pride 2.0’ week-long programme from November 28 – December 4, 2022. The programme’s major deliverables were Seven City Plans, Mumkin Scheme, PMJAY Golden Cards, Self Employment and Griha Pravesh. Digital service camps were held in every Urban Local Bodies (ULB). The programme is […]
Kashmiri youth builds her start-up based on Ayurveda and Buddhism

I had not planned my entrepreneurial journey, says Ridhima Arora, Founder Namhya Foods Pvt. Ltd. My grandfather used to work with a number of ‘vaids’, practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine. He used to deal in herbs and that was a small part of our business handled by my father. I understood the significance of herbs after […]
Glimpse J&K’s offbeat spots through a series of paintings

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha inaugurated an exhibition of paintings titled, ‘Ekaant, an ode to home in the mountains’ by a young officer, Abhishek Sharma which was held at SKICC centre in Srinagar. The paintings exhibited a series of impressions of offbeat landscapes of Jammu & Kashmir. The Lt Governor […]
Budgam SSP tells public how parents play an important role in the drug issue

Thana Divas was held at the Police Station in Chrar I Shareef, Budgam in Jammu & Kashmir. A local, Safina said, today our younger generation is caught in the habit of substance abuse like drugs.To tackle this menace, the SSP of Budgam, Shri Tahir had kept this programme. Awareness has been given to the public […]
Naristan as a tourist village will highlight its oldest temple in Jammu & Kashmir

In 1965 we read in our Kashmiri books that there exists a temple in Naristan in Tral, Pulwama. But since then till now, no progress has been made for its development, says Muhammed Subhan Mir, a local of Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir. This temple existed 1400 years ago. We have heard from our seniors […]
Construction of bridge in Anantnag brings comfort and relief from flood waters

Construction of 1 x 30 Mtr span bridge at Pathan over Nallah Gadole has been completed by the Public Works Department, Jammu & Kashmir. The residents of Pathan village are happy with the construction of the bridge. Mohammad Yousuf, a local resident of Anantnag said, in the absence of a bridge they used to carry […]
LG launches the book ‘The Slum Queen’, autobiography of a 42-year-old woman

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir recently unveiled a book ‘The Slum Queen’ by Rouble Nagi. He congratulated the young author who is also an artist and social activist. He remarked that 42 years is a young age to write an autobiography. He said life is not measured by the number of years lived […]
Rs 1 lakh assistance to tribal self help groups and more, announces Sheep Husbandry Dept

When ships were not invented then Indian sea ships used to sail and reach the corners of the world. At that time there was no navigation system and only on the basis of mathematics they used to sail perfectly. India was called the ‘golden bird’ because the steel production here at that time was the […]
Door to door Golden Card registration done in Tral

Providing door to door online service, Dr. Paramjeet Singh, Medical Officer at Dadasara, Tral in Jammu & Kashmir says, a camp was organised for residents of Dadasara and neighbouring villages to register and enrol their names for the Golden Card scheme. It is a beneficial scheme for those who accidentally fall sick, their life insurance […]
Pulwama woman starts agriculture farming and expands business to poultry, dairy and fish farming

I started agriculture, says Syed Shazia Lateif, a progressive farmer in Pulwama district of Jammu & Kashmir. We took time from the Exotic Department of Agriculture. The department was very supportive. I feel they encourage women a lot who come forward. We had been doing the conventional method of farming, doing it the traditional way. […]