J&K Bank linking the account holders with the new govt schemes
I am a very old customer of J&K Bank and my account has been in operation since 1999. Earlier, the bank‘s reach was only to a limited number of people. Today, the general masses can access the bank and avail the services offered. Overall, the performance of the bank is quite good. The J&K Bank […]
Kashmir’s first female wheelchair basketball player Inshah Bashir
Kashmir’s first female wheelchair basketball player Inshah Bashir was felicitated by the President of India Shrimati Droupadi Murmu. Inshah Bashir was part of the Indian team that participated in the Wheelchair International Basketball tournament organised in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, that won a silver medal. Inshah says she was quite small when she had an accident […]
J&K school children participate in Winter Sports Carnival
Around 3,000 players from Jammu and Kashmir were part of the Winter Sports Carnival organised by J&K Sports Council. All the players pledged to play sports in winter as well. Players said this is for the first time that winter sports programme is being held in the UT and it is a good thing. They […]
Locally grown mushrooms getting sold off quickly at Jammu sabzi mandi
The wholesale vegetable mandi in Jammu starts from 3am and goes on till 10am. All the local vegetables of Jammu are available here. This is a 30-year-old mandi being organised at the same place at a roadside because of which traffic increases. The wholesalers are in talks with the government to shift the mandi to […]
CRPF organises free medical camp in J&K’s Pampore
Under the civic action programme, the CRPF in Jammu & Kashmir organised a free medical camp at Lalpora village in saffron town Pampore. In fact, CRPF has been continuously doing work for the welfare of the people in J&K by distributing books, providing free medical camps, medicines, etc. to the needy. The main intention of […]
Ayeera Chishti becomes J&K’s first female athlete to win medal at World Championship
I have been playing Wushu for six years now, says Ayeera Chishti, Wushu Player from Jammu & Kashmir. She has played at an international event in Georgia and won a gold medal. She was selected for the Junior World Championship and won a bronze medal. She is Jammu & Kashmir’s first female athlete who has […]
Jammu’s Sargam Kaushal wins Mrs World 2022
Sargam Kaushal from Jammu & Kashmir has been chosen as Mrs World 2022. Sargam said she felt so proud to win this title for her country India and she was so overwhelmed with happiness. She felt lost for words but said she was so grateful to all the women, all the caregivers, and men and […]
Digipay Sakhis trained in Pulwama to help the rural residents to withdraw money
CSC e-governance distributed Aadhar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) devices to Digipay Sakhis at a programme in district Pulwama of Jammu & Kashmir. The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha launched Digital Gram Panchayat. People can use debit cards to operate bank accounts and through fingerprints can withdraw money. To promote financial inclusion […]
Back to Village in Shopian granting public ownership of govt schemes to people
At the Back to Village programme in Shopian, Makhan Lal, a local resident of Shopian says, people had not thought in their dreams that so much work would happen with the programme. Previously, no common person had the authority to visit tehsildaars or executive engineers. Today, the tehsildaars, executive engineers and Block Development Officers (BDO) […]
Women in Kashmir winning more gold and society must give them respectable position
It is absolutely necessary regarding female education that their dreams and aspirations are given a new flight and a new consciousness is raised in them, said the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha, while addressing a female government college in Jammu & Kashmir. He said, more than 70% of the females are […]