Lavender farming proving beneficial for farmers in Pulwama
A city dweller Shaheen Shadaab owns land in Pulwama district where she has an orchard of lavenders. In 2013 she thought she should do something useful with the land space. She thought of growing trees and then she was drawn to lavender, scientific name Lavandula spica. She prepared the land for growing the aromatic bush […]
LG Manoj Sinha wishes teachers across J&K a bright future on Teachers’ Day!
On Teachers’ Day, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha wished all the teachers a bright future in Srinagar. Teachers’ Day in India is observed on September 5 every year. The day marks the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who served as the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. Teachers’ […]
Wular Lake Festival to draw tourists to Asia’s largest freshwater lake
Dr Owais, Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora in Jammu & Kashmir organised a grand Wular Lake Festival and the 3-day event from 27-29 August, 2022 was planned in synergy and coordination with the administration, tourism department and other divisions. The motive, the DC said, was to make Wular a tourist destination and place it on the tourist […]
Srinagar water transport from Zero Bridge gets revived after 35 years
The Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha has taken a new initiative to revive the water bodies in Kashmir on the eve of Urs Syed Qamar ud Din Bukhari (RA). Bilquis Mir, a Water Sports Coach says after a gap of 35 years in Kashmir, water transport has been revived on September 8, […]
JKSSB exam cancellation, culprits to go behind the bars; LG says merit will be the criteria
Service Selection Board’s three exams have been cancelled in the recent past, said LG Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha. We received complaints at the committee level. The exam papers were made under Additional Chief Secretary Home’s supervision. After examining, there were evidence that the exam papers were tampered. As a result, those three exams […]
J&K youth participate in rallies to make the state drug-free
The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir launched a campaign for ‘Nasha Mukt’ Jammu & Kashmir on September 1, 2022 at the Convention Centre, Jammu. The programme commenced with the audience taking a pledge to do everything possible to make the state drug-free. In his address, the LG Shri Manoj Sinha said it is true […]
Rs 2000 salary too little, Pulwama ASHA workers plead for hike
Dishada, an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker belonging to Tral, Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir says, we ASHA workers have to keep a complete information of the village. We do a survey of the village, find out about its total population. And the number of people who died, or who are born. We have […]
Cleaning is citizens’ duty too, not just the job of Safaimitras: Chadoora’s message
The Municipal Committee of Chadoora, a town in Budgam district of Jammu & Kashmir, organised a Jashn-e-Chadoora programme, whose mission was to spread the message of cleanliness in every home of Chadoora. The officials said, the government has, according to plan, set up in each Municipal Council Committee a Solid Waste Management facilities plan. The […]
Kashmir’s rich culture celebrated at Youm-e-Mehmood event in Mehmood Abad Dooru
Youm-e-Mehmood Youm-e-Mehmood celebrations were held at Mehmood Abad Dooru in Jammu & Kashmir. Dr GN Itoo, Director Tourism, J&K said the area is lucky and fertile to have given birth to such poets like Rasool Mir, also known as John Keats of Kashmir and Mehmood Ghami. He emphasised upon the new generation to have respect […]
Budgam poor getting money to build homes through PMAY-G scheme
We have got this house under PMAY-G and we are very happy, says Wasim a resident of Budgam, Jammu & Kashmir, and beneficiary of PMAY-G scheme of the government. Earlier, we used to stay in a shed. After getting into the scheme, slowly we got our house and we have derived a lot of benefits […]