Free ration scheme to continue till December in J&K
Till now we are getting free ration as well as we can buy ration through money, say local residents of Poonch in Jammu & Kashmir. We are grateful to the government for giving us free ration. The decision taken by the government to provide free ration during Covid has been continuing, say officials. It has […]
This Kashmiri singer will steal your heart through his singing
Furquan Bashir from Budgam in Jammu & Kashmir has liked singing since childhood. He used to keep humming songs all through the day. Along with studies he kept his singing on. Today, singer Furquan Bashir earns through his singing and helps 4-5 others assisting him to earn their livelihood. Bashir wants to raise the name […]
Mobile Veterinary units to treat animals in J&K
Union Minister of Animal Husbandry Parshottam Rupala launched A-HELP Programme and Mobile Veterinary Unit scheme to take care of animal health issues in Jammu & Kashmir. Fifty state-of-the-art mobile veterinary units were flagged by the Union Minister and the Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha. Till now, people had to take their animals to Veterinary hospital […]
Cab driver lands up a govt job after cracking SSB exam in Pulwama
A cab driver Bashrat from Trichul, Pulwama in Jammu & Kashmir cracked Class IV SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) exams under the PM Rozgar scheme. Earlier, he used to earn Rs 8000 in the whole month as a cab driver which was not enough to run his household and he had to take up labour work […]
PM Modi praises LG Manoj Sinha and team for working to end corruption in J&K
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha and his team for working hard to end corruption. A Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed in India from October 31 to November 6, 2022. The theme this year is ‘Corruption-free India for a developed nation’. The Prime Minister urged […]
Back to Village initiative based on programme of dialogues
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Shri Manoj Sinha attended the Back to Village programme at Garkhal border village, Akhnoor. The Back to Village programme, he said, has been carefully crafted keeping in mind certain things. He said the programme of dialogues is very important. The work of district administration starts from here. Which is […]
Saffron cultivation to grow in Sikkim
To promote saffron cultivation an agreement has been signed between the Jammu & Kashmir UT government and the Sikkim government. Abdul Majeed Wani, a local resident of Pulwama says, we hope the Kashmiri saffron gets a lot of boost. Ganga Prasad, Honourable Governor of Sikkim said, the PM wants the farmers to earn double profit. […]
Golden Card restoring health of J&K residents
For UT J&K, the AB-PMJAY Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana benefits have been extended. Sanaullah Sheikh of Budgam suffered health problems in 2019. He was taken to hospital and discovered he had heart problem and was advised angiography. Being a beneficiary of AB-PMJAY he could bear the cost of the treatment. Under SEHAT […]
Transforming lives of sericulture farmers through ‘Silk Samagra & Beyond’
Silk is produced in India as a natural fibre, said Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary Union Ministry of Textiles. He said that polyster, nylon and viscose come under man-made fibre. There are four types of natural fibres like cotton, jute, silk and wool. Silk is the queen of fibre or known as the queen of fabric. […]
Leh’s Pashmina fibre of the finest quality in the whole world
Dr Feroz Din Sheikh, Associate Professor in animal genetics and breeding at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, SKUAST Leh has been doing a research on Pashmina goats for the last 10 years. It is an all India Co-ordinated Research Project on Changthangi Goats. The research is being conducted at the High Mountain Arid […]