Empowerment: Two Pampore women start mini-dairy farms, earn livelihood
Pulwama: In order to become financially independent, two married women from Pampore area of Pulwama distric in south Kashmir have started two separate mini-dairy farms in their localities. Shaheena Iqbal (32 )and Shaista Banoo (40) from Shaar locality in Khrew Pampore hamlet of Pulwama district have started their dairy farms last year and are earning […]
Education on wheels: Bringing Sanskrit learning to doorsteps in Jammu villages
Jammu: To popularise the Sanskrit language in Jammu and Kashmir, an education on wheels’ programme has been launched where teachers will visit households in villages to educate people about the ancient language. The initiative, “Mobile Sanskrit gurukul’, by Jammu-based NGO Vedic Sansthan Trust was started in December last year and has covered over a dozen […]
Admin took important steps to boost handicraft, handloom sector: Lt Guv
Presents UT Level Award to the Artisans
SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said that the government is committed to provide training, design, technology, financial and other infrastructure support that will significantly contribute to the growth of handicraft and handloom sector and improve the earnings of artisans. Presenting the UT Level Award to the Artisans at Raj Bhavan auditorium , the […]
Coaches, players want valley girls to take up football
By: M I Jehangir Srinagar: Kashmiri parents should bring their daughters to watch football matches so that they can get inspired to take up the sport, said manager of the CRPF men’s and women’s teams Prem Thapa on Friday. The men’s football teams from the valley have done well over the past decade and Thapa […]
Police in Srinagar arrest conman from Gujarat
Arrested man was posing as top-ranking bureaucrat
Srinagar: A man hailing from Gujarat has been arrested by police from a five-star hotel here for posing as an ‘additional secretary’ in the Centre and enjoying security cover besides other hospitality. According to court documents, Kiran Patel was on his third visit to the Kashmir valley and was subsequently nabbed by alert security officials […]
Offbeat tourist destinations identified for promotion in JK
Jammu: Seventy-five offbeat tourist destinations, including Nathatop, Basholi and Machail, have been identified for tourism promotion in Jammu and Kashmir this year, officials said Wednesday. Joint Director, Tourism, Jammu, Sunaina Sharma said while 37 of these offbeat destinations are located in Jammu region, the rest are in Kashmir valley. Basholi, Baraderi, Dudu, Basantgarh, Darhal, Mandi, […]
Admin undertakes mega project to rejuvenate local wetlands: Officials
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have undertaken a mega project to rejuvenate Hokersar Wetlands – one of the eight Ramsar sites in the valley — which act as water purifiers, flood basins, and home to migratory birds during winter. Officials of the Department of Wildlife Protection said a comprehensive plan has been formed for the rejuvenating […]
J&K’s Oil Industry to witness significant transformation
Under HADP many programmes to be implemented with an outlay of ₹ 1290 cr
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir’s oil industry would be witnessing a significant transformation with implementation of multifarious initiatives under Holistic Agriculture Development Program (HADP) by the Agriculture Production Department. The recent release of final report by the Apex Committee, headed by Dr. Mangla Rai, Former DG ICAR, has charted out the roadmap for implementation of 29 […]
JK an all season tourist destination: Officials
Says tourism department needs uplift to tap its potential fully JAMMU: Secretary Tourism, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Saturday stated that Jammu and Kashmir is an all season tourist destination and there is high need to uplift the department with the changing times to tap this immense tourism potential to the fullest. Secretary said this […]
World off-track to cut 30 per cent sodium intake by 2025: WHO
New Delhi: The world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30 per cent by 2025, which is essential to save millions of lives globally, according to a first-of-its-kind report by the World Health Organization (WHO). Sodium, an essential nutrient, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and premature death […]