Category: IOK – Indian Occupied Kashmir

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir administration has launched a project to convert pine needles into bio-briquettes using advanced technology. Pine forests account for 16.40 percent of the total wooded area in J&K. In summers, the shedding of dry needles forms a thick mat on the ground which not only affects the growth of regeneration, but due […]

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha presented the UT Level Award to the Artisans at Raj Bhavan auditorium today. The Lt Governor congratulated all the award winners for their commendable service to preserve and promote priceless cultural and artistic heritage. The Lt Governor said administration has taken several important steps to boost handicraft and handloom sector. […]

From shopping malls to food processing, Jammu & Kashmir is attracting the attention of foreign investors, especially from West Asian countries. A shopping mall of about 500,000 square feet in Srinagar is being planned by real estate giant Emaar Group, in which Abu Dhabi-based LuLu Group-which runs supermarkets across West Asia will be setting up […]

Srinagar, Mar 14: The pathbreaking interventions and concrete efforts by the government are transforming the educational scenario of Jammu and Kashmir, an official press release said. The School Education Department has taken up several initiatives like reducing dropout ratio, increasing enrolment rate and others. The whole nation is witnessing significant transformation in the education system […]

A 10-year-old girl from South Kashmir’s Shopian has handwritten 30 chapters of the Quran in just 30 days. Muntaha Maqsood (10) daughter of Maqsood Ahmad Ganie from Chitragam Shopian who is a class 5 student at Kindergarten Public School wrote the Quran on close to 700 pages. Quoting news agency KNO Muntaha said that she […]

Srinagar, Mar 13: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday unveiled Rs 1,18,500 crore budget for Jammu & Kashmir for the next financial year, with a special focus on employment generation, women empowerment and social inclusion, officials said. As per documents presented in the Parliament, the total budget estimates for the fiscal is Rs. 1,18,500 […]

When New Delhi stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its limited autonomy in 2019, the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government defended the move, claiming it will wipe out a decades-old armed rebellion in the disputed region. Three years later, the same government is reviving a civilian militia, called the Village Defence Guards (VDGs), in the region’s […]

SRINAGAR: Tulip garden, located on the foothills of Zabarwan hills, is all set to welcome visitors from March 19. The garden, situated at an altitude of 5,600 feet, will showcase over 16 lakh tulips of different varieties, along with hyacinths, daffodils and ranunculus the officials said. A grand opening ceremony is supposed to take place […]

Jammu / New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said 350 modern health infrastructure projects were coming up in Jammu and Kashmir and that the health of citizens was the biggest asset of the government. Addressing the 5th Jan Aushadhi Diwas celebrations under Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu through virtual […]