Jammu & Kashmir

The passion and commitment of Abdul Hamid Bhat, 51, is to plant trees across Kashmir, which has witnessed large-scale deforestation. Over the last nine years, he has helped plant over one lakh trees, mostly pine, across the Valley with his own funds. Initially, Bhat says, he planted trees on a

In the Rajouri area in Nowshera sector of Jammu & Kashmir, because of heavy firing on the borders, the area was evacuated and the residents were taken to the relief camp in the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Nowshera. Children staying at the relief camp were not being provided with any

Not all news is negative from Jammu & Kashmir, where mostly we hear of stone pelting youth and the armed forces trying their best to maintain law and order. Here is a news which is so positive. “The Army’s Kashmir Super-40 initiative for coaching J&K youth for engineering entrance exams broke all

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, will dedicate to the nation, India’s longest road tunnel – the 9 kilometer long “Chenani – Nashri Tunnel” in Jammu & Kashmir on April 2nd, 2017. The tunnel on NH-44 which connects Jammu with Srinagar, will reduce travel time between the two cities by up to two hours

How important is the correct weather forecast in an individual's life? Unlike the earlier days when people used to say that if our weathermen have predicted no rains, expect some shower for sure. But, now the situation has changed and our weather forecasts have become pretty accurate. Today one

जम्मू एवं कश्मीर में लाइन ऑफ कंट्रोल (LoC) से बमुश्किल 15 किलोमीटर दूर एक गांव के चार युवाओं ने आईआईटी में ऐडमिशन हासिल कर कीर्तिमान रचा है। पुंछ अब भारतीय सेना और पाकिस्तान द्वारा प्रायोजित आतंकियों के लिए जंग का मैदान बन गया है। पुंछ के शिंद्रा गांव के चारों छात्रों ने इसी साल अलग-अलग आईआईटी में

The Union Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel inaugurated the first batch for Special Certificate Course in Sports Coaching for Jammu and Kashmir sportspersons at Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala on Thursday. A three batch programmes has

This is the story of Dr Asif Iqbal, who left a government job to serve the poor. More than 100 eye operations have been performed by Dr Iqbal, free of cost. An excellent story by Ravi Verma in Amar Ujala. Our media should come out with such positive stories to let the people at large know of the

The Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) chaired by Union Tourism Secretary Shri Vinod Zutshi for the ‘Swadesh Darshan Scheme’ has approved projects to the tune of Rs. 500 Crore as part of Development Package of Prime Minister Reconstruction Plan (PMRP) for integrated development of

For this group of friends, adventure is about lighting up people's lives. As part of the Global Himalayan Expedition, Paras Loomba of Jagraon, Jaideep Bansal of Chandigarh, and Varun Loomba spearheaded a project to install solar micro grids for electricity in the remote Lungnak valley of Ladakh