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This Doda village is full of farmers-turned-entrepreneurs

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Gajothe, a small village in Kellard area of District Doda, situated at a distance of 12 Km from the tehsil headquarters Bhalla and 28 Km from the District headquarters Doda has proudly made its identity as marigold village of the District during the last 8 years. Administratively, it comes under block and tehsil Bhalla Majority of … Read more

Doctor sahib who make effigies for Dussehra in Jammu & Kashmir

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Mohammad Gayasuddin, a Unani practitioner from Uttar Pradesh, takes a break from his practice for a month every year so that he can come to Jammu and Kashmir and make effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkarana and Meghnath for Dussehra. He manages a team of 60 artists, who travel to the state to create effigies for the … Read more

Do you know about this Jammu doctor who sold his ancestral land for charity?

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Meet Dr KS Charak Dr Charak, head of surgery department of the Indian Spinal Institute has set an example for all the doctors of Jammu and the entire nation. Let’s find out more about the man and his mission: Dr Charak has opened a charitable hostpital in his native village. This might not sound extraordinary, … Read more

Read about the Veerangana of Jammu

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Meet Neeru Sambyal. Hailing from Samba in Jammu and Kashmir, Neeru has set an example for those trying to pick up the threads of life. Her mantra? Never give up!  She summaries her ordeal as: “On May 2, 2015, when I lost my husband, I lost everything and slipped into depression. But my two-year-old daughter gave me … Read more

Disabled Ace Para Athlete from Jammu wins 2 gold medals for India

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Jammu and Kashmir’s ace Para athlete, Chandeep Singh, despite all odds, converted his disability into an ability to emerge golden boy of the country and the State as well by winning 2 gold medals for India in the ongoing Kimunyong Cup Taekwondo Championship, being held in Korea. Chandeep has the honour of winning gold medals … Read more

Inspiration! Meet Mrs Shallu Gupta Specially Abled

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“I was a non-medical student in class 12 when I met with this life changing accident. We had shifted into our new home in Janipur on 5 June 1995. We had taken all our belongings to our new house but had forgotten the stand where the TV antenna was fixed. It was Monday and I … Read more

Majalta’s Igloo-like Hut to Attract Tourists

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Long gone are the days when igloos were said to be a thing of the Arctic region. One man from Jammu is going to change this belief. Vivek Sharma, an architectural engineer of Jammu going to build igloos in Jammu. Vivek has already started building the first-ever shell-domed igloo tourist hut at Khoon, Majalta town, … Read more

This act of Jammu and Kashmir Police leaves internet buzzing

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The internet here has been left buzzing with two tales of honesty of Jammu and Kashmir policemen after a special police officer and a constable returned two lost bags with huge cash to their rightful owners. Special Police Officer Umar Mushtaq, who works for a meagre salary of Rs 6,000 a month, returned a bag … Read more

Jammu girl to represent India at Asian Games

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Despite lacking infrastructure, Jammu has produced another champion in the field of mountain climbing. Meet Shivani Charak, a student of GHSS Domana who has been selected by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), New Delhi, to represent the country in the first-ever sport climbing competition at the 18th Asian Games slated to be held in Jakarta … Read more

About an IPS officer from Jammu & Kashmir who provides free exam coaching

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IPS, Sandeep Chaudhary, free coaching

In an age when most people keep complaining about lack of time, an officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS), Sandeep Chaudhary has started free coaching classes for aspirants of competitive exams in Jammu while keeping his day job. The SP (South), Jammu, began the mission with 10 students but now, the number of aspirants … Read more

My Words: An officer demoted himself to drove out Pakistanis from the valley

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Written By: Aj Raina It’s a known fact in history, that in September of 1965 when Pakistan was on the verge of victory in Kashmir with the Cchamb offensive, a three pronged attack on Jammu Akhnoor and Pathankot to cut off Kashmir from the rest of India; one man stood up… Lt Gen Harbaksh Singh the … Read more

Age is just a number for 87-Year-Old woman from Udhampur to Build Toilet

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Age is just a number and numbers don’t make a man, spirit does! It has been proved by Ms Rakkhi from village Badali of Udhampur. 87 years old, almost a nonagenarian, Ms Rakkhi has taken up a tough job of constructing a toilet for her family single handedly. It was in an awareness camp, in … Read more

UPSC 2018: Jammu guy who left job in US to serve the nation

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Meet Shashank Bhardwaj from RS Pura, Jammu who left a lucrative job in the US to return back home to serve the nation. 31 year old Shashank finished his degree in Electronic Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur in 2008. Soon after getting married, he moved to United States and got a job in a multinational company. … Read more

Government or NGOs; who is electrifying?

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Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Power has said the government has set a target of electrifying all un-electrified villages in the state by the end of 2018-19.

According to the 2011 census, there are 102 unelectrified villages in the state. Out of these 26 are in Kashmir, 58 in Jammu and 18 in Ladakh.

Although, according to her, the Centre has approved an amount of Rs 616. 59 crore for electrifying 10 districts of Jammu, 9 districts of Kashmir and 2 districts of Ladakh region; yet it is not uncommon of the masses being sceptic of such promises being fulfilled in time.

Read also: People SEE electricity for the first time in this JK village

Just in case you are not amused, watch video of a team who set on electrifying remote villages of the state:

Paras Loomba and his core team comprising energy access leader Jaideep Bansal, 28; homestays leader Gaganpreet Singh, 30; project manager Tsering Dorjey, 35; and programme coordinator Stanzin, 26, conduct leadership expeditions to provide energy access to remote Himalayan communities. So far, they have managed to electrify 25 villages in the area.

KAS topper has defied all odds to realise his dream

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The announcement of the final result of Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) exam results this week brought great cheer to 51 candidates and their families across the state. The moment of celebration was sweeter still in the Anjum Bashir Khan Khattak household in Jammu who belongs to Surankote tehsil in border district of Poonch. Anjum Bashir … Read more

Jammu boy to be part of expedition to Antarctica

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Born and brought up in Jammu, Ankush Magotra is all set to participate in the forthcoming 37th Indian  Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (ISEA).He will be one of the members to join scientific and logistics teams from India to participate in 37th -ISEA. While talking to media a day before leaving on his mission, Ankush said … Read more

“Stone-pelting Kashmiri” girl now goal keeper and captain of Jammu & Kashmir football team

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As a disgruntled student, Afshan Ashiq led other girls in throwing stones at the police on Srinagar streets. On Tuesday, the captain of Jammu and Kashmir’s women’s football team spoke about her dream transformation. The 21-year-old Ashiq walked across the lawns of the residence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, saying she does not … Read more

This video is the first Jammu-origin to cross million views on YouTube

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Success on Youtube is measured by number of views and likes. How many views have you seen somebody from Jammu get on youtube? We bet that even the wildest guesses would not cross 10 million mark. It is 14 million. A dance performance by a student of DPS Jammu “Best Dancer in Dps Jammu” a … Read more

Today’s Young Artists from Jammu in Bollywood and Indian television industry -Part 1

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People from Jammu and Kashmir have been making their presence felt in Bollywood and Indian television industry for a long time. Raj Kumar, Om Prakash, Vidyut Jamwal, Anupam Kher are some of the most prominent names. Jammu Virasat brings to you this curated article showing some popular faces of Indian TV, hailing from Jammu Kashmir: … Read more

No age limit for learning: 93 years old learns to read and write in Doda

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There is never a deadline for learning a new skill. At the age of 93, an illiterate person from the remote Khellani Bhala village of Doda district has proved it. Nearing a century, he has just learned to read and write. Under the initiative ‘Each One Teach One’, Madhav Lal of Khellani Bhala area in … Read more