Video: This Man Helping Defence Aspirants in Jammu to Realize their Dreams

Get inspired by Watching a video of the man who failed 52 time but yet he did’t give up. Every time he was rejected because of his physical height, his resolve got taller. We’re talking about Jatinder Singh Charak of Jammu who could not fulfill his dream of Making in to defence Forces.

But what he did to realize his dream will blow your mind.

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This Doda village is full of farmers-turned-entrepreneurs

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

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

Read about the Veerangana of Jammu

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

Here’s the story of Jammu & Kashmir’s 1733 primary school teachers which will inspire you

Happy-World-Teachers-Day-Wishes Jammu

Today India is celebrating Teachers Day in commemoration of educationist and India’s first Vice President, Dr S Radhakrishnan. The occasion is even more special for some students of J&K. Here’s why: Jammu and Kashmir has 1733 government primary schools each being run by single teacher. Naturally, the students should be even more indebted to their … Read more

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

Jammu boy gold

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

Handicapped-Lecturer-Jammu-Inspiration

“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

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

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

swachh-mission-ambassador Udhampur

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

IAS jammu guy upsc

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

This is about the man who creates artificial glaciers to survive warming in Ladakh

Ice Man of Ladakh Chewang Norphel who builds artificial glaciers

Mr. Norphel is a retired civil engineer from Ladakh. He is popularly known as ‘Ice Man of Ladakh’ as his innovative method of water conservation by creating artificial glaciers has helped many villages in this cold and dry desert. Years back, on a harsh winter morning in Ladakh in the northernmost Himalayas in India, a … Read more

Government or NGOs; who is electrifying?

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.

Jammu boy to be part of expedition to Antarctica

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

Crowd at Jammu airport applause CRPF personnel

A sight of officers from our armed forces and trucks full of Indian Army, CRPF and BSF men have often caught our fancy and made us turn around to look at them.

Seems like a similar fan moment took over Jammu Airport and love for the Men in Uniform spoke out real loud when CRPF personnel greeted with thunderous applause as they enter Jammu Airport to board the chartered aircraft bound for Srinagar in this video.

While we cannot be sure if Modi’s words pushed all this patriotism into people or not, but this tradition of respect that has been started towards armed forces is worth applause.

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

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

J&K Police regularized SPO Who Threw Grenade Away & Saved Lives

Three security personnel were injured on 24 September in a grenade attack by militants in a north Kashmir town. The grenade lobbed by the militants inside a security forces’ vehicle in Sopore town of Baramulla district could have led to more casualties, but an alert special police officer saved many lives by throwing away the … Read more