In a significant move to protect the livelihood of thousands of pashmina weavers, the Srinagar administration has banned manufacturing of shawls by machines in the district. An order issued by the Srinagar District Magistrate on Wednesday said the Genuine Kashmir Cottage Manufacturing Forum had submitted a representation to his office, stating that there were a … Read more
Nearly 65 per cent polling was recorded in Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency, while the turnout was low in Srinagar seat with nearly 15 per cent voters exercising their franchise till 5 pm on Thursday in the second phase of general elections in Jammu and Kashmir, according to poll officials. No major untoward incident was reported during polling which was being held … Read more
Contrary to government claims of equal treatment to Kashmir and Jammu regions, and despite various “employment generation” schemes, unemployment in Jammu region is way higher than in Kashmir. Here is what statistics say: In Jammu and Kashmir state, among registered unemployed youth, there are 390 illiterates 5357 middle-pass 21530 matriculates 26213 12th pass 3286 diploma … Read more
J&K is gradually heading towards water crises. In the present scenario, the state is facing around 40 percent non-revenue water loss. In simple terms, the state is losing around half the supply water in distribution, which is worse than revenue loss! The non-revenue water is water that has been produced and is lost before it … Read more
AFTER A 12-year trial, the special CBI court in Chandigarh on Wednesday held five persons — including former BSF DIG K C Padhi and former Jammu and Kashmir Police DSP Mohammad Ashraf Mir — guilty in the 2006 Srinagar sex abuse scandal. The Case The 12-year-old case pertains to the involvement of top police officials, … Read more
-The General Administration Department of State Government has ordered constitution of Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) as Companies Limited by Shares under the Companies Act-2013 named as ‘Jammu Smart City Limited’ and ‘Srinagar Smart City Limited’ for implementation of Smart City Development Projects in Jammu and Srinagar under Smart City Mission of Government of India. -These … Read more
Jammu Winter capital, and Srinagar Summer Capital are among the 30 urban centres that were chosen today to be developed as smart cities. Today’s list takes the total number of cities selected so far under the National Democratic Alliance government’s flagship urban modernisation programme to 90. The remaining 10 cities are likely to selected by early … Read more