December 2020 - Page 27 of 27

Mubashir Naik Large queues of voters lined up in various polling booths set up in the Bassi kurd area of Bari Brahmana in Jammu on Tuesday morning during the second phase of polling for the District Development Committee. People came out to vote in large numbers at around 7 AM when the polling begun and since then people have been turning up in large numbers to cast their ballot. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat several voters said that their only purpose to vote is to defeat the Bhartiya Janta Party's communal agenda and the way they have been spilling communal hatred in Jammu Kashmir. "Bhartiya Janta Party has always deceived people in the name of Ram and Hinduism, they have done nothing for the development of the general Public, the public has been suffering since they came into...

The import of Walnuts from different countries especially from California and Chile into the Asian market has dented the local walnut industry badly. Kashmir used to be the largest exporter of walnuts in India, but with time, the production depleted – the markets across India and in other Asian countries are now flooded with walnuts from countries like California and Chile. The locals associated with the industry said that despite inorganic in nature, the walnuts from California and Chile are preferred in Asian markets because of their stylish packaging. Aijaz Ahmad, a dealer from Srinagar, said that it was during 2014 floods, when produce from Kashmir didn’t reach Asian markets on time, thus compelling dry fruit dealers to look for an alternative, which ultimately led them to co...

Month: December 2020

Voters in Bari Brahmana Jammu Vote in Large Numbers to Defeat ‘Communal Agenda of BJP’

Lack of Export-Oriented Policies Dents Sale of Kashmiri Walnuts in Asian Markets