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Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday said that an estimated 1.06 crore tourists have visited Jammu Kashmir from January to July 3 this year. Nityanand Rai while replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha said during the current calendar year i.e. from January 2022 till July 3, 2022, the tourist footfall in UT of Jammu and Kashmir increased significantly and estimated to be around 1,06,24,000. He said 75 offbeat destinations have been identified for tourism across Jammu and Kashmir. "In order to attract private investors from across the country to invest in tourism infrastructure, the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Policy, 2020, has been notified and tourism given the status of industry to encourage investment, he said. He also sa...

CEO OYO India, Ankit Gupta accompanied by Siddhartha Dasgupta, President, Corporate Affairs, OYO called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan. The CEO apprised the Lt Governor about the progress made towards building 200 homestays to create rural livelihoods in J&K under project “Crown of Incredible India” by the leading travel tech platform OYO Hotels and Homestays in collaboration with the admin. The CEO also briefed the Lt Governor on the programme to train homestay owners across J&K on earning opportunities by enhancing guest experience and efficiently operating their property, besides creating awareness on homestays using social media and marketing platforms. It was informed that 75 homestays are ready to be inaugurated before August 15, celebrating 75 year...

As the unemployment rate in Jammu Kashmir is rising at an alarming rate, two highly qualified youth from Dooru area of Anantnag have started a small business venture by selling food items on a Mobile Van. The duo have named Mobile Van as “Chai Daam”. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Aqib Hamid Dar, PhD in Mathematics and Mohammed Iqbal Itoo M Phill M.Ed have started selling food items including tea, biryani and other things on a mobile van near Sub-district hospital on which a big board titled "Chai Daam" is displayed. Aqib, while talking to KNO said that he has completed his PhD in Mathematics recently and tried his luck by appearing in several exams but failed to qualify. “In order to earn livelihood, one has to do something. So I along with my friend started sell...

Vice Chairperson (VC) Khadi and Villages Industries Board, Dr Hina Shafi Bhat Monday said that they have established 35,184 Khadi units in the last three years in Kashmir. While speaking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), she said that they have established 35,184 Khadi units since three years in which 748 crores subsidy was released. "It has also generated employment for about three lakh people," she said. "Women have been given equal share in these units and they are running their units smoothly, "she said, adding that these schemes are targetless in Jammu and Kashmir, so people should take advantage of them. She further said that the Khadi units are being run by youth successfully and positively in J&K. "Jammu Kashmir art culture is known not only in the whole country but al...

The Jammu Kashmir administration signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Sikkim for saffron cultivation in Sikkim. According to media reports, Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad in his address mentioned that the signing of the agreement would open new doors of opportunities and possibilities for saffron cultivation in Sikkim. He advised undertaking comprehensive research work and productive measures in achieving expectations of Kesar cultivation in Sikkim. The agreement was signed in the presence of Lieutenant Governor of J&K, Manoj Sinha and Governor of Sikkim, Ganga Prasad at the Civil Secretariat today. LG Sinha stated that favourable Kesar climatic regions like Lachung in Sikkim would be blessed with the fragrance of Kesar, like Pampore in Jammu and Kashmi...

Fruit growers and dealers of north Kashmir on Saturday held a peaceful protest at Fruit Mandi Sopore over the stoppage of fruit-laden trucks along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in view of the Amarnath Yatra. Watch Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBrMOj8p0kA Fruit growers and dealers held a peaceful protest and urged the LG administration to allow smooth passage of fruit-laden trucks on the national highway. They said that they have already suffered huge losses over the past several years and now they have to face more losses if fresh fruit-laden trucks are not allowed smooth passage along the highway. "We welcome Amarnath pilgrims but they should not be made to suffer at the cost of yatra," the said. They added that they have been in touch with the administration...

Scores of shopkeepers Wednesday appealed to LG Government to reconsider their decision of closed down their shops in Pantha Chowk area of Srinagar outskirts till the end of Shri Amarnath Yatra. Shopkeepers mostly dealing with spare parts business assembled in Press Enclave Srinagar and registered a protest against the decision to bar them from opening shops in wake of Shri Amarnath Yatra. ALSO READ: ‘No order to shut down shops anywhere in Srinagar’, SSP Srinagar refutes claims of Shopkeepers The 43-day pilgrimage to the cave shrine will begin from twin base camps in Kashmir on Thursday (June 30) and will conclude on August 11. “We have been directed to close our shops for 40 days. It is injustice. Our families will starve. We are already economically weak,” one of the protesting s...

On Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration fixed the rates for sacrificial livestock in the Kashmir Valley ahead of Eid-ul-Adha. According to an order, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the director Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department has revised and re-fixed the rates of Qurbani (sacrificial) livestock in the valley. “Consequent upon the decisions taken in the meeting, regarding fixing/ review of rates of sacrificial (Qurbani) livestock, held today on 27-06-2022 and in supersession of all previous notifications issued on the subject and in the exercise of the powers conferred upon me under Jammu Kashmir Mutton Licensing & Control Order, 1973 read with SRO - 31 dated 1974, I, Dr. Abdul Salam Mir, Director Food, Civil Suppl...

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday raided the residence of Muhammad Showkat Choudhary, owner of Hatric Group of Companies, as part of its investigation in Roshini land act, days after it registered a case against six officials including three former IAS officers for giving him ownership rights on a piece of land under the Roshini Act despite the fact that the original lease was in the name of Mehboob Afzal Beigh. Highly placed sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that anti-corruption branch of CBI carried out searches today at the residence of Showkat Choudhary after the CBI registered an FIR against six officials who were part of the committee which approved ownership rights on piece of the land to him under Roshini Act. According to preliminary investigat...