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Parveez Rasool is the first J&K cricketer in Team India

Parveez Rasool (24) created history by becoming the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to be named in the Indian team as the selectors chose to rest captain...

July 7, 2013

Himachal Pradesh becomes country’s first ‘smoke-free’ State

Himachal Pradesh has been declared the first “smoke-free” State in the country in compliance with Section 4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), 2003. The...

July 6, 2013

Train service linking Banihal in Jammu to Qazigund in Kashmir launched

PM Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi flagged off the first train connecting Banihal in Jammu region with Qazigund in Kashmir Valley. It was the first train to pass...

June 29, 2013

Kashmir Festival

“Kashmir festival” is set to be held from May 13, 2013 – May 29, 2013 in Srinagar, Pahalgam, Yousmarg, Manasbal, Doodhpathri, Gulmarg, Lolab Valley and Sonmarg with a financial...

May 9, 2013

Anil Goswami is the new Home Secretary

Anil Goswami, a senior IAS officer from J&K cadre, has been appointed as the new Home Secretary and will have two-year tenure. He is the first bureaucrat from J&K...

April 29, 2013

Sher-i-Kashmir Award: Navjot becomes youngest recipient athlete of Jammu and Kashmir to be conferred

Navjot Singh (16 years) became the youngest athlete of Jammu and Kashmir to be conferred with the Sher-i-Kashmir Sports Award. He was declared the best sportsperson for 2008-09....

April 20, 2013

Include Gojjri in Schedule VIII: Jammu & Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir government recommended to the Centre that the Gojjri language be included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, giving it the status of an official...

April 1, 2013

Fact box: Kishenganga Project

Recently, India won the legal battle against Pakistan regarding construction of Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project in North Kashmir. What is the issue? Pakistan had pleaded before the Court...

March 28, 2013

Central assistance of Rs. 41 Crore to protect Pashmina Goats

The Union Government will provide a financial assistance of Rs 41.21 crore to protect Pashmina goat which produces world-famous fine luxury fibre. The government is concerned over the...

March 15, 2013

‘SKEWPY’ can address unemployment problem in J&K

Minister for Labour and Employment, Planning and Development, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra has said that Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY) is a right initiative to address...

January 28, 2013

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