Saffron- Kashmir’s Golden Spice

Saffron- Kashmir’s Golden Spice

Amidst the towering snow-capped mountains of Pampore, Kashmir, lie fields covered in a blanket of purple crocus flowers. This is the flower that produces the precious spice known as saffron. Pampore, a small village located around 14 kilometers from the state capital, Srinagar, is known as the ‘Saffron Capital of India’, with more than 20,000 families associated with saffron cultivation. The saffron produced in the region is of superior quality and can fetch as much as Rs 2, 50,000 per kilogram in the market. The laborious task of cultivating saffron…

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Weather Alert: Heavy rain warning in J&K for July 19-21

Weather Alert - Heavy rain warning in J&K for July 19-21

The weather warning has included moderate to high risk of a flash flood, temporary disruption of surface traffic, landslides, and shooting stones at vulnerable places The meteorological (MET) department on Saturday issued a weather warning for Jammu and Kashmir, forecasting heavy to very heavy rain from July 19 to 21. An official statement issued by the MET office said: “Lower and middle-level tropospheric winds from the north Arabian Sea are most likely to interact with Easterly winds (From Bay of Bengal) from 18th to 21st July. “The system is most…

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Great Kashmir firewall will prevent militant sympathisers from getting govt jobs: LG Sinha

Great Kashmir firewall will prevent militant sympathisers from getting govt jobs - LG Sinha

The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha asserted on Wednesday that all employees of anti-national credentials would be purged out of the State institutions and systems and there would be no more place in the government for the incumbents posing a threat to the unity and sovereignty of the country. Addressing a function after the inauguration of Ayurvedic College at Akhnoor in Jammu, followed by an interview with CNN News 18 network, Sinha said that recruitment of the people of doubtful integrity and undesirable credentials had been “a deliberate…

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